PhotoPost 5.3 Released!

[Michael P]

PhotoPost 5.3 is a rollup of all updates to the 5.2 release plus a few new features our users have requested.

Sub Albums. The ability to assign albums to a parent album creating categories within an album.
Puzzle Display. Displays thumbnails without formatting:

http://www.viperalley.com/gallery/sh.../thumbscheck/0

Gallery Layouts. The ability to specify default gallery view layouts on a per category basis (Gallery, Thumbnail, Thmbnail with Title, Puzzle).
Order Photos. This functionality has been removed and is no longer supported.
New Performance Configuration Items. Ability to turn off new category caching for large sites, ability to turn off featured photos for showgallery pages, ability to turn off quick admin options on showphoto pages, cpu limiter to disable gallery when cpu load is over a threshold. (See below)
HTML Codes/Direct Links. On showphoto the ability to turn on the displaying of IMG SRC html code and direct link URLs.
Thumbnail Control. More control over number of thumbnails by allowing admin to set the default number of rows of thumbnails on a gallery page (also more Per Page options for users).

All code fixes reported to date.

There is an upgrade script for this release, you will need to run the upgrade.php script to update your new options.

The list of files to change since the 5.21 (Build 12/9) are:

adm-cats.php
adm-misc.php
bulkupload.php
comments.php
comshow.php
ecard.php
editphoto.php
image-inc.php
member.php
misc.php
pp-inc.php
search.php
showgallery.php
showmembers.php
showphoto.php
slideshow.php
uploadphoto.php
useralbums.php

templates/albhead.tmpl
templates/alb-editalb.tmpl
templates/albums.tmpl
templates/bulkupload.tmpl
templates/cathead.tmpl
templates/editphoto.tmpl
templates/membhead.tmpl
templates/showgallery.tmpl
templates/showphoto.tmpl
templates/uploadphoto.tmpl

templates/vb3enhanced/albhead.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/alb-editalb.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/albums.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/bulkupload.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/cathead.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/editphoto.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/membhead.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/showgallery.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/showphoto.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/uploadphoto.tmpl

forums/vb3.php
forums/phpbb2.php

languages/*.php

If you are running a version prior to the 5.21 December 9th build, please refer to this thread for more information on files that have changed between 5.21 versions:

PhotoPost 5.21 Update Posted (10/26/2005 Build Update)

New Performace Options
======================
You will find three new configuration items which can impact performance on your site - these options generally apply to our larger customers only:

Global Options -> Use category cache?

For small and medium sized sites, the category cache can greatly improve performance by caching all of the category informatin into the database. However, if you have a large site with hundreds of categories or more, the cache may actually slow down your page load times. You can see if performance improves on your site by turning the category cache off (set to "no").

Show Gallery Options -> Display Featured Photos on this page?

On large sites, the query to display Featured Photos on each Gallery page can be excessive - this is because the query is specific to each and every gallery and cannot be cached. If your gallery pages are running on the slow side, you can improve the page generation times by disabling the featured photos display. Setting this option to "no" will prevent the features from being displayed.

Show Photo Options -> Display Admin quick move/delete options under photo?

On large sites with hundreds (or thousands) of categories, the Admin Delete/Move option displayed on a Show Photo page can result in alot of additional HTML code on every photo page. You can disable this quick admin display by setting this option to "no"; and then any changes you need to make to the photo can be made by using the EDIT PHOTO link.

[WB]

Michael:

I'm assuming not but since it wasn't explicitly mentioned, are there any security related updates/changes in 5.3?

Thank you.

[letmein]

is there an approval process for :
Sub Albums. The ability to assign albums to a parent album creating categories within an album

[Michael P]

No, there are no additional security updates as none have been discovered/reported since the release of 5.21.

I'm not sure what you mean an "approval process" - do you mean approve of an album addition or of photo additions?

[letmein]

when user assign their album to a category, you need to review the contents of the user's album before the album available to public view.

[snoopy5]

what did change in languages/*.php?

Could you post here the lines you are added?

Thanks in advance

[Chuck S]

A program like beyond compare can work wonders for file comparison's

http://www.scootersoftware.com/

5.3 was released 3 months ago if I had a 5.21 to compare I could let you know what was added but I do not. You can use beyond compare to compare your two files and should see the ones you need to add.

[mtha]

Originally Posted by snoopy5

what did change in languages/*.php?

Could you post here the lines you are added?

Thanks in advance

wow, I though developers should have and keep all the versions. dont you have backup? dont you have progress reports? dont you use CVS?

anyway, snoopy,

$Globals['pp_lang']['albumparent'] = "Album Parent";
$Globals['pp_lang']['directcode'] = "Direct link";
$Globals['pp_lang']['htmlcode'] = "HTML code";
$Globals['pp_lang']['notassigned'] = "Not Assigned";
$Globals['pp_lang']['overload'] = "Server busy, try again shortly.";
$Globals['pp_lang']['puzzle'] = "Puzzle";
$Globals['pp_lang']['userassigned'] = "Assigned Albums"; // THIS ONE IS MODIFIED

[Chuck S]

I am not the developer of Photopost so no I do not keep a copy

I have previous version backups of Reviewpost and Classifieds which I work on.

[snoopy5]

Thank you mtha!

Chuck, do not worry, I know how it is if you are at the front with the client, but not the decsion maker of the things behind the curtain

[Chuck S]

mtha

Actually when a new software version is released it replaces all prior versions. You login to your members area and this is all you will see the current version. We do not operate a CVS repository where you can go get old versions and such.

If there are old versions around it is because the developer of the software keeps copies of his old work. Example being I work on the other software projects we have and I keep the last stable build of classifieds and reviewpost plus the two present builds.

[rolfw]

I'm running Photopost php 5.02 at the moment, is it difficult to upgrade to this version?

[Chuck S]

No not at all. Upgrade instructions are within the documentation folder of the download.

[rolfw]

Sorry, meant to put this question in the 5.31 thread, as I cannot find this one for download, only 5.31, which says it has no upgrade script.