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[AnnieB]

Is it possible to generate static html pages?

[Tarique Sani]

For something like Offline Album ?

No. but it has been requested often so it is on our long list of ToDo

[AnnieB]

no, it's for a online one

a static album would use less resources

any idea when it'd be available?

[Tarique Sani]

Online Album will never be static!

[AnnieB]

that was kinda rude

thanks anyway

[Tarique Sani]

huh? i wonder why a simple statement as above is considered rude < shrug >

[AnnieB]

the ! gave the rude entonation

why couldnt it be static?

[kegobeer]

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.

[AnnieB]

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

[kegobeer]

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.

[Kaspars]

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/php/caching-output-in-php

(but remember to exclude control panel php files)