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Okay, let's unpack this ever scroll endlessly through your phone trying to find

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Oh, yeah. That's like our digital lives are just, you know, exploding with memories.

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Right. But keeping them organized, that feels impossible sometimes.

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Totally. But what if there was a maybe a straightforward way to bring some order to

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Piwigo

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Right. Pee Wee Go. It's an open source photo gallery application runs on the web.

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Think of it like your own personal photo library online under your control.

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Exactly. And it's really not just for the super techie people.

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No, definitely not. If you've ever just wished for a simpler way to manage your

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whether you've got, I don't know, a few hundred or even hundreds of thousands, this

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could be for you.

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Yeah. Businesses use it, teams, but also just individuals, you know, the overflowing

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camera roles.

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Totally. And before we jump into deep, we should give a big thank you to Safe

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Oh, absolutely. Thanks to Safe Server for supporting this deep dive.

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They specialize in hosting solutions that are perfect for software like Piwigo,

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and they can really help with your whole digital transformation.

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You can find out more about them at www.safeserver.de.

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Definitely check them out.

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So our mission today is pretty simple, really.

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We want to give you, the learner, a clear, kind of beginner-friendly look at what Piwigo

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Yeah, what it does and maybe why it's a fantastic solution for getting those

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digital photos organized,

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hopefully without feeling too overwhelmed.

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So let's start right at the beginning.

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What is Piwigo, fundamentally?

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Okay, so in simple terms, Piwigo is software.

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You install it on something called a web server.

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Okay, a web server.

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Like a special computer that's always online.

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That's a good way to put it, yeah.

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And then you access your photo library using any web browser.

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You know, like Chrome, Firefox, whatever you use to visit websites.

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Ah, okay, so my photos aren't just stuck on my phone or one computer.

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I can see them from anywhere.

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Computer, tablet, phone, as long as you've got internet access, can log in.

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Okay, so it lives online.

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Makes sense.

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Now you mentioned open source.

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That sounds a bit technical.

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Can you break that down for us non-coders?

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Sure, absolutely.

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Imagine like a recipe that's published for everyone to see, right?

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Open source is kind of similar.

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The actual code, the instructions that make Piwigo work, they're freely available.

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Anyone can look at it, use it, change it, even help improve it.

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Huh, so it's like a community kitchen, everyone working on the same dish.

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That's a great analogy, yeah.

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And that transparency, having lots of eyes on the code,

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it helps make the software more secure and reliable.

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People spot things.

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Okay, built by a community for the community.

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That's a pretty neat idea.

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But practically speaking, what does Piwigo actually do with my photos

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once I put them in there?

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How does it help me get organized?

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Right, it's main job is really to help you manage, organize,

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and then easily share your photos online.

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Manage, organize, share.

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photo albums, but living on the internet.

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And you get to decide the structure, who sees what, all that stuff.

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Alright, organization is the magic word here.

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to help a beginner, like me maybe, get started organizing?

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I don't want to get lost in complicated settings right away.

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One of the first things you'll probably appreciate

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is the ability to create an album's hierarchy.

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Hierarchy, like folders inside folders.

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Exactly, just like on your computer.

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You can create main albums, maybe family events or travel,

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and then inside travel, you could have sub albums

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like Italy Trip 2023 or Weekend Getaway.

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Ah, I see, so you can nest them, structure it logically.

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Precisely, it helps you categorize things

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so you can actually find them later,

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instead of just one giant photo dump.

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That sounds way better than my current system,

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which is chaos.

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What if I have like 100 photos from one birthday party?

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Is there a way to manage them all at once?

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Clicking each one sounds tedious.

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Piwigo has a feature called batch management.

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It's a lifesaver.

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maybe all those birthday pictures,

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and then do the same thing to all of them.

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Like add the tag birthday to all of them,

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or move them all into the birthday party album,

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or maybe add a description like Uncle Bob 60th

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to the whole set.

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Oh wow, okay, that saves a ton of clicks.

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I like the sound of that.

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It's hugely helpful when you're dealing with large numbers

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of images from one event or shoot.

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What about making my gallery look nice?

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You know, make it feel like my space.

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Is there customization?

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Piwigo is quite flexible visually.

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It uses something called themes.

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Themes, like skins.

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Kind of, yeah.

