Search by album name or custom field?

[virgvv]

I was wondering if it is possible to fetch photos by album name (rather than numeric ID) and/or the text in a custom field.  The $format tags seem to have what I need, but if I understand the user manual correctly, they're used in the options array, not the source parameters.

Is there a way to do what I want without hacking the code?

Thanks!

[vuud]

I was wondering if it is possible to fetch photos by album name (rather than numeric ID) and/or the text in a custom field.  The $format tags seem to have what I need, but if I understand the user manual correctly, they're used in the options array, not the source parameters.

Is there a way to do what I want without hacking the code?

Thanks!

Not directly.  Instead of hacking the code, I would recommend adding code to handle it on your page.  You can use CpmFetch to get a list of albums, search that, then call the normal code with the number.   At least for the album.  There is no search in a custom field as of yet.  You can now search the title and caption text though.

If you do opt to hack a search the custom fields, do it in the makesourcesql function and post a patch...  maybe I will just merge it in (thats for the latter).