If I understand the instructions and FAQ ....and forum correctly, I should be able to do the following:
Directory structure already in place under /images/phocagallery/.. :
Originals
......People
............image1.jpg
Resized_Images
......People
...........thumbs
...............thumb_l_image1.jpg
1. I create a Category called 'People and attach a folder to it called 'Resized_Images/People
2. I upload images to the directory 'Originals/People'
3. I save these images/connect them, to the Category created unde #1 above.
The result should be that the originally uploaded images are still in the upload folder and that the thumbnails created (large, med, sml) are all created in the category connected folder as set under #1 above.
But this does not happen! Instead the thumbs are ALWAYS created in the upload directory.
I've spent some hours reading and testing. Hopefully it's something I'm missing. Right?
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Alternatively,
if above is not possible and the original image ALWAYS is parallel to the 'thumb' path, is it inside the 'helpers' that I change this? (Any other place?)
You see Jan, I think there's an opportunity here to actually secure the original file (without watermark) and leave the others (watermarked) unprotected. (Because I think I've found a way by means of '.htaccess' and Apache2 module 'mod_rewrite' to make this work.) but I can't do that as long as the original is nested inside/parallel with thumbs. This shouldn't have a big impact on the component, just that the thumb is not created alongside the original, and that the user has to create a directory structure under the gallery path before upload.
The final effect of this added Apache2 security is that when a user actually clicks the Download icon, he/she is presented with a question to give a userid/password. (This is something that can be set per category or per category tree...
) Administrator can either inform the users via email about these credentials or it can be handed out inside the category (in ex. the description), as long as normal visitors outside access to the category can't see the credentials, this should be sufficient for most installations.I'd be happy to write a proper tutorial for this if it works.
(Sorry for writing so much, but hopefully this info is beneficent for others, as always in a forum...
) Regards
Akerman
