Last week I began the long overdue process of upgrading the Photo Gallery plugin to work with Movable Type 4.1. A week later I have made a number of improvements and have gotten the plugin to a point where I feel much more comfortable encouraging people to download, install and actually use it. I am using it now for my personal photo gallery - for what that is worth.
Change Log
- The upload dialog is now completely functional
- An upgrade function has been implemented to convert your old MT3.x galleries into Photo Gallery 2.0-compliant ones. The upgrade function right now is a URL hack, but it is simple: http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi?blogid=###&_mode=PhotoGallery.upgrade
Known Issues and To Do List
- The "Stop Design Photo Gallery (HTML)" template set is not yet functional.
- Tagging as a favorites doesn't work - I need to migrate old installs to use the
@favoritetag as opposed to the Favorite Category. - The template set should auto install some albums for you if none exist.
- Add a caption field for a photo
- Favorites do not display properly on the front door
- Upgrade comment form to use MT4's new form
- Paginate category archives by month somehow
Whatever happened to your plugin manager? A lot of sites link to it, but it seems to lead to a non-existent page.
Thanks so much for all your great work with MT!
Hello,
there is another bug : meta/img does not exist in the published folder after installation.
best
mahi
I really do hope to revive Plugin Manager. It was originally developed while I was working on another project at Six Apart, and when I became the Product Manager of Movable Type my priorities changed.
Realizing that I had the opportunity to address some deeper, lower-level issues with the product I put PM on hold and began to focus on what it would take not to make MT better in just a single area, but more holistically. That gave rise to MT4 and then all of the renewed excitement around the platform.
I will return to PM one day - but right now, the emphasis is on themes and template sets and making MT easier and easier to use.
Byrne -
Does the new Photo Gallery plugin require MT4 Commercial (with the Professional pack for custom fields) or will it work with MTOS?
Thanks,
Isaac
The Photo Gallery templates ABSOLUTELY work with MTOS. Yay!
Out of curiosity, does this version support larger image sizes or a slightly easier method than 1.7 for changing them?
@Alex - It should yes.
I am having trouble installing this on MT4 as I'm a GM ex-user and MT virgin. I tried following the instructions on the previous manual - for MT3.+, but somehow can't load the plugin? I really would love this feature.
I wish I were smarter. :(