PicAxe

In the cold dreariness of December 2014, a couple of TuinfeesTers were searching for the perfect Gallery application... and found none. So, in good old n+1 fashion, we decided to build our own!

Requirements

Uploading photos

• Support uploading photos
  • ...through the website...
    • ...one at a time
    • ...all at once
    • ...all at once using an archive format
  • ...through a local application...
    • ...one at a time
    • ...all at once
    • ...all at once using an archive format
  • ...with proper support for symlinks

Galleries

• Photo's should be placed inside galleries
• One should be able to nest galleries inside eachother, creating a hierarchy

Tagging

• Be able to tag pictures (and galleries?)
• While tagging items, one should get a hint of already existing tags and be able to create a new tag on the fly
• User should have a choice to choose tags from a list of existing tags, in a checkbox list model

Viewing

• Be able to view pictures and galleries given a date range
• Be able to view pictures and galleries by selecting one or more tags

User support

• Support user registration
• Support groups
• Support user permissions
  • Support permissions per album
  • Support permissions per photo

Security

• Be properly secure by...
  • ...implementing CSP headers
  • ...using the proper CSRF protections already embedded in Django
  • ...using Django ORM exclusively

Design

• Have a design that is...
  • ...simple to start with (Bootstrap maybe?)
  • ...customizable