A new and updated version of the Gallery Appliance has been made available. Thanks to the help of rPath, the new appliance includes Gallery 1.5.6 and Gallery 2.2.1.

Improvements include:

• Updated Gallery 1 and Gallery 2 versions
• More Gallery modules enabled, and Downloadable Plugins are also available.
• SCSI emulation instead of IDE emulation makes it possible to run on VMWare ESX server.
• rPath Appliance Platform (rAP) agent for remote appliance administration
• Increased number of build types. The Appliance is now downloadable for several virtual and non-virtual environments

Go Download the appliance and be sure to check the documentation for more details.
For more details, please read on!

A few months back we released a preview for Gallery 1.6. This contained many new features including access keys, a template system, captcha support, and group support but it also is a dramatic change in the code and layout handling. To this date we have received almost no feedback on these new features. Without any feedback, it is hard for us to know if it still makes sense for us to release Gallery 1.6, especially in light of the fact that it is significantly different from Gallery 1.5. Please read on!

The Gallery team is proud to announce the students that have been selected to participate in the 2007 Google Summer of Code. We are very pleased by the quality of the applications for the selected projects, and are really looking forward to working with these students over the summer. Thank you to all the students who sent proposals, and all the mentors who volunteered to participate!

Gallery 1.5.6 is now available for download. This is primarily a bug fix release but also includes a couple of minor new features. Even though this release contains no security fixes, we recommend that all users of Gallery 1.5.5-pl1 and earlier upgrade to this release to be as bug free as possible. You can download 1.5.6 from the Gallery 1 download page on SourceForge. Upgrade instructions are available on our documentation site.

Gallery 2.2.1 (Double Double) is now available for download! In what has been close to a year of development, the Gallery team has packed this release full of new features and security enhancements. Major new features include: Downloadable Plugins which let you download, install, and upgrade modules and themes through the web interface; Dynamic Albums which let you set up albums based on keywords, ratings, and more; and WebDAV support for managing your photo library like a network hard drive with folders of images.

Changes between 2.2 and 2.2.1: Gallery 2.2.1 is a patch release to address four relatively minor issues in Gallery 2.2:

• Fix the plugin administration page for Italian and Danish locales.
• Fix Downloadable Plugins to prevent upgrading to incompatible plugins.
• Make the authentication step of the installation and upgrade wizards more resilient against interference from other PHP scripts running on your site.
• Fix conflict between WebDAV and other short URLs.

As a patch release, Gallery 2.2.1 does not contain any new features. Upgrading from 2.2 to 2.2.1 is quick and easy. Please read on for all the changes introduced in the major Gallery 2.2 release and for upgrade instructions from earlier versions...

Gallery 2.2 (Double Double) is now available for download! In what has been close to a year of development, the Gallery team has packed this release full of new features and security enhancements. Major new features include: Downloadable Plugins which let you download, install, and upgrade modules and themes through the web interface; Dynamic Albums which let you set up albums based on keywords, ratings, and more; and WebDAV support for managing your photo library like a network hard drive with folders of images.

Translations and Integrations: Additionally, 8 languages are now 100% translated, 13 more are over 60% translated, and support has been added for integration with even more 3rd party applications! Check out the Gallery 2 Localization Report and the Available Integrations page for the full lists.

Security: Like each Gallery 2 release before this one, after a professional security audit we have made many improvements to further tighten down Gallery 2 and keep the bad guys out. All issues addressed in this release were discovered during this private, internal security audit. No known exploits are available, however, we highly recommend that you upgrade to Gallery 2.2 to secure your Gallery installation.

As always before you ask for help, please, please read the README -- we've made an effort to answer all of your questions there. Especially read the known issues section. Upgrading is quick and easy, but if you're upgrading from 2.1 or earlier there are a few things you should know first so be sure to scan the upgrading instructions.

Go see what else is new and then download Gallery 2.2!

Thanks for your continued support! Read on for more details...