digiKam provides several export options that help archive and publish your personal image collections. It offers archiving to CD or DVD (with k3b), HTML export, and export to a remote gallery.
To save your image collection to CD or DVD, proceed as follows:
Choose the album you want to export and select
+ .Make your adjustments in the
dialog using its various submenus.With
, determine which part of your collection should be archived by selecting albums and tags.In
, decide whether your image collection should be accessible through an HTML interface and whether automatic run functionality should be added to your CD or DVD archive. Set a selection title and image, font, and background properties.Change the settings for the volume description in
, if necessary.Adjust the burning options to your needs in
, if necessary.Click
to initiate the burning process.To create an HTML export of your image collection, proceed as follows:
Select
+ .Determine which part of your collection should be archived by selecting albums or tags in
and click .Use
dialog to set the title and appearance of your HTML gallery and click .Specify size, compression and file type for the thumbnails used for gallery navigation in
and click .Determine the location of the gallery on disk with
and click .To export your collection to an external image gallery on the Internet, proceed as follows:
Get an account for an external Web site to host your gallery.
Select
+ and provide URL, username, and password for the external site when asked for them. digiKam establishes a connection to the site specified and opens a new window called .Determine the location of your new album in the gallery.
Click
and provide the information requested by digiKam.Upload the images to the new album with
.