creating a subfolder in an Album

[digimic]

hello,
I didn't manage to create a subfolder in an album. Is it possible?
for example i have

Holidays (category)
  Cannes (Albums)
    videos (subfolder of albums)

is that kind of tree possible and how?

[Abbas Ali]

By 'subfolder' do you mean 'subalbums'? or physical folder (directory) in albums directory?

If you meant 'subalbums' then the answer is no. You cannot create subalbums in cpg. Though you can create sub-categories.

[Sami]

you can't have SUB-Album yet ! see this:
http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=20842.0
but you can create Sub categories

[digimic]

yes exactly, i would need subalbums because in each album i have a folder named "video" to separate picture and video.
For example :

Holidays (category)
    Cannes (album)
       videos (subalbum)
    London (album)
       videos (subalbum)

If it's not possible , could you advise in order to keep this kind of tree?

[Abbas Ali]

You can keep something like this...

Holidays (category)
  Cannes (sub-category)
    Photos (album)
    Videos (album)
  London (sub-category)
    Photos (album)
    Videos (album)

[digimic]

yes i didn't think about this, it's a reaaly good idea. Thanks

[digimic]

in fact i have a problem .
If i create subcategory, this means each name of category will be visible from anonymouse users ?
Can we put a category invisible from anonymouse users like for the albums?

[Abbas Ali]

Not from the core functionality. And afaik there is no mod either.

[digimic]

Not from the core functionality. And afaik there is no mod either.

what a pity!
So i have to choice between staying with the names of subcatagorie visible for anonymous users or to merge photos and video in an album. Is it correct?

[Joachim Müller]

Basically: yes. Not sure what is so wrong about showing categories to guests.
Anyway, initial question solved.

[TwilightRealm]

They're too lazy to try and make their product better with subalbums. No offense Coppermine but we aren't all programmers.

[Tarique Sani]

@TwilightRealm there is a word for people like you on the forums - the are called "Trolls" and I presonally have a policy of not feeding the trolls.

[TwilightRealm]

That's a little too bad, I haven't eaten yet today.

But honestly, I do apologize for my words. It was late last night and I had a short fuse when I had stumbled onto the obstacle of mixed categories (as in containing albums and categories, but finding no sub-albums could be made). I misinterpreted another thread in the feature requests for sub-albums as Coppermine being apathetic to the needs of others. As I stated in the other thread, it is not the programmers' duty to fulfill every person's request and suggestion, since it is their project and time on the line. Again, I am sorry for my unneccessary statement. The gallery is the best I have come across so far but when I saw that what looked like an important feature that wouldn't be tried for in the future (at least the thread in the future request had stated by a few developers that they saw no need for the function and others were welcome to try, but so few users have the knowledge to actually know how to. A project like a php gallery is like a php web site in general--it's clear to the developer how things work and why things have been put here and there but when a new person comes along, it can seem very confusing), a bit of a stumbling block for me because it meant I'd have to again start researching different galleries.

http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=20842.msg160016#msg160016