Octopress is a very nice static blogging framework for 2 great reasons:
1. Jekyll
Neat layouts with HAML/SASS and Markdown for posts
2. Rake script
RSync deploy over SSH to your own web host
I really like the Rake SSH deploy with RSync over SSH so why not make something for photo galleries?
What it should achieve
Some initial thoughts to start with.
Manageable folder structure
- A folder would represent a gallery containing
- 1.png, 2.png, … x.png
- captions.haml with Markdown formatting
Generate thumbnails
Using RMagick
Generate HTML
Using Rake from HAML and the images.