I thought I would bring you up to date about the Member Gallery.

The gallery is getting closer to being a reality. I am planning on putting up a first version this coming Sunday. The site may be down off and on throught the day Sunday. The gallery is no way feature complete, but I am at the stage that I need to test it in a real Internet environment. You are free to add images to the gallery if you would like, but keep in mind that the gallery may change, based upon technical considerations and upon your comments. The first version of the gallery will not have any of the filtering capabilities working, but you will be able to upload and look at images. The image comments may not be working fully, but I'll see how it goes over the next couple of days.

About how the gallery will work. I am designing the gallery so that each member will be able to upload a total of 25 images (at first), of any size. Only 5 images per day will be allowed to be uploaded. Note: these restrictions will not be in place for the first beta. Only forum members will be able to make comments about any image. 

The reason this is taking so long, is the gallery is a fairly complex and extensive undertaking. In addition to the gallery you will see a number of other changes as well. The FAQ has been moved, replaced by "Member Central" - this is where members will manage the images they upload, as well as other functions (to be determined).

Your thoughts are welcome. So, keep watch and check back next Monday to see what is new.

Robert

TraditionalPhotographer.NET
Preserving and Promoting Craftsmanship in Photography

The gallery is coming along quite nicely, I'll try to get together a few screen shots later today. I think everyone will be happy.

I'm off to a job fair tomorrow, and then an interview on Thursday. There is also a good possibility that I may be traveling to the mainland soon. I was asked this morning if I could travel to a client's site - I don't know where or when yet.

Robert

TraditionalPhotographer.NET
Preserving and Promoting Craftsmanship in Photography

Right now these are running on my home server. I'll be uploading on Sunday.

Enjoy,

Robert

TraditionalPhotographer.NET
Preserving and Promoting Craftsmanship in Photography