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Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:01 pm
by brothers
Definitely not complaining just inquiring. :) Did they become obsolete? For the record, I did like the gallery but I fully understand there would be several practical reasons for removing it altogether.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:36 pm
by BullGoose
I knew something was different but could not put my finger on it.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:39 am
by drmoss_ca
No one has been able to post an image to their gallery since the previous forum update. That particular add-on would no longer work and could not be made to work. I daresay Vince could find and plug in an alternative, but it would be a few days work to get it all working smoothly, and then it would also require updates and maintenance to keep it going. Given how easy it is to find a spot to host an image somewhere on the net and link it into a post I don't find it unreasonable that he prefers to leave that to us.

C.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:21 am
by VinceFX
I'll look into options this weekend and will let you all know my assessment soon.

Just curious...is there value in preserving the old gallery or can it be nuked? I only ask because it would be much easier to start fresh with a newer solution. If folks desire to keep the old gallery AND maintain the link between the older user names and current, then the level of effort increases significantly.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:48 am
by drmoss_ca
I think I nuked my photos in the gallery when it began to malfunction. If the images there are still showing up in old posts you could make a case for keeping them, but if they aren't displaying then I'd say trash the lot.

C.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:08 am
by brothers
I'm sticking with the notion that it's probably obsolete and there are a number of practical reasons for abandoning it altogether. Most of us use external photo storage and posting options. In the early days I used the Gallery as a tool for posting my photos to the forum. I didn't use it just as a true gallery for storing my favorite photos.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:09 pm
by Gareth
I say abandon and nuke it.

There’s a few old gems in there (DrP’s brush collection for example) that I still like to look at, but that’s it.

Thanks Vince.

Re: Home Page and Gallery

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:26 pm
by VinceFX
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm definitely leaning towards nuking. If I go that route I'll make a backup of all the images just in case.

Thanks all. Will be in touch again soon.

Best,
Vince