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Old December 6th, 2005, 12:06 PM   #13 (permalink)
Bill Thebert
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Another anomaly/feature observed:

Suppose a photo is originally uploaded to "Category A". It is then copied to "Category B".

If, at a later date, I wish to additionally copy the file to "Category C", I must be sure to go back and do it from the original "Category A" copy of the image.

Copying from the already-copied "Category B" instance of the image results in broken thumbnails and intermediate images.

Copying from the original "Category A" instance of the image results in thumbnails and intermediate images that are fine/visible immediately.

Unfortunately, there is NO WAY TO TELL which instance of a photo is the original -- except by trial and error.

Moreover, showphoto.php will inticate that "B" and "C" are additional categories (when viewing instance "A"), but will not show all three when viewing either instance "B" or "C". ("B" shows B + A; "C" shows C + A; only the "A" version shows A + B *and* C.)

This "multi-category" thing is seriously problematic on many different levels.

I'll reiterate my suggestion about making this a true *database* with multiple views of a SINGLE image, in order to eliminate all this copying & the associated problems.

Last edited by Bill Thebert; December 6th, 2005 at 12:30 PM.
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