For those of you that might have missed it, the folks that put together Gallery released a new version a few weeks ago. Gallery is a fantastic PHP-based, open-source, free application that allows you to easily create and manage photo galleries on your Web site.

The new feature list for Gallery 2.3 is fairly impressive. They seem to have put a lot of effort into improving the comment feature, the administration area and much more.

I upgraded one of my Gallery installations in a matter of just a few minutes, using their “pre-installer” script that automatically downloads, unzips and installs the software on your server. Whether you are upgrading an older installation or installing a whole new photo gallery, I would highly recommend using the pre-installer.

I have been using and customizing a couple of Gallery2 installations at work and in my personal life. I have to say that I am extremely impressed at how advanced and powerful the application really is.

The installer is probably the easiest (besides WordPress) installation I’ve ever performed. All I had to do was download a small starter package, add a password and upload it to the correct directory. From there, the installer transferred all of the necessary files from Gallery’s server over to mine and gave me very explicit instructions on how to configure all of the settings.

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