few observations of BLOG:CMS developer on Coppermine

[rADo]

First, thank you to all cpg team, for their work.

I am myself a main developer of http://www.blogcms.com/ and would like to integrate gallery into BLOG:CMS.

So, I tried to install the script, but with no success. Only after changing $HTTP_xxx_VARS to $_XXX[] (server, get, post, files), it started to work.

Next, I wanted to integrate the default theme into current BLOG:CMS  layout (demo at http://demo.blogcms.com/ ), which is strictly table-free, and ships with application/xhtml+xml MIME type. And i was horiffied. The defalt template is definitely awful, using nested tables, spacer GIFs, etc... This was used in 1998, not in 2004!

Is there any better theme, so that I would not have to create all the stuff from scratch, that would be a bit more accesible and modifiable? Is there also better docs to themes? Comments like "HTML template for title row of the fav thumbnail view (album title + download)" do not explain very much what this template does... (at least, to newbie)

I have done exensive mods to PunBB FORUM, making in XHTML 1.0 STRICT valid, integrated with BLOG:CMS, and adding A LOT of functionality, and I can do the same for CPG, but.. I feel there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Anyway, if this is necessary, I will make my mods, and publish it for the community..

Kind regards,

Radek HULAN
http://blogcms.com/
http://forum.blogcms.com/
http://hulan.info/blog/

[Casper]

What version of coppermine did you try.  There has been no theme called default since 1.3.0.  we are now at 1.3.2.

Also, please don't call coppermine 'gallery', there is another application with that name.

Are you usining php 5.  There have been reports of coppermine not working with that version sometimes, but usually when it has not been configured correctly.  However, version 1.4 of coppermine is being done to take account of this.

As for the tables/no tables issue, that has been discussed many times, please search.

[rADo]

Yes, I'm using PHP 5.0.1, compiled from scratch, on a Linux box, definitely properly configured ;-)

It is not recommended to use long arrays (like $HTTP_POST_VARS), and many webhostings DO NOT use it, so, this shall be changed in Coppermine.

As for the default theme - iI did make a search, with no success. Is there a theme available which would NOT use nested tables and transparent GIFs?

Thank you.

[Casper]

Not completely tableless, but try the css compliant themes 2bornot2b and reynolds (see this thread.  They do not validate using the current version, but do using the development version.

[rADo]

aha, thank you, "Reynolds" looks like a good starting point.

As for 1.4, is it stable enough to get it from CVS and modify/use it?

[Joachim Müller]

like Casper already suggested: all of the issues you're reporting have been dealt with on this board, please do a search. We can't/won't start a discussion on those issues in this thread again. Thanks.
The dev version is what the name says: under development. As you're a developer yourself, you surely know the pros and cons of devel versions, and what to expect from a software in alpha status (because that's what cpg1.4 aka devel currently is).

Joachim