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Do you want to have your own permanent online photo gallery on your own .COM web domain? It is easier than you imagine. You can brag to friends and family about having your own web photo gallery by following this simple 3 step process as outlined in the later section.

No matter if you are an expert web designer or you want to have a simple website for personal blogging, you may find it useful to have your own photo gallery on your own domain using your own hosting account. You are probable aware of many benefits of having your own web image gallery. Instead of using the free photo hosting services on Snapfish, Flickr orPhotobucket which can delete your photos at their own will, you can have a permanent online album. You also can have control over the administration of your album and the look and feel of the gallery.

So the 3 step process to achieve the above is:

1) Get a web host that has one of the photo galleries included in their hosting plans

2) Install the photo gallery application as detailed below, using one click installer such as Fantastico or vDeck.

3) Configure, customize and upload your photos

Now you are ready to tell the world that you have a gallery on the internet for them to view and comment.

Based on a web host reviews that has been done, the best website hosts that allow free installation and works best when using one of the above galleries are Fatcow, InMotion Hosting and A2 Hosting. They all cost under $10 per month – cheaper than the cost of your daily meal. Do not forget to Google their reviews on the Internet before you subscribe to host your photo gallery.

Here are some of the best available open source gallery applications -

* 4images Gallery – You can build your own photo album on your domain using this powerful web-based image gallery admin system. Benefits include comment system, user registration and management, password protected administration area with browser-based upload and HTML templates for page layout and design.
* Gallery – This is the most widely used image gallery script. This open source web based photo album gives you an easy way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website whether you are running a medium to small personal website or a huge community site.
* Coppermine Image Gallery – Coppermine is a versatile photo gallery script with MySQL database, user management, private galleries, automatic thumbnail creation, film strip, and a template system for customization.

The last step requires you to customize and upload the photos. This can be the most rewarding process as you can decide on the look and feel and organize the photos the way you have been imagining your gallery. You are free to make it look the way you want it. It is yours and Flickr, Snapfish or Photobucket has nothing to say about it. Enjoy!

The author is a research and lecturer and focuses on web based development. He has done many projects involving web applications and has had to use the best hosting services along the way.
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