sigal 0.1

simple static gallery generator

sigal is yet another python script to build a static gallery of images:

• process directories recursively,

• resize images and create thumbnails,

• generate html pages using jinja2 templates and with relative links for a portable output.

Dependencies

• Python Imaging Library (PIL)

• Jinja2

• pyexiv2 (optionnal, used to copy exif metadatas)

Usage

$ sigal [-h] [--version] [-c COPYRIGHT] [-f] input_dir output_dir

Required arguments:

input_dir	input directory
output_dir	output directory

Optional arguments

-h|--help	show this help message and exit
--version	show program’s version number and exit
-c|--copyright COPYRIGHT	copyright message added to the images
-f|--force	force the reprocessing of existing images and thumbnails

Settings

Options can be set globally in ~/.config/sigal/sigal.conf and in the source directory input_dir/sigal.conf.

# theme
theme = default
# size of resized image
img_size = 640x480
# prefix for thumbnails name
thumb_prefix = TN-
# thumbnail size
thumb_size = 150x112
# keep big image
big_img = 1
bigimg_dir = original
# generate squared thumbnails
square_thumb = 1
# jpeg quality
jpg_quality = 90
# keep exif metadatas in output image
exif = 1
# add a copyright text on the image
copyright = the copyright msg

Album information

Information on an album can be given in a file named album_description (else the directory’s name is used)

album_name = "An example gallery"
album_description = "And a cool description."
album_representative = "test1.jpg"

Credits

sigal use or is inspired from some code from other projects:

• galleria: http://galleria.aino.se/

• WordPress Photography Theme: http://thethemefoundry.com/photography/

• lazygal: http://sousmonlit.dyndns.org/~niol/playa/oss/projects/lazygal/