Hello all,
I have a client who wants to be able to have a separate proofing area that only shows the proof albums that are password protected without showing the non-protected albums. This way a client can select his/her album from the proofing section and then enter the password to view it.
Ideally, she would also prefer that the proof albums be hidden in the main gallery.
I think the filtering of the albums could probably be done with an if-else statement (to check whether the album is password-protected or not), but I'm not sure where to try that or what functions to call in it.
Has anyone else found an efficient solution for this that doesn't require modification of core files? Thanks in advance for your time and assistance!
VH
Zenphoto
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1. Make two toplevel albums where one contains the protected albums and one the unprotected.
2. Use tags for the protected and unprotected albums and create two dynamic albums where one contains the protected albums and one the unprotected ones.
Info about dynamic albums: http://www.zenphoto.org/2008/09/how-to-use-the-dynamic-albums-feature/
Thanks for your help Acrylian!
Here's an abridged version of how I envision the user's flow:
1.) User arrives at site.
2.) When user clicks on "Galleries" link in main navigation, the Portfolio dynamic album (the one that contains the unprotected albums) is displayed.
a.) User selects portfolio album he/she wants to view.
3.) When user clicks on "Proofing" link in main navigation, the Client Proofs dynamic album (the one with the password-protected albums) is displayed.
a.) User selects his/her proof album by scanning for his/her name on the album.
Is it possible to have the Client Proofs dynamic album show the albums (even when not logged in) but with the lock image?
I am not sure if that works and why that does not work. Sure that the protected albums are published? Dynamic albums are a complicated matter and I actually haven't tried that. Maybe you found a bug, but sadly sbillard who is the architect of that feature and will know more details than me is absent for about a week.
I can definitely set it up the way you just described. My only concern would be how to make sure that the albums added by my client through the admin interface will be displayed in the correct place on the front-end.
With the dynamic albums, I was going to have her tag each album with either "proofs" or "portfolio" and, to my understanding, the new albums would automatically be added to the respective dynamic album.
Wait, I think I just figured it out. I guess instead of having her tag the albums, I should just have her add the new albums as sub-albums of either "portfolio" or "proofs," right?