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The web gallery

The web gallery (AIPPicsWEB) is the server's own photo gallery, served at http://<computer-address>:48651/. It is the same library the phone sees, with the same albums, in any browser.

Finding your way around​

  • Header. The current place's name, a back arrow when there is a level to go back to, Edit (the pencil, switches on select mode) and Refresh.
  • Footer. Gallery (every photo on the server, flat), a slider for the size of the previews, Tree (the album tree from the top) and View (the photo view: Grid, List or Document, which also shows the photo's EXIF data), and the gear that opens the browser's own settings.
  • Albums and folders. Besides albums you see physical folders — real folders in the photos folder. An album and the folder with the same name and place are one entry, shown in a different colour; renaming or deleting one does the same to the other.
  • Several parents. One album or photo can sit in several albums at once without a second copy of the file.

The viewer​

Open a photo to see it full screen: zoom and pan, play videos, step to the neighbouring photos. HEIC/HEIF photos from an iPhone are converted to JPEG for display; the original file stays untouched for downloads and exports.

Crop lets you cut a photo to a rectangle; the EXIF data is kept on the result. You can Overwrite Original (the new picture takes the old one's place in every album it was in) or Save as New Photo.

Select, move, copy​

The gallery protects what you browse: to change anything, switch to select mode with Edit (the pencil).

  • Select by dragging a rectangle over empty background (hold Shift/Ctrl/Cmd to add to what is already selected), or Select All. There are no checkboxes. In select mode, tapping an item's name renames it.
  • Move by dragging items onto an album. Dragging out of a folder that is not in select mode copies instead of moving. Dropping into a folder that is not in select mode is refused ("This folder is protected").
  • Copy, Cut and Paste work as you expect: Paste adds the items to the current album (a photo can then live in several albums); Paste after Cut also removes them from where they came from. Paste is not offered inside a physical folder.
  • Delete removes the selection. Deleting a real folder asks whether to move its photos to the photos root or delete them too — there is no trash.
  • Right-click an album, folder or photo for Open, Select, Export, Rename and Delete.
  • Split screen. Use the Split button in the header to show two places side by side and drag between them; Expand returns to one.

Adding photos​

In select mode press +:

  • Upload files… — pick files on this device; they go into the current album (into the album's folder when the album is backed by one).
  • Add from Gallery… — link photos that are already on the server into this album without uploading again.
  • From server folders… — bring in files or whole folders from other folders of the server computer, as copies or as symlinks. Only folders you have allowed on the admin page (Advanced → Folders) are offered.
  • Create new album…, Attach existing album… and New Folder….

Export to disk​

Select albums or folders and press Export to copy (or symlink) the whole tree into a real folder on the server computer. You choose the destination in a folder tree limited to the writable folders you allowed on the admin page. Selecting only photos instead downloads each file through the browser.

Per-browser settings​

The gear opens /settings: Theme (Light, Dark or follow the system), Preview elements size for each of Tree, Grid, List and Document, the size of the control icons, the transparency of the Document panel, and the Export mode (Ask, Copy or Symlink; until you pick one it follows the server's default from the admin page). These are saved in this browser only, so every device keeps its own look.

Version limits​

On Demo and Free the server holds a limited number of photos and albums; when a request goes over a limit, the gallery shows the limit and an Upgrade to Plus link for a few seconds. The numbers are in Account and Plus.