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Think of them as different outfits for your photo gallery.

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They change the overall look, the layout, the colors,

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but they don't touch your actual photos or albums.

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And then there are plugins.

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These are like little add-on tools

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that give Piwigo extra features or abilities.

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Extra abilities, like what sort of things?

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Oh, all sorts.

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Things for adding maps, different ways to display photos,

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There are actually over 200 themes and plugins available.

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Whoa, 200, so you can really tailor it.

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You really can.

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You can add just the features that you need.

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Without making it overly complicated if you don't want to.

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That's good.

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Now, super important, sharing.

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What if I don't want everyone in the world

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seeing my holiday snaps or pictures of the kids?

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Can I control that?

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Privacy and control are like core features of Piwigo.

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You can set permissions on every single album.

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You can make an album public so anyone can see it.

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Completely private, just for you.

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or groups that you define.

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Okay, so really granular control.

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That's really important, especially for personal stuff.

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Complete control over who sees what.

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Okay, so it's got the features,

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it's customizable, handles privacy.

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But why should a beginner choose Piwigo over,

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I don't know, maybe some simpler online photo service?

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What makes it stand out?

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That's a fair question.

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I think one big advantage,

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especially if you're investing time setting something up,

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is its history.

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Its longevity.

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Longevity.

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Yeah, Piwigo started way back in 2002.

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It's been continuously developed

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and supported for over 20 years now.

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Wow, that's ancient in internet years.

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But it suggests it's a stable, reliable platform.

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It's not some flash-in-the-pan app

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that might disappear next year,

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taking your carefully organized library with it.

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That's a really good point.

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You don't want to have to migrate everything later.

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What about speed?

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If I do end up with tens of thousands of photos,

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will it grind to a halt?

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That's often a concern,

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but Piwigo's actually known for being pretty efficient,

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even with really large photo libraries.

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Oh, really?

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Yeah, the developers put a lot of effort into performance.

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It's built to handle, as they say,

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thousands or even hundreds of thousands of photos

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without becoming frustratingly slow to browse or manage.

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Okay, that's reassuring,

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because my collection will grow.

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Exactly, it scales well.

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What about updates?

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Sometimes updating software is a real pain.

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Is it complicated with Piwigo?

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They try to make it as painless as possible.

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you can update directly from within the administration area

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of your Piwigo gallery, like a button click.

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Oh, okay, not some complex manual download

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and reinstall process.

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Generally, no.

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It's designed to be much simpler than that,

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which saves you time and potential headaches.

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Easy updates are always a plus.

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Now, what if I, you know, get stuck,

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I'm trying to do something, can't figure it out?

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Is there help available for beginners?

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Yes, definitely.

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Piwigo has a really active

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and importantly friendly community.

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Community, like forums and stuff.

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Exactly, there are online forums,

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really good documentation on the website

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and lots of experienced users and developers

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who are often willing to help answer questions

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and troubleshoot problems.

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So you're not just left on your own

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if something goes wrong?

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Not at all.

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It feels like there's a support network there.

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Okay, you're convincing me.

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Let's say I'm feeling brave enough to try it.

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How do I actually get Piwigo up and running?

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What's the easiest way for a beginner?

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Right, installation.

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For the absolute easiest start,

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many people use what's called a net install method.

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Net install.

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Yeah, you download just one tiny little file, a script.

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Then you need to upload that single file

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to your web hosting space.

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You usually use something called an FTP client for that.

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FTP client, what's that?

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Ah, good question.

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It's just a simple program for transferring files

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between your computer and your web server.

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Think of it like Windows Explorer or Mac Finder,

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but for connecting to your web space online.

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Lots of free ones are available.

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Okay, so I use this FTP thingy

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to upload the one small net install file.

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Then what?

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Then you just open that files address in your web browser.

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It runs the script and it guides you step by step

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through the rest of the installation.

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It asks you some questions, sets things up.

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It automates most of the technical bits.

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Ah, okay, so the net install script does the heavy lifting.

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That sounds manageable.

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What was the other way you mentioned?

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The other main option is the manual install.

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This is a bit more hands-on.

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You download the full P We Go software package,

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which comes as a zip file.

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You unzip it on your own computer first.

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Then you use that FTP client again,

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but this time you upload all the unzipped files and folders.

