Drupal 6 support

lvthunder

Joined: 2003-09-12
Posts: 808

Posted: Mon, 2008-01-07 00:41

I read on the front page of the module that you are planning on releasing the module for Drupal 6 soon. Do you have any idea how soon?

profix898

Joined: 2005-11-08
Posts: 135

Posted: Mon, 2008-01-14 22:48

I have finished to port most of the gallery module code to Drupal 6 already. Major parts are available from cvs (branch 6--1). However there are two reasons why there is still no development snapshot for D6:
1. The new module doesnt work with G2.2, but requires the new G2.3svn, which is to be released in the next weeks.
2. Depending on G2.3 progress the block handling code is still under development and the upgrade path from 5--2 to 6--1 is incomplete.

I decided to code the D6 version directly for the upcoming G2.3 release to save some time and work, so that I can focus on new features for gallery module instead. This includes the work on the "Gallery OG" and "Gallery Content" modules.

There will be no D6 gallery module before G2.3 is released.

New features for D6 version (in short):
- Basepath configurable (no hardcoded site.net/gallery)
- Switch/select G2 theme for embedded gallery
- Support for Multiroot (will be used for individual galleries with OrganicGroups, "Gallery OG" module)
- Utilization of drupal_alter() allowing modules to hook into gallery module
- Unified and extended block handling (support for arbitrary blocks, not just Image/Grid blocks)

DocMartin

Joined: 2005-07-13
Posts: 55

Posted: Mon, 2008-12-01 01:23

G2.3 is out; so just wondering re D6 gallery module - should we be hopeful re this?

Currently, I have D6 site, but using Gallery standalone.

lvthunder

Joined: 2003-09-12
Posts: 808

Posted: Mon, 2008-12-01 03:32

You can use the development snapshot on http://drupal.org/project/gallery

That's what I do.

profix898

Joined: 2005-11-08
Posts: 135

Posted: Mon, 2008-12-01 22:00

Sorry guys that I cant spend more time working on gallery module atm. From what I see in the issue queue at d.o. there are 2-3 problems to be solved, but most of the features of gallery module 6.x-1.x are working fine and didnt receive major bug reports over the last months. So I think we can have a D6 release shortly, and solve the remaining issues in subsequent releases. I'm using the latest snapshot for 2 sites myself and its working really good.

DocMartin

Joined: 2005-07-13
Posts: 55

Posted: Thu, 2008-12-04 02:12

Thanks for this info
I'd been leery of using a dev version; more so after reading some guff re why dev versions shouldn't be used on sites (seems they can create things that later aren't wanted and may cause trouble).
I may give this a go; but very glad D6 release looks set to arrive soon. (Some experience with Gallery in D5 was among reasons I switched my two main sites from Joomla to Drupal; tho the conversion was to D6).

juliekj

Joined: 2009-01-05
Posts: 9

Posted: Mon, 2009-01-05 10:23

Any further development on a D6 release ?

lvthunder Joined: 2003-09-12 Posts: 808	Posted: Mon, 2008-01-07 00:41
	I read on the front page of the module that you are planning on releasing the module for Drupal 6 soon. Do you have any idea how soon?
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profix898 Joined: 2005-11-08 Posts: 135	Posted: Mon, 2008-01-14 22:48
	I have finished to port most of the gallery module code to Drupal 6 already. Major parts are available from cvs (branch 6--1). However there are two reasons why there is still no development snapshot for D6: 1. The new module doesnt work with G2.2, but requires the new G2.3svn, which is to be released in the next weeks. 2. Depending on G2.3 progress the block handling code is still under development and the upgrade path from 5--2 to 6--1 is incomplete. I decided to code the D6 version directly for the upcoming G2.3 release to save some time and work, so that I can focus on new features for gallery module instead. This includes the work on the "Gallery OG" and "Gallery Content" modules. There will be no D6 gallery module before G2.3 is released. New features for D6 version (in short): - Basepath configurable (no hardcoded site.net/gallery) - Switch/select G2 theme for embedded gallery - Support for Multiroot (will be used for individual galleries with OrganicGroups, "Gallery OG" module) - Utilization of drupal_alter() allowing modules to hook into gallery module - Unified and extended block handling (support for arbitrary blocks, not just Image/Grid blocks)

DocMartin Joined: 2005-07-13 Posts: 55	Posted: Mon, 2008-12-01 01:23
	G2.3 is out; so just wondering re D6 gallery module - should we be hopeful re this? Currently, I have D6 site, but using Gallery standalone.

lvthunder Joined: 2003-09-12 Posts: 808	Posted: Mon, 2008-12-01 03:32
	You can use the development snapshot on http://drupal.org/project/gallery That's what I do.

profix898 Joined: 2005-11-08 Posts: 135	Posted: Mon, 2008-12-01 22:00
	Sorry guys that I cant spend more time working on gallery module atm. From what I see in the issue queue at d.o. there are 2-3 problems to be solved, but most of the features of gallery module 6.x-1.x are working fine and didnt receive major bug reports over the last months. So I think we can have a D6 release shortly, and solve the remaining issues in subsequent releases. I'm using the latest snapshot for 2 sites myself and its working really good.

DocMartin Joined: 2005-07-13 Posts: 55	Posted: Thu, 2008-12-04 02:12
	Thanks for this info I'd been leery of using a dev version; more so after reading some guff re why dev versions shouldn't be used on sites (seems they can create things that later aren't wanted and may cause trouble). I may give this a go; but very glad D6 release looks set to arrive soon. (Some experience with Gallery in D5 was among reasons I switched my two main sites from Joomla to Drupal; tho the conversion was to D6).

juliekj Joined: 2009-01-05 Posts: 9	Posted: Mon, 2009-01-05 10:23
	Any further development on a D6 release ?

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