Phoca Gallery version 2.6.0 alfa released.

New features:

• User Control Panel in frontend changed:
  • User statistics added (number of subcategories, number of images, used space)
  • User can upload avatar
  • User can create main category
  • User can create, delete, edit, publish, unpublish subcategories
  • User can upload, delete, edit, publish, unpublish images
• Adminstrator can approve (authorize/unauthorize) main category in administration
• Administrator can approve (authorize/unauthorize) subcategories in administration
• Administrator can approve (authorize/unauthorize) images in adminitration
• Java Upload applet upgraded
• New Theme features - option to change background image, see: Styling Background Image article
• Users can comment categories and images
• External comment extension integration added. Now you can use JComments extension for commenting category or image
• New Button added in backend. Recreate thumbnail - now you can recreate more than one thumbnail at once (Changing thumbnail size is faster and easier)
• » characters removed from alt attribute
• Ordering categories improved
• Option to set equal percentage for columns in categories view added
• Option to display avatar of category owner in categories view addd
• Removed css classes which were in conflict with JComments extension
• Fixed minor bugs
• Fixed bug in JAK title and description
• Removed double saving of item
• New parameter: Option to upload avatar
• New parameter: Enable avatar authorization
• New parameter: Enable user category authorization
• New parameter: Enable user subcategories authorization
• New parameter: Enable user images authorization
• New parameter: Maximum resolution of image (width and height)
• New parameter: Count of user's subcategories - limitation
• New parameter: Maximum size of all user's images - limitation
• New parameter: Equal percentage width

You can download the Phoca Gallery version 2.6.0 Alfa on Phoca Gallery Download site. Be aware, this is development version which should not be used on production sites as it is not stable yet.