In my attempt to host pictures on my websites, I tried out multiple things. From evaluating different products (CMFPhotoAlbum, CMFPhoto, ATPhoto) to installing add-on components to modifying source code. I learnt a lot of things during those two days (nights)  when I was trying to get it working. I initially thought about just posting a note here, but then I thought I won't do justice to the entire content and let my thoughts trail off here. So now I have decided to write up an article on my experiences and learning so that someone else can benefit from it and not waste so much time in doing the same thing.

In a nutshell, the lessons I learnt are:

1. Plone can handle photos natively since v 2.1. Just change the view from standard to thumbnail.
   
2. You need PIL / JPEG support installed on your linux computer / python compilation for it work
3. There is bug in the ArcheTypes product in the way plone renders the image using the image_view or atct_album_image viewing method. More on that later.
4. If you are stuck anywhere, ask the experts. Open source community is so much helpful and forthcoming, it would be a waste not to ask for help.