[upload] is now improved (well, ok, it's different, we'll see if people think it is improved.) It's a little more complicated now, but I think it will be worth it. There is one more change I am still going to make, but that will just be cosmetic.
First of all, I've changed the wording a bit. When making albums there are now three album types. Shared, public, and private. A shared album is what I was (confusingly) calling public before. A shared album can be viewed by anyone, and more importantly, anyone can add pictures to it. A public album can be viewed by anyone, but only you can add pictures to it (this is the default.) A private album can only be viewed by you (and only you can add to it.)
You should try not to make shared albums unless there is a real reason (because these go into everyone lists, so if there is no reason it just makes everybody's lists longer.)
The other change is that you can now make albums inside of albums (inside of albums, inside of albums, etc...) You do this right on the [upload] page. If you uploading a picture and you enter a new album name in the space provided, you then select whether the new album is shared, public, or private, and then under that you can optionally choose an already existing album to which your new album we be a sub album.
So, for instance, I made an album called Austria 2002, and then I am uploading pictures into sub albums (like, 'Knoll winer', and 'Hundertwasser'.) When you view an album in list view it will tell you at the top if there are any sub albums (and give you a link.) If you are viewing a sub album in list view it will tell you the parent album (and give you a link.)
The one cosmetic change still to make is to have the sub albums listed indented under their parent albums in all the lists of albums (right now every album - top level, or below another album - list in one flat list.)
Also, when you view one of your albums in list view you can now do some editing (changing the album name, and the album type - shared, public, private) at the bottom of the page.
Hopfully this will seem more clear once you play around with it. Suggestions wanted. No doubt there will be some bugs.
Looks good. I just uploaded a file to a sub album, and moved a file from an album to a sub album. These are very useful improvements!
One thing I noticed: on the showpic page it says "Or add to this new album [ ] public? []"
Shouldn't it be "Or add to this new album [ ] public? [] private? [] shared? []"
Also, it seems there's no way right now to change a pic from public to private or vice versa except at the time you upload. (See below.)
Folks should know that "public" means it can be viewed by anyone on the Internet. As a typical matter, they won't see anyone's pictures, because a non-logged-in person can't see the [images] button on the taskbar. But, when I posted a link to a thumbnail page of mine recently, that created a doorway into the entire imaging system. I don't mind that, really, as long as I can change certain pictures to "private."
Oh yeah, I meant to say something about this. Even private albums don't actually protect images. Anybody on the internet can just enter random /getpic/xxx numbers and see pictures. The private only applies to the album itself, not to the pictures.
I can change this (I can add protection to getpic/ and showpic/) I was just never sure if this was necessary. What do people think?
I'll add the public, private, shared to the showpic page. Thanks, I hadn't thought to change that.
It doesn't matter to me if someone pulls up a pic through /getpic/, since those have no identifying text, right?. I think making the album private is enough protection.
whoops, that last comment was me.
showpic/ is now fixed so you can add to new albums and make those albums shared, public, or private. You can also make new albums sub albums to existing albums. People should now be able to go back and organize their pictures if they want. I guess I should make a way to delete albums, but that doesn't seem as pressing.
Before, when we were viewing a list of pictures, there was a red marker under the current picture so we could see where we were on say 1 to 21. So If we had to leave or wanted to revisit a particularly interesting picture, we knew where we were in the list. Could you return that feature?
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First of all, I've changed the wording a bit. When making albums there are now three album types. Shared, public, and private. A shared album is what I was (confusingly) calling public before. A shared album can be viewed by anyone, and more importantly, anyone can add pictures to it. A public album can be viewed by anyone, but only you can add pictures to it (this is the default.) A private album can only be viewed by you (and only you can add to it.)
You should try not to make shared albums unless there is a real reason (because these go into everyone lists, so if there is no reason it just makes everybody's lists longer.)
The other change is that you can now make albums inside of albums (inside of albums, inside of albums, etc...) You do this right on the [upload] page. If you uploading a picture and you enter a new album name in the space provided, you then select whether the new album is shared, public, or private, and then under that you can optionally choose an already existing album to which your new album we be a sub album.
So, for instance, I made an album called Austria 2002, and then I am uploading pictures into sub albums (like, 'Knoll winer', and 'Hundertwasser'.) When you view an album in list view it will tell you at the top if there are any sub albums (and give you a link.) If you are viewing a sub album in list view it will tell you the parent album (and give you a link.)
The one cosmetic change still to make is to have the sub albums listed indented under their parent albums in all the lists of albums (right now every album - top level, or below another album - list in one flat list.)
Also, when you view one of your albums in list view you can now do some editing (changing the album name, and the album type - shared, public, private) at the bottom of the page.
Hopfully this will seem more clear once you play around with it. Suggestions wanted. No doubt there will be some bugs.
- jim 12-02-2002 10:20 pm
Looks good. I just uploaded a file to a sub album, and moved a file from an album to a sub album. These are very useful improvements!
One thing I noticed: on the showpic page it says "Or add to this new album [ ] public? []"
Shouldn't it be "Or add to this new album [ ] public? [] private? [] shared? []"
Also, it seems there's no way right now to change a pic from public to private or vice versa except at the time you upload. (See below.)
Folks should know that "public" means it can be viewed by anyone on the Internet. As a typical matter, they won't see anyone's pictures, because a non-logged-in person can't see the [images] button on the taskbar. But, when I posted a link to a thumbnail page of mine recently, that created a doorway into the entire imaging system. I don't mind that, really, as long as I can change certain pictures to "private."
- tom moody 12-02-2002 11:03 pm [add a comment]
Oh yeah, I meant to say something about this. Even private albums don't actually protect images. Anybody on the internet can just enter random /getpic/xxx numbers and see pictures. The private only applies to the album itself, not to the pictures.
I can change this (I can add protection to getpic/ and showpic/) I was just never sure if this was necessary. What do people think?
I'll add the public, private, shared to the showpic page. Thanks, I hadn't thought to change that.
- jim 12-02-2002 11:23 pm [add a comment]
It doesn't matter to me if someone pulls up a pic through /getpic/, since those have no identifying text, right?. I think making the album private is enough protection.
- anonymous (guest) 12-03-2002 12:06 am [add a comment]
whoops, that last comment was me.
- tom moody 12-03-2002 12:08 am [add a comment]
showpic/ is now fixed so you can add to new albums and make those albums shared, public, or private. You can also make new albums sub albums to existing albums. People should now be able to go back and organize their pictures if they want. I guess I should make a way to delete albums, but that doesn't seem as pressing.
- jim 12-04-2002 12:59 am [add a comment]
Before, when we were viewing a list of pictures, there was a red marker under the current picture so we could see where we were on say 1 to 21. So If we had to leave or wanted to revisit a particularly interesting picture, we knew where we were in the list. Could you return that feature?
- jeanne 12-05-2002 1:42 pm [add a comment]