ron4mac
I have just re-read your last post.
I am used to having to tweak packages to make them do what I would like, I have tweaked Wordpress (several times), OSCommerce, Opencart, Drupal and it looked to me as if Coppermine was getting very close to my needs. The only issue I had was that of putting images into user related locations. I saw that using 'silly safe mode' would cover my needs providing I changed server wide settings. I cannot afford to do this as some sites I have developed create files on the fly - that makes it a no go.
We are trying to find a way whereby a small group (about 20 people) can contribute to a photo library that is for common use which ultimately will result in the images being used for printing leaflets. So we want to shut out the outside world but look to a common aim internally.
As a developer (albeit a better development programmer than a maintenance programmer) I spent a number of years working for IBM and I find myself still applying my training from those days into today's work.
Thus I grepped for what looked to be the relevant code and having identified what to me appeared as an issue I sought to share it with the Dev Team, not as a criticism as such, but to give an opportunity for the Team to look at the issue and correct it if they felt it right.
I am well aware of the time that people in Dev Teams spend in developing their product and I have the greatest respect for you all. I gave up full time developing over 20 years ago and whilst I now do some website development I do not have the time to give 24 hours a day to do it (although sometimes it feels like it).
I therefore try to be as helpful as I can short of doing the coding itself inside a development team. I hope that is the spirit in which my remarks are taken.
I am sorry that Zenphoto seems to be closer to my needs than Coppermine, particularly as you put me on to it!
Once again Team, many thanks for your efforts.
Steve