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  • Now Here - New Photo Album

    EDIT - Okay, it's up and running. Some very basic albums are created for you to start posting your pics for everyone to see! You can post in your own 'member gallery' OR you can post them in content specific galleries I've created. As always, this is just the jumping off point. I know it's going to need some changes to make it better and more useful, so keep your ideas coming! What other categories can we use? Would sub-categories benefit us?

    To use: Click the link in the menu bar called 'Gallery'. You will see an 'Upload Photos' link on the right. Click the link, choose the gallery you want to upload to, and then browse to your photos to upload.

    Have fun! I look forward to seeing all your great shots!

    For the next couple of days I'll be working on the Photo Album feature. There is a more 'enhanced' photo album that I am working to implement here. I'm letting you know this because until it's completely up and running, the current Photo Album links may temporarily send you to a bad page.

    Here's where I can use some feedback from you guys...

    There isn't a way to import the current photos into the new system, so I want to keep both online. How would you like to see the links to get to both albums? What would make it easy to distinguish between the 2?

    Here are some of the features you'll see in the new Photo Album...

    • You can upload photos to a category (like Full Tank Shots or fish species specific, for example) or to your own gallery
    • You can create your own subcategories/subgalleries within your personal gallery
    • You can upload more than one file at a time
    • You can post comments about photos
    • You can create personal albums
    • You can search by keyword
    • You can rate photos on a scale from 1 to 5
    • You can edit or delete your own comments
    • You can move your photos from one category to another
    • You can choose to be notified of new posts to your photos or photos to which you want to subscribe (email notification).
    • You can sort thumbnail display pages by alphabetical, most popular, most active, by date, and by number of views
    • Member Galleries section displays disk space used by each member so you can keep track of your disk usage
    • Private Personal Albums - Private Albums are assigned a unique URL which you can share with friends for restricted access.
    • View Recent Uploads - A link to show the posts in the past 1, 7 and 14 days.
    • View All Uploads - can be viewed and then sorted (for example to see the most popular uploads in all groups)
    • My Favorites - You will have the ability to "tag" images for your own "My Favorites" feature. Viewing My Favorites shows the tagged images in a gallery format.
    Last edited by imagirlgeek; 02-28-2009, 03:04 PM. Reason: Updating info
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  • #2
    This new album sounds great, looking forward to it!

    Perhaps you can rename the old "Photo Album" to something else. Is it possible to prohibit users from adding to the old album? How about you phase out the old album; give people a few months to move their own photos if they wish before it is removed. I am sure that would be easier for you (and less confusing for the users) in the long run if there was just 1. my 2 cents.

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    • #3
      Excellent suggestion! So maybe call the original photo album 'Legacy Photos' or something like that? And put like a 3 month deadline to move photos over to the new gallery, while at the same time, lock down the ability to add to the legacy album?
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      • #4
        Wow! That sounds awesome! I have an album right now but I can just re-upload them into the new one when it's finished. So I'm not worried if they get deleted, but the 3 month deadline sounds like a good idea. I love how you just keep making this site better and better! :emt_thumbs::emt_thumbs: Keep up the great work!
        -Laura-

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        • #5
          This is freakin' awesome!!! Thanks! :emt_thumbs:
          Experiencing an aquatic renaissance!

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          • #6
            Cool :) Traci you rock !!!

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            110
            Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
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            • #7
              Sounds great, my only concern is the rating feature. Do you think it will run into the same issues as the reputation system did?

              I like the idea of eventually doing away with the current album feature. Would it really be necessary with the great new one you're giving us?
              Reasoning with some people is like trying to nail jello to a wall...

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              • #8
                sounds complicated...

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                • #9
                  I'm looking forward to chewing up lots of bits and bytes will all my fish photo's.... :)

                  Check's in the mail....

                  CF
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Kiovo View Post
                    sounds complicated...
                    I got you covered. :emt_thumbs:
                    Experiencing an aquatic renaissance!

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                    • #11
                      The rating feature is no different from the ability we have with the posts. You can rate posts and articles too. But you don't have to. And to be honest, I don't think it will be used much. Plus, if we want to do 'Tank of the month' contests...or something like that, we're going to need it.

                      And it's not complicated. You have an album like we have now. You have an upload link like we have now. I will do all the heavy lifting when it comes to creating the shared albums...OH!...I almost forgot! Go ahead and post here the photo albums you want for our shared albums.

                      Full Tank Shots
                      Tropheus
                      Petros
                      Discus
                      Planted Tanks

                      etc... help me out!
                      Our Fishhouse
                      Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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                      • #12
                        puffers
                        babies.......

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                        • #13
                          See my addition at the bottom.

                          Originally posted by imagirlgeek View Post
                          The rating feature is no different from the ability we have with the posts. You can rate posts and articles too. But you don't have to. And to be honest, I don't think it will be used much. Plus, if we want to do 'Tank of the month' contests...or something like that, we're going to need it.

                          And it's not complicated. You have an album like we have now. You have an upload link like we have now. I will do all the heavy lifting when it comes to creating the shared albums...OH!...I almost forgot! Go ahead and post here the photo albums you want for our shared albums.

                          Full Tank Shots
                          Tropheus
                          Petros
                          Discus
                          Planted Tanks
                          Sexiest Fish Keeper (Male and female...respectfully.)

                          etc... help me out!
                          Raul
                          PokerFace

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rrocket2002 View Post
                            See my addition at the bottom.
                            Sexiest Fish Keeper (Male and female...respectfully.)

                            Raul, that's just a Pandora's box wanting to be opened.
                            I don't think we should go there.
                            PLECOS SUCK!

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                            • #15
                              How about DYI steps? It's like a recipe, I need a picture to see what it's supposed to look like
                              Reasoning with some people is like trying to nail jello to a wall...

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