multiple departments, albums, categories

[Raaijmakers]

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to use coppermine for the following situation:

Department 1
  Team1
    Summer pictures
    Winter pictures
    etc.
  Team2
     Summer pictures
     Winter pictures
     etc..
  etc.

Department 2
  Team1
    Summer pictures
    Winter pictures
  Team2
    Summer pictures
    Winter pictures
    etc...
  etc...

Department 3...


Can I do this with one installation of coppermine (and subcategories ?), or do I need a installation for every department (and management for every installation  ), or can I use one installation with multiple databases ?

Thanks and greetings,
Philip Raaijmakers.

[Abbas Ali]

Can be done very easily with just one installation.

For ex: Department 1 will be a parent category. Team 1 and Team 2 will be sub-categories of Department 1. Then Summer pictures and Winter Pictures will be albums (which contian photos) in Team 1 and Team 2 sub-categories.  Similarly Department 2 will be a parent category and so on....

To make it clear:

Department 1 -> (Parent Category)
  Team1 -> (Sub-category of Dep 1)
    Summer pictures -> (Album in Team 1)
    Winter pictures -> (Album in Team 1)
    etc.
  Team2 -> (Sub-category of Dep 1)
     Summer pictures -> (Album in Team 2)
     Winter pictures -> (Album in Team 2)

Department 2 -> (Parent Category)
  Team1 -> (Sub-category of Dep 2)
    Summer pictures -> (Album in Team 1)
    Winter pictures -> (Album in Team 1)
  Team2  -> (Sub-category of Dep 2)
    Summer pictures -> (Album in Team 2)
    Winter pictures  -> (Album in Team 2)

[Paver]

@Raaijmakers: Besides the organization as Abbas described, are you also trying to set up administrators/moderators for each department?

[Gizmo]

Hi Raaijmakers,

I think my installation is similar to what you're asking for. My youth sports gallery is http://www.bullseyephotos.com/sports/index.php and it's one installation and one database. Quite simple to handle and manage.

It's set up as:

Year
  Sport
    Team Albums

Cheers and welcome to the club!

Billy