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Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

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Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#11
Very nice tool indeed, funny how the world works. I'm writing an Electron/React/PouchDB application that works kinda like this called "Filebase", you create a library and name it like "pictures", you pick a directory / or single file on your PC and it scans/indexes it, this allows you to tag individual files and folders so you remember what's in it (you can search these tags). you can search and filter by type. The last feature will be archiving but keeping the directory info handy so you can search for items that are archived. I came up with this idea after watching my partner try and organize Cricket art and PDF's. I realized that Windows Explorer kinda sucked for organizing. I wanted to build something that did not modify or touch files itself. It's been a great way to learn Electron. I have to say Electron makes building UI's easy for applications.

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#17

single .php file…

I’m not sure if you’re implying it isn’t, that’s bad, or something else. The download link does take you to a single php file. It’s a mess, but it’s also kinda interesting. I’ve been doing PHP dev professionally for more than 20 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen some of the conventions used. Even the PHP close tag inside a function like this.

function login_page($is_login_attempt, $sidx, $is_logout, $client_hash){ ?> … <?php exit; // end form and exit }

Re: Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager

#19
I am still looking for a simple tool to deduplicate, organize, and tag all the photos I have accumulated over the years. Old laptop hard drives, old cell phones, iPhoto libraries, aperture libraries, etc. I want to dump them into a staging area, remove all dupes, and start organizing and tagging them into a folder structure.
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