Is a 'per user' gallery projected?

rokr - September 1, 2007 - 07:09
Project:Gallerix
Version:5.x-1.0
Component:Miscellaneous
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:active
Description

Thanks :-)

#1

silviogutierrez - September 1, 2007 - 18:01

At this point, Galllerix was built with the concept of a 'per user' gallery in mind, so yes, out of the box, this will be a feature. Unfortunately, PHP has certain limitations when it comes to file uploads. I managed to get ZIP upload working, but max file size is still pretty limited. Of course, you can change this depending on your host, making it any value you want (within reason). However, I don't know whether the majority of shared hosts enforce the 2 megabyte upload maximum.

So, my options to workaround the PHP limit are as follow:

  • Use FTP to upload a ZIP file of any limit.
  • Integrate SWFUpload (read more about it) to enable virtually unlimited sized uploads. Note that the SWFUpload module for Drupal does not work, so it needs to be fixed first.
  • Create a distributed Java applet to upload pictures, a la Facebook.

If you have any other suggestions to workaround the max upload size of PHP, let me know. Remember, though you and I can easily upload huge files through FTP, the average user will find that too complicated.

Silvio

#2

jabevan - November 26, 2007 - 22:40
Version:<none>» 5.x-1.0

I agree that FTP is way too complicated for the average user and vote for SWFUpload. I would possibly be willing to sponsor this fix with a couple hundred dollars.

 
 

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