Gallery v1.4.4 Release Candidate 1 Available!
Date: Saturday, July 10 @ 19:58:34 CEST
Topic: Modules


Gallery v1.4.4-RC1 is now be avaliable for download. This release fixes bugs and has some neat new features. Read more for the huge list!


Gallery Remote 1.4-RC1 is also part of this release. From the point of view of the applets, there are major improvements in the upload applet (including fixes for most of the embedding problems).


We are also introducing the Gallery Goodies page, currently at gallery.ithought.org, which is intended to provide a single resource for finding skins, item borders, and other addons to Gallery.



Download 1.4.4-RC1 from the Gallery Download Page. Visit the 1.4.4-RC1 Discussion Thread for any known issues.


Note: This is a *pre-release* version, and you should be sure to BACK UP YOUR GALLERY *before* installing and upgrading your current Gallery.


please see also the NukedGallery.net - a Dedicated PHP-Nuke Gallery Website.
Dariush Molavi has launched a new website called NukedGallery.net
that is dedicated to integrating menalto-gallery (demo) into PHP-Nuke!
Read on for information on how to back up critical data...

We have provided a small PHP script with this version to assist you in making a backup. When you download and decompress this release, the script will be located in:


gallery/setup/backup_albums.php


To run this script, put your Gallery into configuration mode, install
the new software over your exising Gallery installation and copy
backup_albums.php out of its location in the setup directory and into your existing main Gallery directory. Run this script from your
browser. It will package the important album data and save a backup to your computer, in one of two formats: .tar.gz (useful on Unix/Linux systems) or .zip (useful on Windows systems).


The script gives you the option of backing up your entire albums ("All files") directory or just the Gallery database files ("Data files
only"). While you should have a backup copy of all your photos, for
most upgrades, it is sufficient to just back up the data files only.
Note that backing up all the files could produce a *huge* file, since
all of your photos will be included.


Finally, verify the contents of the downloaded backup file to make sure the files were indeed saved. Once you have the data files backed up, you can confidently proceed with reconfiguring your Gallery and updating your albums. Make sure you remove the copy of backup_albums.php from the Gallery directory, so visitors can't make a copy of your entire Gallery!


Gallery New Features:


  • Updated
    Config Wizard - New tabbed design allows for quick location and
    configuration, and the config wizard now requires an admin user to
    login to before settings can be changed. The config wizard is also now
    run from inside of Gallery so no need to put your Gallery into
    configuration mode!

  • Updated Embedding Support - Embedding
    has been enhanced to give a better user experience. Gallery now
    supports postNuke .750RC3 (with 'Legacy Modules' support enabled)

  • Find
    Orphans - A new utility for administrators will allow them to locate
    albums that may have been orphaned from Gallery. They exist.. you just
    can't see them!

  • Updated Commenting System - The comment
    system now has additional security features to help prevent abuse, as
    well as features which allow for the comment form to be embedded in the
    View Photo page.

  • RSS - Gallery now has a built-in RSS feed
    so that users can keep track of changes in your albums. (User
    logins/authentication is not supported at this time - this is anonymous
    only.)

  • Syslog support - User logins and login failures can now be logged to syslog on UNIX, or the system Event Log on Windows.

  • PHP 5.0 Support - We have been testing Gallery with PHP 5.0 for some time now, and we don't know of any outstanding issues.

  • Upload Form and Slideshow Preferences - The Gallery admin can decide which style of form and slideshow should be used by default, the normal
    web-based, or the java applets.

  • Performance Optimizations - Numerous changes have been made in the attempt to speed up Gallery's
    performance on albums with large numbers of photos, and in general.

  • Private Albums - An option has been added which allows new albums to be created with a more restrictive set of permissions (Only logged in users can view the new album, instead of everyone. Note: Changing this option will not effect new albums which are created as sub-albums of an already existing album, since sub-albums inherit their parent's permissions.) This was added at the request of numerous people who prefer to keep their Gallery restricted to family members or other known-users only.

  • Watermarking Previews - Allows you to see what your watermark is going to look like before applying it.

  • Search Page - Extra security has been added to the search page to ensure that users are never given links to images that they are not allowed to see. (Hidden, or otherwise permission restricted images)

  • Greater HTML compliance - We can't claim to be 100% compliant, yet, but we're getting there. This will help make sure that pages render correctly in all browsers.

  • Bugfixes - Fixed bugs, galore! You can read the ChangeLog file for details. (Not for the faint of heart.)



Gallery Remote New Features:


  • Various applet improvements: nicer and lower-resource slideshow, more options in upload applet.

  • Fixed applets when Gallery is embedded in a CMS and when Gallery is in "relative" mode.

  • Ability to resize even when ImageMagick is not found (useful for applet).

  • Non-8bit support.

  • Handful of new features in Gallery Remote: G2 compatibility and crop before upload, importing of EXIF tags.







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