The latest version of this plugin is 2.3. You're right, i attach this version to the first post.
Thanks Frantz. And, to avoid confusion, would it be possible to remove the old one?
I have some important clarifications.
Case A:
Sometimes when I outgrow a certain "site" (subdomain), I have to create a more dedicated site. And since I am in a shared server, usually the database name dhqnges look like these:
siteusername1_databasename1 => old
siteusername2_databasename1 => new site (different server)
or even like this:
siteusername1_databasename2 => new site (same server)
How are the two situations dealt with?
Case B:
There are some multimedia applications as extensions of Joomla that I wanted to use; but these new applications require storage of the images in other directories, obviously outside of CPG and in Joomla. To use the applications therefore, I have to place the "original or some derivative images" in the designated directories in Joomla. I am considering redoing my various CPG photogalleries so that they conform with the Joomla directories used by the applications. Basically they are placed in the "images" root directory of Joomla, otherwise the programs will not recognize they images.
This means placing the respective "albums directory" of the various CPGs outside of the CPG. This is doable, I have done this many times before, using a centralized image repository, outside of CPG. [Thanks through the help and tips of several CPG core team members.]
Is there an eway to change the "directory" location of the images without creating new CPG galleries again? If not possible, and I had to create the various CPGs with new installs,
- Is there a way to harvest the "category and album" formats of each CPG, and re-upload them in each fresh CPG install?
- I can transfer the images by CPG, essentially crating a mirror images of the "albums directory" in the centralzied site. Is there a way, to similarly harvest the "stored text captions" for each of the images and uploaded in the in the new CPG install?
Thanks
Cornelio
Note:
Over the years, I have tens of thousands of images in several dozens of CPGs -- occupying something like 30-50Gb. They are found in a number of independent shared hosting servers, in multiple domains and subdomains, so I never totaled the actual. My own external disks mostly of photos has used up about 200Gb but these include some of my own photos (the contents of the CPG sites include photos mostly from Contributors). Several thousands of these images already with captions, and it is a lot of work and time to transfer these captions manually.
Eventually, I have to consolidate my various accounts from the various shared servers I am using now into a dedicated server, so the aforementioned issues, I will encounter again, in the future.