Image Selection Gallery - Change log

Current version: V1.6.0 from 22 January 2015

V1.6.0 (22 January 2015)

Upgrades:

• API for android client added. It is now possible to use the new Android app for rating and selection.
• Settings: It is now possible to disable the password change by users. This would be useful if the gallery was used as public test system.

Changes:

• The user password has to be provided twice now when a new gallery or user is added.

Bugfixes:

• English text has been corrected at the upload page.

V1.5.5 (10 September 2014)

Changes:

• The context menu has been deactivated at the browser and it is not possible anymore to drag images out of the browser.

Bugfixes:

• Bug at the invitations and automatic login corrected. Problem was that unlimited valid time for invitations and user caused problems when the MySQL database is operated in a strict SQL mode. Update will only be necessary if problems occur.
• If the browser doesn't send a language code English will now be taken as default language.

V1.5.4 (08 June 2013)

Bugfixes:

• If a manual download selection is done and only one gallery exists where images may be downloaded, then no error will occur anymore. If several galleries are available and no gallery is selected, a warning message will appear now.

V1.5.3 (08 May 2013)

Bugfixes:

• If the MySQL database is operated in a stronger SQL mode the gallery will now run correctly without errors. Update will only be necessary if problems occur during installation (admin user could not be created).

V1.5.2 (13 Feb 2013)

Bugfixes:

• Wrong CSS files were provided with version 1.5.1. This caused an incorrect display of the thumbnails page. This is corrected now.

V1.5.1 (09 Feb 2013)

Upgrades:

• Invitations: The variable @VALID@ can now be used in the message text for invitations to show the date until the invitation is valid.
• Info/help page: The user can now set here whether the info/help page should be displayed after login. In this context the continue button, which opens the gallery, has been placed directly at the page. It doesn't have to be exist in the configurable text anymore and should be removed from there in order to avoid a double existence of this button. If the text has been edited, the button has to be removed manually. In the other case the new default text can be loaded (seen next point).
• Info/help page: A manual for gallery users was added to the default text. If this extended text should be used so please login as administrator, open the Tab "Texts" and choose the text "Info/help page" and the Language code "en". Then click at the Reset button in order to load the new text to the database. ATTENTION: All changes you have made to this text before will be overwritten during this process. In order to make the use of icons at the text possible changes at the CSS file were necessary. If you don't use the standard themes you have to adapt these changes in your own themes too.
• The PHP version is now checked during installation.
• Administration: The PHP and MySQL version is now displayed at the overview page. Moreover a warning will be displayed there if Javascript has not been enabled.

Changes:

• If no database connection could be established, only one error message will be displayed at the login page. The rest of the page will be omitted in this case.

Bugfixes:

• If "Fade out image control" has been activated at the settings, in some cases the image control was still visible when the single or compare view was closed by clicking the icon at the image control. Now the image control is closed correctly.
• It is now checked whether the image directory is set and specified as relativ path during installation.
• Administration: If Javascript is disabled, the dialog elements are not shown anymore at the page now.
• Gallery view: Display problems with old MySQL versions (4.1) fixed. An error message was shown or an empty page was displayed.
• Gallery view: Thumbnails can now be selected for the compare view with command key + mouse click on Macs.

V1.5.0 (16 Apr. 2012)

Important notices:

• The database structure has to be updated for this version. To do this call the page update/update.php. Afterwards the update directory should be deleted.

Upgrades:

• It is now possible to allow users an image download. For each gallery and for each user it can be independently set whether downloads from these galleries and for these users are allowed. Furthermore downloads can be globally activated or deactivated. As default no downloads are allowed. Downloads of images will only be possible if they are allowed globally, for the user and for the gallery. Without further settings the images from the large directory are used as source for downloads. These are the images which are displayed at the browser. But it is also possible to define a special download directory, for example if the images should be provided in a higher resolution for download. More about that can be found at the documentation, chapter galleries.
• The look of the whole application can now easily be changed by using themes. One theme is specified for the frontend and one for the backend at the settings page. Own themes can be added very easily. In conjunction with this the CSS files and the required graphics are renamed and moved to the new directory themes.
• The display time at the slideshow can now be changed at the settings.
• A Lightroom import file can now be downloaded for each user at the user administration page. The image selection is done by defining certain filter criteria (stars, color marks). Afterwards the created file can be imported into Lightroom as smart collection.
• Galleries can now be marked as public. These public galleries are then chooseable at the login page and every visitor can view them without login. Public galleries have to be activated at the settings page first.
• Gallery view: Each user can now change his own password.

Changes:

• Gallery view: Now the maximum number of thumbnails at one page will be specified in the configuration file with the new parameter THUMBNAILS_MAX instead of specifying the maximum number of rows and columns. But it is also still possible to use the parameters PIC_COLUMNS and PIC_ROWS. If THUMBNAILS_MAX is used the old values will be unnecessary and can be deleted.
• Gallery view: The buttons for switching on/off the information at the thumbnails have been moved to a new menu.
• The info and help page will now be directly shown after login only after the first login. After further logins the gallery page will be shown immediately.

