Full Stack Web · 2024
Full Stack Photo Gallery Website
A PHP and MySQL photography portfolio platform with categories, admin management, lightbox viewing, and responsive presentation.
- My role
- Full-stack development, admin systems, gallery UX
- Status
- Legacy portfolio project
01 · The idea
A working content platform for photographers
The project goes beyond a static gallery by adding categories, an admin interface, upload management, metadata, and a responsive public presentation layer.
02 · How it works
Content management plus public viewing
The system combines MySQL-backed categories and images with an admin surface for managing the gallery and a visitor-facing frontend optimized for browsing.
03 · The hard part
Admin security and dynamic media handling
The main challenges were database schema design, secure admin workflows, dynamic image loading, upload handling, and keeping the site responsive across screen sizes.
04 · What's next
Modernize the platform layer
A future rebuild would move to a modern typed stack, improve image optimization, add stronger auth, and turn gallery management into a cleaner product workflow.
~/outcomes
Results
- Built a full public gallery plus admin management workflow.
- Handled categories, uploads, metadata, lightbox viewing, and responsive layout.
- Practiced database design, authentication, security, and performance tuning.
~/stack
Built with
- PHP
- MySQL
- HTML
- CSS
- Bootstrap
- jQuery
- JavaScript