AlanLichty
Moderator
I have been uploading gallery images and then using the media gallery embed button to create threads for the forums for a while now and it didn't take long for a single large gallery to grow to unwieldy sizes that made it hard to find anything. I was regretting not making this into a set of albums organized by general subject and decided to see if there was any way to shuffle the pieces around without breaking all of the links in the threads I have created/posted in. As it turns out this is much easier than I thought.
Gallery images are indexed by the file name and an index number when they are initially uploaded but then all of the subsequent organization of the gallery information is tied to that index number. The link in your forum thread for an image has no reference to the gallery organization at all just the filename and the index number.
This means you can move the images around into new albums without breaking the links in the forum threads.
How to move an image - when you are looking at an album you have a screen of thumbnails with the various images. In the upper left corner of the image is a small check box and when clicked a popup menu will come up with some options for that image.
Check box:
File action dialogue:
Click on Other Action and you will have the option to move the image. Once you do that you will see a new menu with the following:
You can select an existing album (through a drop down menu) or create a new one to move the image to. The image will be removed from the original album and into the new one.
You can select multiple images via the original upper left check box and move all of them at once if you wish.
Albums appear to be organized as a flat collection and are not in any kind of hierarchy under the creator/owner of the album so if you want to have your albums identified by your name you will need to include that in the album title. I would prefer some kind of hierarchal organization myself but I don't see any mechanisms for doing that right now.
Gallery images are indexed by the file name and an index number when they are initially uploaded but then all of the subsequent organization of the gallery information is tied to that index number. The link in your forum thread for an image has no reference to the gallery organization at all just the filename and the index number.
This means you can move the images around into new albums without breaking the links in the forum threads.
How to move an image - when you are looking at an album you have a screen of thumbnails with the various images. In the upper left corner of the image is a small check box and when clicked a popup menu will come up with some options for that image.
Check box:
File action dialogue:
Click on Other Action and you will have the option to move the image. Once you do that you will see a new menu with the following:
You can select an existing album (through a drop down menu) or create a new one to move the image to. The image will be removed from the original album and into the new one.
You can select multiple images via the original upper left check box and move all of them at once if you wish.
Albums appear to be organized as a flat collection and are not in any kind of hierarchy under the creator/owner of the album so if you want to have your albums identified by your name you will need to include that in the album title. I would prefer some kind of hierarchal organization myself but I don't see any mechanisms for doing that right now.
