Gallery 2.3 RC1 is now available for download! This is the first of two release candidates before Gallery 2.3 will be complete. A release candidate helps users like you test out new features and provide feedback so that the final version has as many possible issues resolved. We have 6 different packages for you to choose from. You can read all about it on our Gallery 2 Download Page.
As always before you ask for help, please, please read the README and the installation docs -- we've made an effort to answer all of your questions there. Also consider looking at the known issues. Upgrading is quick and easy. There are a few things you should know first so be sure to scan the upgrading instructions. Then head on over to the Gallery 2.3-RC-1 Forum Topic and let us know what you think!
Thanks for your continued support! Read on for more details...
Note: This is a pre-release version, and you should be sure to backup your Gallery before upgrading your current Gallery.
New Features of Gallery 2.3 Include:
- New version of the slideshow module now uses PicLens to provide a rich, full screen slideshow.
- Comment module now offers moderation and Akismet support to help weed out spam comments.
- New email notification module allowing users to configure events they wish to get notified for. You can watch albums for changes, items for new comments, etc.
- Support for SQLite 3.x as a database backend.
- Smaller downloads available
- English only version, with new Language Manager that allows the addition or removal of translations.
- Significantly fewer language related directories in all versions
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New SnapGalaxy module for prints from
snapgalaxy.com.
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New Jpegtran module to support rotation and cropping of jpeg images
with no loss in image quality.
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New database backup feature. Backup at start of upgrade, or anytime from Site Admin /
Maintenance. Restore a backup from lib/support interface.
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New event logging system records Gallery errors, viewable in the Site Admin interface.
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Remote module now bundles the Gallery Remote client and makes it available via
Java Web Start. Users with a Java enabled browser can then
launch Gallery Remote with a single click instead of manually downloading and installing.
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Themes can now override module template files, allowing a themed look to
more aspects of the application.
- Performance and stability improvements.
- Smarty templates now permanently cached by default. Turn this off in
Site Admin / Performance when working on tpl files, so changes take effect
immediately during development.
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Avoid reading EXIF data multiple times in Carbon theme.
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Some added caching in GalleryUrlGenerator.
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Use progress bar when adding items to avoid server or browser timeouts.
Particularly helpful when adding many items from local server.
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Refactor of translator hints to avoid some processing when translations
are not used (en_US).
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Faster plugin and language package downloads.
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Refactor of event system working towards a performance improvement in the next release.
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User interface changes.
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Use AJAX to speed up deleting comments(spam) on items/albums.
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Use quick DHTML confirm dialog for deleting single items. Dialog offers link to
bulk delete several items from an album.
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Use YUI ItemTree instead of plain select box to select target album when
moving items, creating replicas or link items.
- Security improvements resulting from internal and external audits.
- Many bug fixes!
...and many more!
