Sorry to bring up a topic I'm sure has been covered before...
I've skimmed these threads:
http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=13385.0http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=7541.0Right now, as I understand it, sorting is EITHER "global" or "custom", but nothing in between:
Global
Per Album
(nope.)
Custom
In my opinion, an extra database field per album that determines sorting IS needed. {These could mirror the global settings, PLUS a setting that defaults to global ("gl") and a setting for custom ("cu").} Let me illustrate why.
Let's say I have a gallery of several albums. Most of the albums are broken up by category: "cars", "pets", and so forth. For these, I want the latest pictures to show up first when viewed. No problem, I just set global sorting to date descending. I also have a small album for "friends" and the file names are based on the names of the friends. I would like this album to be sorted by file name. It would be nice to just set this particular album to sort by file name, but since it's small, I manage with the custom sorting and get it set right. But then things get difficult because I also have 3-4 albums of "trips" with 100-200 pictures each. Because of the global sorting, when people pull up an album of a trip, they view it completely in reverse...which makes no sense. The order should be chronological from the start of the trip to the end. Again, I *could* use custom sorting, but for 200 pictures (and to get them in exactly the opposite order)
What a pain!
Thoughts?