Static version?

j-a-palotes-machado

could files.php be automated to generate the pages/thumbs/etc offline so they can be uploaded to a static-only webserver?

Karl

It's a good question. Theoretically, it would be possible, and there is already a non-public script I made that can loop through the entire dir structure and create IMAGE cache and JSON cache (for folders and menu). However, Files app currently relies on making requests to PHP, which checks if cache exists, and then returns the cache (if cache for the request does not exist, it will have to be created first by PHP, and then returned).

I will check tomorrow if this is possible in current release. Else, I'm sure it could be made possible.

Karl

I just tested this, and it's possible although the process is too complicated with several limitations. I will consider this for a future release.

j-a-palotes-machado

awesome to hear that. I'll subscribe to releases 🙂

j-a-palotes-machado

Works like a charm! But it puts my puny webserver on it knees, while my ... oh, I think I can automate this on my laptop and rsync _files to the webserver. Stay tuned 🙂

rantonse

I am very interested in this. How did you do this, @j-a-palotes-machado?

Is this still something considered for a future release?

Karl

rantonse Is this still something considered for a future release?

It could say yes it might be "considered", but it's not on the immediate radar. It's a bit complicated, because we rely on server PHP to detect when cache expires etc. Even if I complete this task, you would first need to publish the gallery from a PHP servers.