[Gallery-core] Gallery v1.4.4 Release Candidate now available

Gallery v1.4.4-RC1 is now be available for download. This release fixes 
bugs and has some neat new features. Read more for the huge list!

Gallery Remote 1.4-RC1 is also part of this release. From the point of 
view of the applets, there are major improvements in the upload applet 
(including fixes for most of the embedding problems).

We are also introducing the Gallery Goodies page, currently at 
http://gallery.ithought.org, which is intended to provide a single 
resource for finding skins, item borders, and other addons to Gallery.

Download 1.4.4-RC1 from the Gallery Download 
Page(http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130) . Visit the 
1.4.4-RC1 Discussion 
Thread(http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=82859) 
for any known issues.

Note: This is a *pre-release* version, and you should be sure to BACK UP 
YOUR GALLERY *before* installing and upgrading your current Gallery. 
Read on for information on how to back up critical data...


We have provided a small PHP script with this version to assist you in 
making a backup. When you download and decompress this release, the 
script will be located in:

       gallery/setup/backup_albums.php

To run this script, put your Gallery into configuration mode, install 
the new software over your exising Gallery installation and copy 
backup_albums.php out of its location in the setup directory and into 
your existing main Gallery directory. Run this script from your browser. 
It will package the important album data and save a backup to your 
computer, in one of two formats: .tar.gz (useful on Unix/Linux systems) 
or .zip (useful on Windows systems).

The script gives you the option of backing up your entire albums ("All 
files") directory or just the Gallery database files ("Data files 
only"). While you should have a backup copy of all your photos, for most 
upgrades, it is sufficient to just back up the data files only. Note 
that backing up all the files could produce a *huge* file, since all of 
your photos will be included.

Finally, verify the contents of the downloaded backup file to make sure 
the files were indeed saved. Once you have the data files backed up, you 
can confidently proceed with reconfiguring your Gallery and updating 
your albums. Make sure you remove the copy of backup_albums.php from the 
Gallery directory, so visitors can't make a copy of your entire Gallery!

Gallery New Features:

     * Updated Config Wizard - New tabbed design allows for quick 
location and configuration, and the config wizard now requires an admin 
user to login to before settings can be changed. The config wizard is 
also now run from inside of Gallery so no need to put your Gallery into 
configuration mode!
     * Updated Embedding Support - Embedding has been enhanced to give a 
better user experience. Gallery now supports postNuke .750RC3 (with 
'Legacy Modules' support enabled)
     * Find Orphans - A new utility for administrators will allow them 
to locate albums that may have been orphaned from Gallery. They exist.. 
you just can't see them!
     * Updated Commenting System - The comment system now has additional 
security features to help prevent abuse, as well as features which allow 
for the comment form to be embedded in the View Photo page.
     * RSS - Gallery now has a built-in RSS feed so that users can keep 
track of changes in your albums. (User logins/authentication is not 
supported at this time - this is anonymous only.)
     * Syslog support - User logins and login failures can now be logged 
to syslog on UNIX, or the system Event Log on Windows.
     * PHP 5.0 Support - We have been testing Gallery with PHP 5.0 for 
some time now, and we don't know of any outstanding issues.
     * Upload Form and Slideshow Preferences - The Gallery admin can 
decide which style of form and slideshow should be used by default, the 
normal web-based, or the java applets.
     * Performance Optimizations - Numerous changes have been made in 
the attempt to speed up Gallery's performance on albums with large 
numbers of photos, and in general.
     * Private Albums - An option has been added which allows new albums 
to be created with a more restrictive set of permissions (Only logged in 
users can view the new album, instead of everyone. Note: Changing this 
option will not effect new albums which are created as sub-albums of an 
already existing album, since sub-albums inherit their parent's 
permissions.) This was added at the request of numerous people who 
prefer to keep their Gallery restricted to family members or other 
known-users only.
     * Watermarking Previews - Allows you to see what your watermark is 
going to look like before applying it.
     * Search Page - Extra security has been added to the search page to 
ensure that users are never given links to images that they are not 
allowed to see. (Hidden, or otherwise permission restricted images)
     * Greater HTML compliance - We can't claim to be 100% compliant, 
yet, but we're getting there. This will help make sure that pages render 
correctly in all browsers.
     * Bugfixes - Fixed bugs, galore! You can read the ChangeLog file 
for details. (Not for the faint of heart.)


Gallery Remote New Features:

     * Various applet improvements: nicer and lower-resource slideshow, 
more options in upload applet.
     * Fixed applets when Gallery is embedded in a CMS and when Gallery 
is in "relative" mode.
     * Ability to resize even when ImageMagick is not found (useful for 
applet).
     * Non-8bit support.
     * Handful of new features in Gallery Remote: G2 compatibility and 
crop before upload, importing of EXIF tags.


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