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I like the Gallery Module and i am glad they made a version for Drupal, but I really need commenting and possibly the ability to rate photos in the gallery, is this possible with Drupal? I hope so! Thanks.
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Try AcidFree
Nancy W.
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NancyDru
Definitely. If you use
Definitely. If you use anything with the image.module it turns your images into nodes, which allow for commenting and using other contributed modules, such as the vote/rating ones to be used with it. The image.module comes with a contrib image_gallery module, but you could also create your gallery in other ways, such as with the views module.
There's a lot of ways to create a Drupal gallery, so it can be a bit confusing. I don't know anything about Acidfree, but I've heard that's a good option, too.
I tried the Acid demo and it
I tried the Acid demo and it seemed sluggish, I am a fan of Gallery - is there any way to allow commenting and rating photos within Gallery? Also, the site I am doing will have a lot of galleries. Or, would I just have to edit Acid to my liking to get it working right?
When?
AcidFree for 5.x is vastly different than the 4.7 version. I have used both Image Gallery and AcidFree and find no performance differences in 5.x. But the display is far more to my liking with AcidFree. Now, if you're talking about Gallery (which has been superseded by Gallery2), there is not even a doubt that AcidFree is faster and sleeker.
Nancy W.
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NancyDru
Hmm, well maybe the default
Hmm, well maybe the default example was no good, could I trouble you for any examples of it in action? It being personalized Acid. And Acid is good for a LOT of albums, right? And allows commenting only to people that register with your drupal site?
Unfortunately
My 5.1 web site with it is not live yet, and the albums on it are for members only. But in 5.1, the images are nodes; nodes allow one to restrict their view and commenting like any other content type.
Yes, it is good for lots of albums (I currently have 13). It even supports album-per-user. It also has support for video.
Rather than display each album one under the other, as Image Gallery does, it spreads them across the page and you can set how many show up on each page (it does use a pager). So I get 5 across each row (Garland theme with both sidebars enabled). Each picture within an album is controlled by the Image module, so you can define what sizes are shown. Each album and individual picture can have a caption. They are controlled with a taxonomy which defines the albums.
Nancy W.
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NancyDru
I love that I can make
I love that I can make images only available to people logged in. Do you think it would be easy to do something where, in any album, the first page of photos anyone can view but you have to sign in (or sign up for an account) to be able to view photos? Also, when is your site going live? Seeing is believing :)
Access Control
One of the Access Control modules might help you there.
My site is almost ready to go, but the pictures are restricted to members of the group, so you wouldn't be able to see the pictures.
Nancy W.
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NancyDru
Access Control
I'm new drupaler and maybe I wrong in my comment.
The access control module can control the access or deny to a module, but it can not discriminates by users ( or groups).
I also want to know how to control the access by user or groups, but I don't know.
Anybody know how do it?
No
I'm talking about modules like TAC_Lite (which I use) or node_access. They are specifically to allow access by user role. For example, the pictures, and some pages, on my site are limited to members. Other pages are limited to the Board of Directors (a different role), while the ability to see who voted in an election is limited to the Election Committee members (another role).
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NancyDru
Comments and ratings
You can do commenting and ratings on photos in G2, but they are part of G2, not Drupal. As much as I love G2, I will be looking for another solution for this new site I'm doing because it is important to me to have comments, ratings, and photos fully integrated into Drupal.
Michelle
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My site: http://shellmultimedia.com
Michelle, it seems like Acid
Michelle, it seems like Acid is the way to go as you and I are in the same boat. G2 looks nice but it's too stand-alone apparently.
Acidree
I plan on looking at that along with the other options but my gut feeling is I will go with a CCK/Image/Views homebrew kind of thing. I tend to be too much of a fiddler to use large premade modules. :)
Michelle
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My site: http://shellmultimedia.com
If you do and are sharing,
If you do and are sharing, let me know!
Will be a while
Will be a while before I get to it... Got other to dos in the queue. If I write anything on it, it will show up on http://dev.shellmultimedia.com
Michelle
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Someone else
I remember a photographer recently posting that he had done something along those lines, and they looked pretty good on his site. Do a search and see if it pops up.
Nancy W.
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NancyDru
could this be used to make a
could this be used to make a gallery for Drupal?
http://www.symfony-project.com/