Bugfixes:

• The progress bar at the upload page is now visible again at new Firefox versions.

V1.4.1 (13 Mar. 2012)

Important notices:

• The database structure has to be updated for this version. To do this call the page update/update.php. Afterwards the update directory should be deleted.

Changes:

• Determination of the preview images at the gallery, user and invitation management is now more efficient.
• The root node at the gallery tab is now automatically selected after login.
• Name of the root node at the gallery and directory tree has been changed.
• The maximum filename length for images is now 50 characters.

Bugfixes:

• When single images are deleted the associated image rating data rows from users are now deleted too.
• The expiry date will be correctly displayed at the user and invitation page now for up-to-date PHP versions, if the validity is unlimited.

V1.4.0 (09 Mar. 2012)

Important notices:

• Please read the update instructions in the documentation.

Upgrades:

• Result email: The images can be grouped by stars, colors marks and comments now. Furthermore it is possible now to cut the file extension.
• Result email: It is now possible to attach a CSV file to the result mail. This option can be activated or deactivated at the settings. As default no CSV file is attached.
• Administration: A CSV file with the user results can now be downloader at the user administration. This is the same file like the one which can be attached to the result mail. The format of these CSV files can be adjusted at the settings page.
• Galleries and users are administered separately now. This makes it easier to assign one gallery to several users. Furthermore it is now possible to assign more than one gallery to one user. In this case the user can choose the galleries which should be displayed right at the moment. Likewise the user can choose the galleries whose result data should be sent to the photographer.
• Compare view added. It is used to compare several selected images. This selection can then be reduced step-by-step by removing images.
• The image control bar at the single image and compare view can now be automatically fade in and out, if this is activated at the settings. When the mouse pointer is moved over the control bar it is fade in, otherwise it is fade out.
• The filenames of the large and small directories can now be replaced by other names in the configuration file config.php. More about that can be found in the documentation in the chapter customization.
• The thumbnail size can now be defined in the configuration file config.php. This however affects only newly added images. Already existing thumbnails are not changed in their size. If the size is changed, the layout has to be changed at the CSS file too. More about that can be found in the documentation in the chapter customization.
• It is now possible to send invitations for galleries. For this a link will be sent to specified email addresses which is used by the receivers to register a user account. Consequently it is very easy to grant access to one or more galleries for several persons.

Changes:

• The username is now case-sensitive.
• Administration: The main areas are now arranged as tabs.
• CSS settings for Internet Explorer 7 characteristics are put to an own CSS file ie7.css.

Bugfixes:

• If another image is manually selected during a running slide show, the slide show will now be stopped.

V1.3.2 (28 Feb. 2012)

Bugfixes:

• Texts for the pages will be stored correctly now even if PHP Magic Quotes are activated.

V1.3.1 (13 Feb. 2012)

Bugfixes:

• The software works now also with PHP versions before 5.3.0.

V1.3.0 (21 Jan. 2012)

Important notices:

• The database structure has to be updated for this version. To do this call the page update/update.php. Afterwards the update directory should be deleted.
• Remarks can be assigned to each image now. This has to be activated at the settings page first. If the remarks should be added to the result mail the variable @COMMENTS@ has to be added to the result line at the settings page.

Upgrades:

• Single image view: The images are now presented as lightbox. Moreover it is possible now to present the photos as slideshow.
• Single image view: Next image is loaded in the background now.
• Single image view: Comments can now be added to each image if this is enabled in the user list and the settings.
• Administration: When a new user is added with an already existing directory which contains images a synchronisation will be automatically performed. The same will be done if a directory of an existing user is changed to another existing directory.
• Administration: It is possible to generate random directory names at the user and gallery management now.
• Administration: A busy display is shown during image synchronisation now.
• Administration: It is possible to set the sorting order of the results in the mail to the photographer in the settings now.
• Administration: Stars rating and assignment of color marks can be disabled globally (has priority) and for each individual user now.

Changes:

• Single image view: When changing to the single image view, the first image is displayed only then it was completely loaded.
• Gallery view: If one gallery has more than 15 pages then all page links will not be displayed anymore.
• Gallery view: When the administrator looks at a gallery and sets filter conditions there these conditions will be reset during return to the user list now.
• Password security improved by using a new hashing algorithm.
• Update: The database structure update is no longer done from the settings page. Instead it is now performed from an own page.

Bugfixes:

• Single image view: Error corrected which happens when the images are changed very quickly.
• Single image view: Maximum width of images is now limited.
• Administration: When a new user is added with an already existing directory or when the directory of an existing user is changed to another already existing directory, the hover functionality for the image preview is now working correctly for this user without reloading the page.
• Dialogs can be moved again now.

V1.2.0 (31 Dec. 2011)