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There'll be quite a few to your web space.

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Once everything's uploaded,

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and the P We Go installation screen will pop up

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and guide you through the final setup steps,

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like creating your admin account

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and connecting to the database.

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Okay, a bit more involved,

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but still sounds doable if you follow instructions.

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Exactly.

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But what if someone hears all this web server and FTP talk

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and just thinks, nope, not for me?

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Yeah, good point.

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Is there an option for people

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who really don't want to touch the technical side at all?

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Absolutely there is.

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For those folks, there's the Piwigo.com hosting solution.

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Piwigo.com hosting, so they host it for you.

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Precisely.

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It's a paid service where Piwigo is already installed,

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set up and managed for you by the Piwigo team.

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You just sign up, pay a fee

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and your gallery is ready to go.

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Ah, so that completely bypasses the whole server

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setup and installation process.

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Totally.

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It's the simplest way to get started

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if you prefer a hands-off approach

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and don't mind the subscription cost.

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Great for non-technical users.

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Okay, that's really good to know.

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There are different paths depending

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on your comfort level with tech.

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Yeah, options are good.

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You mentioned earlier that different kinds

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of people and groups use Piwigo.

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Can you give us a couple of real-world examples

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just to make it more concrete?

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Sure.

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There's a neat example of a local jazz club,

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the Jazz Club Trier EV in Germany.

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Okay, a jazz club.

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What did they use it for?

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They had this big archive of old photos, historical stuff.

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They used Piwigo to organize it all.

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And because Piwigo is web-based,

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their members could log in from home

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and help add keywords, dates, names to the photo.

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Oh, that's clever.

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So they crowd-sourced the cataloging using Piwigo.

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Exactly.

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Made it a collaborative project.

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Cool example.

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What about someone just using it for their own stuff,

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like a photographer?

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Yeah, there's a testimonial from Ralph Kirchhoff,

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a photographer.

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He mentions he's tried various gallery systems

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over the years, but keeps coming back to Piwigo.

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Why?

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What did he like about it?

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He specifically highlighted its speed,

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even with lots of high res images,

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how easy it is to update and how configurable it is.

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He found it reliable and feature rich

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for managing both his professional portfolio

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and personal photos.

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So it works well for individual creators too,

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not just organizations.

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Definitely.

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the tourist office in Pays de Gourdon, France.

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They apparently use it for both their internal photo library

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and a public facing one.

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Shows its versatility.

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Right, internal and external use.

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Okay, pretty flexible.

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Let's just circle back quickly to that open source thing.

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For someone who just wants to organize photos,

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why should they care that the code is open?

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What's the practical benefit?

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You have a fair question.

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For you, the end user, open source often translates to,

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well, more reliable and arguably more secure software

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in the long run.

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Because the code is public, many different developers,

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not just the core team, can examine it,

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spot potential bugs or security flaws and suggest fixes.

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More eyes on the code is generally a good thing.

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Okay, security through transparency.

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Kind of, yeah.

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Plus, that active community we talked about,

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they're constantly contributing improvements,

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new plugins, new themes, fixing bugs,

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so the software evolves and gets better,

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often faster than closed source alternatives might.

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You benefit from all that collective effort.

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And you mentioned all those free plugins and themes earlier.

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That's tied to the open source nature too.

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Absolutely.

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The open platform encourages people to build

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and share those extensions, often for free.

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The PyWeGo website itself, PyWeGo.org,

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hosts over 200 of them.

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That gives you amazing flexibility to customize

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without necessarily spending more money.

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You can check out things like the 3.4K stars

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and 450-odd forks on GitHub too.

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It shows community engagement.

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Gotcha.

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So open source means community, transparency,

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and lots of options.

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Yeah. Makes sense.

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Okay, let's start to wrap things up then.

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If there's one key thing you want a beginner,

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and of course, a final big thank you again

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to Safe Server for supporting this deep dive.

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Yes. Thank you, Safe Server.

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If you're thinking about P WeGo and need reliable hosting,

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or just need help with your digital transformation journey

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in general.

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Definitely check them out.

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You can find more info at www.safeserver.de.

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Worth a look. Thanks for breaking all that down.

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My pleasure.

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Hopefully it helps folks feel a bit less overwhelmed.