Multiple links to a single Album and/or Link to an Alternate URL

When a Gallery represents a Collection, and the first level of albums represent sub-gallerys containing both albums and images. It is not easy to include a single album tree into two or more sub-gallerys or albums. The ability to generate a thumbnailed "link" to any valid URL, that on the surface looks like any other image/album link would greatly inhance the flexibility of The Gallery.

Example 1: an album containing Covered Bridges at sunset logically should be linked to both the Images of Sunset and the images of Covered-Bridge albums. A second album containing Stonehenge at sunset images logically should be linked to both the Images of Sunset and the Stonehenge albums.

I am currently doing this by renameing and deleting the album directory on the server. First in gallery rename album A to C, then ftp in and delete directory C, then back in Gallery rename album B to C. At this point original album linkage for A and B have both been renamed to C and share that albums properties and location. A minor change to the rename function, where I can say, yes I know an album already exsists, yes I want to use it anyway, and while you are at it kill the orphan as it is only a place holder for THIS album! Thank you very much And if I am stupid enough to rename the wrong one, oh-well, my bad.....

Example 2: An Album tree has been spawned off into a standalone Gallery at a new URL: A thumbnailed forwarding link to the new location in the original gallery is desired to maintain continuity.

It should be noted that a thumbnailed external link provides a workable solution to both examples without affecting the exsisting file structure and provides the ability to easily build a album of links to any destination.

Thanks for your concideration ......

caveguy: This is two separate requests if I understand right:

-allow other websites to be added as an item in a Gallery
-have items show up in several albums in one Gallery

The first one has been requested before and there is already a module that does this for Gallery 2. It probably won't be in Gallery 1 unless Tim_j is feeling bored

The second one has also been requested before and there is also already a module that does this for Gallery 2. It also probably won't be in Gallery 1 unless Tim_j is feeling bored

You have indicated you are the Last Gallery v1 developer and translation manager. Is development of v1 about dead ?

I had concidered getting out the PHP book and hacking the change in myself as a new entity type "LINK" it looked like and thumbnailed like a picture but was a link to a "for more info" page by URL.

I humbly stand corrected. Dead WAS a bad choice of words.
I think Dormant may have been a better choice of wording at the time.
I am assuming it is it a simple case of limited resources.
While its younger sibling V2 grows up to be big and strong,
V1 can expect to live a long life, maintained with care, yet but a few enhancements will ever fall its way.

If I was to take some time and make some hacks, would there be any interest ?
Or has interest in V1 fallen off to the point where no one would care ?

I have always liked the fact V1 was self contained and only needed PHP to run.
Except for having to delete and rename directories once in a while (which I will fix) V1
did most of what I wanted and needed.

I did make a paypal hack a few years back, the code it parsed a user supplied data field *paypal* to build a pulldown box and worked ok.
IE: (Postcard - $1.00 : 8x10 - $2.00 : Color - $3.00) in *paypal* would generate a pulldown based on the listed choices.
If *paypal* was not found and a data field "Price:" was then a single submit using that price was used.
I got it working with the paypal checkout but never merged it back in to your newer code.
I went the ebay store route just about the time V2 was under way.
I am now just looking back at gallery v1 as a nice tool for documenting collections that can be hosted and backed up just about anywhere.

I am looking to build a simple gallery based solution for documenting personal collections that is a cross between a Blog and Gallery V1. Without this documentation effort, my family will remain clueless forever, about what is junk, and what is not, and in many cases I do not even know, yet

I would be willing to make a fresh round of hacks to your the latest greatest v1 and document them if there is interest. I am not even sure if you accept hacks from outsiders ? I should go back and RTFM before I post, na life is too short these days

I am interested in both of these options:

-allow other websites to be added as an item in a Gallery
-have items show up in several albums in one Gallery

Can you provide the name of the module(S) which had this functionality in G2? I looked through the module list and did not see anything which had these features.

Thanks!