How to generate an HTML photo gallery

photo-gallery.md

Preparation

1. Install GraphicsMagick:
   sudo apt-get install graphicsmagick
2. Install ExifTool following these instructions
3. Install thumbsup:
   npm i -g thumbsup

Generating new galleries

1. Create a hard-to-guess directory:
   dir=$(pwgen -Bcns 16 1) && (echo Dir: $dir; mkdir $dir)
2. Generate the gallery:

   thumbsup --input photos/ --output $dir --usage-stats false --theme flow --title 'WHAT (WHERE, WHEN)' --footer 'Copyright © tripu 2020 — all rights reserved'

3. Remove inconvenient file:
   rm $dir/public/.gitkeep

Amending dates

exiftool "-DateTimeOriginal=YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS" image.jpeg