Hello Bill...
Thanks for your quick replies and I apologize for my delay...!
With your help, i discovered the issue of image upload and ability to add comments to "public" folders.
Coppermine is very confusing...I had all settings appropriate under groups manager, and when i went to albums manager, i saw the settings. What threw me is that Coppermine changes its terminology by using "Visitors." I assumed "visitors" were "guests," and not registered users and specifically not "admins." Anywhay, it now works fine. Thanks so much...!
On another note, I infact, I now know that Coppermine is squirelly. On the search page, under the "Search Files" category, It shows
Title, Caption, Keywords, Filename as default checked. I have added "Image Copyright Belongs To:" as an optional setting in the image Descriptions block.
Every so often "IP Address" shows up and then at the next search request disappears...There are gremlins in this package.
Also, I still need to figure out how to prevent registered users users from making Photo Albums. One of these is made by default, when a user becomes registered. Thanks for your help.
The next BIG picture (strategy is to to use Joomla with phpBB3 or SMF as a front end, with Coppermine bridged: where users can sign in and not have to sign into Coppermine also.
Sounds like fun...Thanks for your help. I'm sure i'll be tearign my hair out again soon. Thanks also for the gracious welcome to contact you directly. Do you do actual code writing in Coopermine and/or Joomla...?
Best Regards...Christoph