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sam
#1 Posted : Tuesday, 27 November 2007 10:15:59 PM(UTC)
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Posts: 157
Location: England

Hi

It would be good to have only authorized users download pictures.

So every one can browse them but not download.

Also I would like to have right click disabled to prevent download that way.

Sam
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Roger Martin
#2 Posted : Wednesday, 28 November 2007 12:49:58 AM(UTC)
Roger Martin

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Joined: 3/08/2007(UTC)
Posts: 3,300
Location: Fort Atkinson, WI

Thanks for the suggestion. As you may already know, there is no 100% effective solution to preventing users from downloading the images displayed in the web browser. Your suggestion might prevent the casual surfer but any determined user can view the source to get the image url and paste it into the address bar. Then they can do a File-Save to have a copy. There is nothing I can do to prevent this.

Because of this, I think I should focus my limited time on other, more value-adding features of GS.

One possibility I might consider, though, is to add a permission 'Able to download media objects' that toggles the visibility of the Download toolbar icon. This would be more of a convenience rather than a real security solution, however, and I would be concerned users might complain that people without this permission are still able to download the file through other means.

Cheers,
Roger Martin
Creator and Lead Developer of Gallery Server Pro
Roger Martin
#3 Posted : Wednesday, 7 May 2008 1:02:59 AM(UTC)
Roger Martin

Rank: Administration

Joined: 3/08/2007(UTC)
Posts: 3,300
Location: Fort Atkinson, WI

Actually, there is a setting in galleryserverpro.config (in the config directory) called enableMediaObjectDownload that toggles the visibility of the download icon. Not sure why I didn't mention it when I wrote the original reply...

Roger Martin
Creator and Lead Developer of Gallery Server Pro
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