Using a freshly upgraded install of Zenphoto 1.4.0.2 (standard theme), I'm struggling a bit to find the best way to select pictures within an album. Simple situation: let's have a folder called 'Folder_test' and a few pictures in it, some of them having the tag 'Tag_test' (some pictures in other albums can have the same tag). What I want is to be able to select only the 'Tag_test' pictures from the folder 'Folder_test'. Both file/folder names and tags are enabled in the search options.
As I understand it, Zenphoto treats separately folders and files for the search. If I use the search 'Folder_test', it returns the expected album. However, if I refine the search using 'Tag_test', it returns no images. In other words, using a search 'Folder_test AND Tag_test' does not work, as no image or folder meet both criteria at once.
The only way I found to actually achieve my goal was to name the pictures accordingly to the folder, i.e. 'Folder_test_XXX.jpg' and then run the search 'Folder_test AND Tag_test' (now, every image within this folder actually has 'Folder_test' in its name). This is not exactly an elegant solution, as it constrains image names.
Am I missing something here? Is there any possibility to nest an image search within an album search?
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If you are custom building the search function call you can have it search only within the particular album. See the function documentation.
Thx for you explanation. I tried to look at the doc, but I'm afraid I don't have the required skills to adapt the search function. I'll probably stick with my approach, or the one you suggested using tags! It will also ensure that I can upgrade to new versions without paying any attention to modified files. I'll see which of these two better suits my needs.
By the way, thanks a lot for this great software: everyday I'm a little bit more amazed by Zenphoto, finding a new functionality that I love
Please continue the good work!
Mathieu.