Is it possible to generate static html pages?
For something like Offline Album ?
No. but it has been requested often so it is on our long list of ToDo
no, it's for a online one
a static album would use less resources :)
any idea when it'd be available?
Online Album will never be static!
that was kinda rude
thanks anyway
huh? i wonder why a simple statement as above is considered rude < shrug >
the ! gave the rude entonation
why couldnt it be static?
The very nature of php is why online albums are not static. PHP allows dynamically produced content - a static page is nothing more than hard coded HTML. So... Coppermine creates dynamic pages (newest files, last updated albums, etc).
In order to produce a static page, code needs to be written that would actually create a HTML file, then dump all the output into it. So, I'm sure you can see it's no quick and easy task. And since it isn't a huge priority it's on the bottom of the list.
Hope that answers your question.
I never said making it was easy, I jsut said it was rude the way he put it.
The reason why I'd prefer it to generate html static is because the site is gonna be getting a lot of hits, and static would consume less resources.
That's all.
But, since it's not available, I understand, I will just keep looking
If you're worried about Coppermine not being able to handle the load, there are websites out there that have thousands and thousands of pictures, documents, and videos that get thousands of hits a day, and perform flawlessly. Coppermine's code is very efficient and does a great job handling many requests.
I honestly don't know how much more of a load Coppermine would put on a server compared to static HTML pages serving the same pictures.
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/php/caching-output-in-php
(but remember to exclude control panel php files)