Gallery 1.5-RC2 Preview Release

Gallery v1.5-RC2 is now available for download. This release has been in 
development for a long time. With over 300 changes, it fixes a large 
number of bugs and has a huge number of new features. RC2 addresses all 
known issues discovered in RC1. Read more for the details!

Download 1.5-RC2 from http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130. 
Visit 
http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=124291#124291 
to submit bug reports or see a known issues list.

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 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!

Issues resolved from RC1

     * backup_albums.php now works propery
     * LM_mode 0 works now
     * EXIF information displayed correctly
     * Custom welcome emails work
     * Mambo and CPGNuke updates
     * All skins updated to work with the new system
     * Several others! (see the RC1 thread for the full list)



New Features

     * Multisite support for caching albums.php
     * Much improved layout/skin/css model with updated skins
     * Optional icons instead of text links for most actions
     * Sharing/Printing photos with mPUSH, Fotoserve
     * Per-album RSS feeds
     * Statistics support, most viewed, recently added, number of 
comments, etc
     * Support for exiftags
     * Limitable depth for the album tree
     * More HTML 4.01 compliance
     * Recursive resize all photos, recursive rebuild thumbs, recursive 
permissions
     * Allow relative URLs in config wizard
     * Integration with CPGNuke
     * Support for rar files
     * Support for/Require register_globals off, switch to superglobals 
from $HTTP vars
     * Support for Coral webcache
     * Tool for finding/removing content spam with a blacklist
     * Support for choosing a mail server for sending mail other than 
the server Gallery is running on



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