Can we modify one of the dates through Gallery?

CaptainStarbuck

Joined: 2011-10-25
Posts: 7
Posted: Wed, 2011-10-26 01:05

I'm scanning old family pictures, then uploading into G3.0.2. There is no EXIF data because these aren't coming from a camera. When family members look at the pictures, I'd like to provide a way for them to set the date, so that we can later sort the pics. In Edit Photo there is no option to change Capture or Creation date. Is there a module for this, or does anyone have code that I can use to edit the source?

Related: Sometimes we don't know the date for a picture but we know it was taken within some range of dates (maybe years). Does anyone have a solution to ensure that a pic dated "circa" some time period will sort properly? I was thinking that we could assign a date and then set a "circa" tag to indicate the date is approximate.

Info about related modules or code segments are welcome.

Thanks!!
 
nivekiam
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Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 16503
Posted: Wed, 2011-10-26 03:42

There are a couple that I can see:
http://codex.gallery2.org/Category:Gallery_3:Modules

http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:editcaptured
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:editcreation

http://www.gallerymodules.com/

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tempg

Joined: 2005-12-17
Posts: 1633
Posted: Wed, 2011-10-26 12:30

For the circa, you could try a custom field (that you can integrate into your theme): http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:custom_fields

Getting the photos to sort using the circa field would be a bit more complex and would require quite a bit of tweaking.
 
CaptainStarbuck

Joined: 2011-10-25
Posts: 7
Posted: Wed, 2011-10-26 17:33

VERY helpful, thanks!