How do the Photo Galleries Work

[jet_kit]

Originally Posted by sanderton

Hi Folks,

For technical reasons I won't bore you with, the galleries got added in a bit of a rush as we were very concious we'd promised to get things changed!

As result, some things are perhaps not as obvious as they might be.

We'll get that changed, and would welcome any suggestions.

Stuart

About half the images I've tried to upload are rejected as 'Invalid Files'. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this, some are very small (½MB), some fairly large (4.5MB), some in a group where others are OK, and some where the whole group is invalid?????

[Reinardina]

Originally Posted by jet_kit

About half the images I've tried to upload are rejected as 'Invalid Files'. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this, some are very small (½MB), some fairly large (4.5MB), some in a group where others are OK, and some where the whole group is invalid?????

I had the same problem trying to upload a new avatar. It is the same as the one I use on Flickr; it is a crop of a portrait. I can upload the whole picture, but not the cropped version. I tried resaving it in several different ways, but the site won't accept it.

[Reinardina]

Is there, or will there be (yes please!) a possibility to create 'sub categories' in one's own gallery. I just uploaded some demolition shots, which I would like to keep seperate from, say, flower shots.

[mondmagu]

Reinardina, when you click on 'my stuff' the drop down box has 4 titles,the last one is 'category admin'. You can set separate folders here.

Des

[Cathus]

Ok, so how do you edit a photo?

I've forgotten to give my shots a title but can;t see a way to edit it so I can change the title

[Lurkalot]

Originally Posted by Cathus

Ok, so how do you edit a photo?

I've forgotten to give my shots a title but can;t see a way to edit it so I can change the title

Cathus. When you view that image, just above it on the right hand side you should see a little "image tools" dropdown.

[Lurkalot]

Anyone finding other people posting in their personal albums? Dunno if this is because I have mod permissions, but I'm now finding this gallery plugin to be somewhat confusing to say the least. lol.. Got a horrible feeling this is going to get very messy.

Originally Posted by sanderton

Hi Folks,

For technical reasons I won't bore you with, the galleries got added in a bit of a rush as we were very concious we'd promised to get things changed!

As result, some things are perhaps not as obvious as they might be.

We'll get that changed, and would welcome any suggestions.

Stuart

Stuart. Loosely translated. You mean you guys spent 30 seconds adding a plugin, and forgot to set it up, lol..

A little info on how the Member's Categories work would be handy. Looks like any category added by members is open for anyone to post to it by default. For example, I added a category "Miscellaneous" and when I view this via "My Stuff" it contains images from other members. I can post to other peoples albums (which are actually just public categories, unless you set the permissions for each category).

[Reinardina]

Originally Posted by mondmagu

Reinardina, when you click on 'my stuff' the drop down box has 4 titles,the last one is 'category admin'. You can set separate folders here.

Des

Thanks Des. hadn't spotted that bit yet!

[Cathus]

Lurkalot,

I spotted the ability for everyone to post in user-created forums, so I just created a couple with my name - "cathus - places", "cathus - macro" - and unticked the box allowing others to post in them.

The problem will be in a few months time, the drop down list of galleries will be humungous and unwieldy.

The gallery plugin doesn't appear to be the most straightforward method

[admin]

Originally Posted by Cathus

Lurkalot,

I spotted the ability for everyone to post in user-created forums, so I just created a couple with my name - "cathus - places", "cathus - macro" - and unticked the box allowing others to post in them.

The problem will be in a few months time, the drop down list of galleries will be humungous and unwieldy.

The gallery plugin doesn't appear to be the most straightforward method

Would I be right in thinking that it would be wise to disable user galleries and get moderators to create appropriate categories instead?

Please let me know your thoughts.