ReadyNAS Photos without registering on external site?

garga wrote:

I would like to use a photo sharing solution that resides on the ReadyNAS alone and does not require any third party website registrations. I carefully read the description of the Photo add-on but it is still unclear to me if and how the service interacts with readynasphotos.com. Seems that you access the photos on the NAS using a link like USERNAME.readynasphotos.com. Can you access the photos without going through a third party site (potential privacy issues like tracking come to mind)? Also the tutorial for activating the service does not mention opening of ports on the router, I wonder how the photos are accessed remotely (off-site). I am open to other type of photo access as well - seems the device can have PHP/mysql software installed but as I am not very familiar with *nix don't know if software like Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/) would work satisfactory? Thanks for your ideas!

I think Netgear should make something like Synology did. Their photoscript is loaded directly from the NAS and you just have to drag and drop your photos and videos into the /photo/ folder on the NAS. The script creates thumbnails automatically and via http://yourexternalip/photo/ you open your albums straight from your NAS. No need to install extra software !

See: http://demo.synology.com/photo/