Ok, I've looked at the anycontent.php feature, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to use it. It looks like one needs to know php to be able to use it. And the MiniCMS plugin is for 1.4x, while I'm using 1.5x.
So (aside from my current need to customize my gallery's front page) I'd like to clarify my new feature request for the front page content. The idea would be to have a config section for the front page, which admins who don't know php (or who don't want write code and/or edit it periodically) would be able to use. It would have controls that would allow the admin to choose 1 or more specific uploaded images to be shown on the front page. Maybe it would be called Featured Images, or something like that. The admin could change which images are featured, in whatever time frame she chooses. But the images would always be showing on the front page for whatever entire time period the admin chooses (not change every time the page is refreshed/reloaded).
Or (and this is a separate but related idea) maybe it could have controls for how long the specific image(s) should stay in the Featured section. Maybe it could choose random images, which would stay on the front page for a specific amount of time. For example, each month (or day or week) it would choose 1 or more images (however many the admin chooses) at random. They would be displayed for the entire time period, not change every time the page is refreshed/reloaded.
And/Or maybe a Featured Artist section. Although I do realize that CPG is made more for photos, than for graphic images. So maybe Featured User would be better. Then it would choose a random user, at whatever certain time intervals the admin chooses and display 1 or more images from that person's gallery, for whatever amount of time the admin chooses. Or Featured Album? Since I'm still rather new at this, I'm not sure if User or Album would be more appropriate. Or maybe the admin could choose that as well?
I'll be starting a new topic shortly, with some questions about the anycontent feature. So this could be moved back to the feature request board, if you all feel it's a worthy request
Thanks for listening