Gallery 1.4.4 now Available!

Gallery v1.4.4 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 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 from the Gallery Download Page 
(http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130).


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.

Issues Fixed from 1.4.4-RC3:

     * JScript error in delete_album and delete_users
     * View comments was exposing hidden photos
     * View comments "view nested albums" links weren't working for 
non-admin/owner users
     * Trailing spaces in application path prevent execution
     * upgrade_album.php fails to display albums in extremely large 
Galleries
     * Mambo popups not working if register_globals wasn't enabled
     * Random Block was returning albums as images
     * Typo prevented user registration


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