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dewinslow
#1 Posted : Wednesday, 26 October 2011 5:45:32 PM(UTC)
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Hello-

I'm got WHS Vail running on my network and am pretty happy with how my files are shared on the LAN. Homegroup and Windows Live Photo Gallery do a good job of sharing and organization. However, they don't provide any WAN gallery features. Currently my files are organized into folders by date taken, and are tagged using meta data that's embedded in the files.

I have ~12K photos, so it seems like the best option would be to change where my gallery is located and then auto-sync every few days. I know how to do this based off reading your documentation (which is quite good!) However, I understand that if I do this, my files will be organized into albums based off my folder structure.

My question is, if I install GSP, can I create albums based off of meta data? For example, I'd create an album named "dogs", and it would show every photo with a "dogs" tag.

Thanks!
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Roger Martin
#2 Posted : Wednesday, 26 October 2011 7:58:56 PM(UTC)
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The current version does not do that, but I am planning to offer tagging and virtual album support in 3.0 that will do this. While you will still have directory-based albums, you can create virtual albums based on tags.
Roger Martin
Creator and Lead Developer of Gallery Server Pro
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dewinslow
#3 Posted : Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:18:19 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for the quick reply. That sounds awesome. I presume I could just make the folder-based albums private at that time, and I'd be set.

What's the timeline on 3.0?
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Roger Martin
#4 Posted : Thursday, 27 October 2011 7:46:22 AM(UTC)
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Your presumption is correct.

I plan to release it sometime in 2012.
Roger Martin
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dewinslow
#5 Posted : Thursday, 27 October 2011 10:06:00 AM(UTC)
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Great, thank you.
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