can I go ahead and use the Beta version on a client's site?
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rcronin1
Joined: 2007-03-09
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Posted: Wed, 2009-07-15 00:45
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Hi I have a pretty tolerant client with a small photo gallery using Gallery2. The site gets a moderate amount of traffic, amount 1000 visits/month. I'm pretty sure right now, almost nobody looks at the Gallery! I just changed the host and need to install Gallery on the new host. I did a huge amount of work to customize the G2 theme so that it would be visually integrated in to the site. But, the new UI for Gallery3 is so slick that I just have to have it. The gallery is small, probably a 100 or so images. Question is: Can I use Gallery3 or is that a bad idea on a live client site? If it's not perfect that's fine. But if it would be really messed up, that would be a problem. I'd love to give a link to the gallery, but since I changed hosts I don't think I can access the old install. Thank you! Becky |
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floridave
Joined: 2003-12-22
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Posted: Wed, 2009-07-15 02:31
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Please read the Security warning and Intended audience in the stories about G3. Dave |
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nivekiam
Joined: 2002-12-10
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Posted: Wed, 2009-07-15 03:54
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good advice. My opinion. Don't do it. Test, sure, in fact please do so. The more testing that gets done in different environments the better. Make a copy of the data and test in a separate database and directory structure or different site, but I wouldn't put it on a live site yet. If something gets screwed up.... |
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rcronin1
Joined: 2007-03-09
Posts: 47 |
Posted: Wed, 2009-07-15 12:07
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@floridave: Thank you. I have read that. It wasn't enough to scare me off. @nivekiam: Thank you, too. Maybe I will put a test version on the new server, mess around with it for a while and put up a coming soon notice under the current photo gallery link. Or something like that. Really appreciate it, thanks folks. Becky |
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