permit registered users to change album properties

[jeroenisblij]

I am running Coppermine 1.4.3. Is it possible to allow registered users to create their own, public, albums (and adjust them as they wish).

For example: Administrators have the "album properties" button, to adjust the album description. Is it also possible to enable the "album properties" function for registered users, so they can adjust their own albums?

[Joachim Müller]

I am running Coppermine 1.4.3. Is it possible to allow registered users to create their own, public, albums (and adjust them as they wish).

no, not possible.

[jeroenisblij]

I am wondering why that is not a feature of coppermine... I mean, it would make coppermine a perfect tool to create community picture websites, for example?

[Paver]

Please search the forums for more threads about permissions.  There has been quite a bit of discussion on what people want and responses on how to achieve certain things with mods or plugins.

The answer in many of the other threads as to why a certain permission is not in the core code is that the permissions system will most likely be overhauled in a future major version and right now it doesn't make sense to add things here & there as quick fixes.  You can add things here & there as mods, but in the core code it doesn't make sense until an overall plan is made.

Everyone has his or her own wants & needs for Coppermine.  The core code tries to cover the common ones.  You don't want to add every little function that most people won't use and might affect the size & speed of the core code.

Right now, Coppermine *does* work quite well in community picture websites.  Yes, more controls for non-admin users would be useful, and they are being considered (please see other threads).