Developer's Page

Work on GTPhoto 2 has begun. Minimal effort will be put into maintaining the legacy 1.0 branch.

• GTPhoto 2 (complete rewrite of the source code)
• Multiserver support
• Paid accounts implementation
• Payment implementation
• Sub Albums
• Style revamp
• Zero Javascript
• Many more user customizable options

• Fixed a problem that allowed non-paid users to link pictures off-site
• Added more referrers for showphoto.php
• Obfuscated email address in source view
• Added an option to move deleted photos to a separate directory rather than unlinking them

• Fixed incorrect photo name in reply comment email
• Left aligned comment view in IE
• Removed ViewPass from comment emails
• Add vote/photo and view/photo ratios to competition page
• Update signup page regarding free email accounts
• Make caption box bigger in admin view
• Implement 'put this photo is a blog' feature
• Fix spiders voting for pictures
• Remove password display after signup
• Remove blog thumbnail for ALL or NONE albums (bug 48)

• Made the outgoing fron email address a global variable
• Added nautilus to web browser compatability list
• Updated credits
• Changed su.php to display 20 log items
• Updated some aspects of setupserver.txt
• Changed voting system
• Updated schema to reflect database changes
• Created showphoto.php
• Protected photos behind showphoto.php script
• Protected thumbnails behind showphoto.php script
• Changed upload to work with hidden pictures
• Fixed space between error message and input in view.php
• Fixed a spelling mistake
• Removed best/worst photos from competitions - no longer needed
• Added a content-type header to showphoto.php
• Fixed a security hole in showphoto.php (not passing in an album results in no password protection)
• Fixed super user's page with changed media directory
• Fixed showphoto when viewing album ALL or NONE
• Updated browser compatibility list and roadmap
• Fixed sidebar issue in Mozilla (headers not shown)
• Left aligned album listing in IE
• Added bugzilla link in developers page
• Made GTPhoto XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliant
• Fixed user logging out when going to the signup page
• Updated schema with a pretty dia diagram
• Added navigation links to manage.php
• Broke up SQL statements into manageable chunks
• Fixed batch upload click here link
• Added a tutorial and set up signup to link to it on page and in email
• Updated server documentation
• Fixed a url problem for ip based servers
• Fixed javascript in IE killing headers
• Made stats page a configurable variable
• Made checking out gtphoto cvs not clobber vars.php (vars.php-dist)
• Hid vars.php from source code view, only show vars.php-dist
• Fixed cancel delete user from super users page
• Fixed font problem in su.php
• Purge album implemented (bug 2)
• Time limit exceeded on batch uploads resolved (bug 3)
• Download album doesn't work fixed (bug 27)
• Update RoadMap to reflect no version 1.1
• Remove vars.php from line counter (add vars.php-dist)
• Allow <img> tags linking directly to photos for paid+ users
• Update documentation
• Update roadmap
• Sorted batch uploads by filename (bug 1)

• Moved uploads over to storing size in DB
• Changed competition over to size from DB
• Changed usersize function over to size from DB
• New file: view.php for viewing an album
• Changed incorrect account redirect to point to view.php
• Changed index.php into a solely introduction page
• Added nav links to the index page
• Added time estimations to upload page
• Fixed usersize when user has no pictures
• Added display of ratings to album view
• Added vote competition
• Implemented voting
• Changed voting scale to 0-10
• Added tracking by IP for users who have already voted
• Added display of what the IP chose if already voted
• Added best/worst pictures to the competition page
• Updated delete user function to delete votes
• Updated the database schema to reflect recent db changes
• Increased navigability in the forum module
• Fixed display of voting when in forum module
• Removed section to create user folders, use mod_rewrite instead
• Fixed gtphoto at the root of server problem
• Added copyright statement to the footer of each page
• Fixed an enlarge bug where footer was output twice
• Fixed hard coded path in album.zip
• Added source code viewer
• Added links to source code viewer in lines.php and developer.php
• Alphabetized line count
• Added line numbers to source code viewer
• Added username recovery
• Altered the procedure for batch uploads
• Added MaxHeight in database and added capability to change it
• Added AutoResize for height in single photo upload mode (no batches yet)
• Commented source.php
• Fixed album.zip to use server_directory rather than web_directory
• Added 2003 to copyright statement
• Altered log activity to send to database instead of flat file
• Updated batch upload to display progress (flush output buffer)
• Updated super user page to display databased log - flat file now obsolete
• Updated gentar to include new files created in this release
• Updated schema to reflect log tables
• Wrote new upload functions to replace horrid old system
• Modified single upload to use upload functions
• Removed legacy logout code
• Modified batch upload to use upload functions
• Updated the mysqltablescript in server docs

• Made delete user script work (finally!)
• Fixed an account updating problem
• Fixed exotic page 216 of 5 problem (incorrect offset)
• Made competitions page more efficient (fewer selects)
• Fixed question page problem (nav link not passing viewpass)
• Added more browsers to browser compatability
• Fixed delete album listing everyone's albums (thanks James!)
• Created a data integrity checker page
• Fixed a problem with ViewPass not carrying over when viewing comments
• Fixed next/previous photo order with priority problem (thanks Micah!)
• Fixed viewing an album that doesn't exist
• Fixed a bug where next and previous photo were displayed when viewing a photo at the beginning or the end of an album but was in more than one album
• Increased navigability of the enlarged photo view
• Increased navigability of the album view
• Added album modification page
• Fixed some spelling mistakes
• Made the integrity checker delete files that have no corresponding db entry
• Started to work on SSL encryption for login
• Temporarily fixed comment emailing (needs better fix later)
• Added confirmation on user delete in superuser page
• Removed ssl encryption from login page (will be implemented in version 2)
• Updated database schema reflecting recent changes

• Modified CSS to make normal and sidebar links look much better
• Added (optional) server side logging
• Made logo a link to http://www.gavintech.com
• Fixed JS errors from Netscape 4.x
• Fixed signup.php not showing in Netscape 4.x (no footer)
• Fixed sidebar in Netscape 4.x and Opera 6.x
• Tested a whole bunch more browsers
• Fixed separate sidebar problem with IE 4.x
• Added statistics to the super user page (num albums, num photos, num megabytes)
• Fixed netscape photo enlarge display problem (unclosed table)
• Fixed various logging problems
• (BIG)Modified database structure for one database only
• (BIG)Modified data storage structure for one folder only
• (BIG)Updated scripts to reflect changes in above two items
• Repaired dirsize function
• Altered list order of upload photos album drop down

• Fixed major problem with commenting - IP wasn't being tracked because of superglobal moveover
• Fixed a few things using localhost instead of IP address
• Added a note to the comment forms stating that IP address will be logged
• Fixed a link error with uploading
• Added automatic resize to batch uploads (oops!)
• Fixed a bug created when I enabled autoresize for batch uploads
• Fixed bogus file upload (spit out error instead of creating null db entries)
• Fixed small bug with uploading to unsorted pictures (album=NONE now)
• Modified default behavior with enlarging photos as super user: now modify by default
• Fixed a problem with offset not being carried over when deleting a picture
• Added handler to check if you've just deleted last photo on page (ex photo #9) and need to go back one page when going back to album (offset off by 8)
• Big: Modified album to use globals for commonly used paths and links, I'm sure lots of stuff broke
• Fixed broken printsuperusertasks function
• Fixed unrelated counter bug in passprotect.php
• Made a bit of stuff prettier with the $web_directory variable
• Fixed signup script to use new config variables, and to spit out compliant pages
• Added capability to delete users from super users page
• Fixed a problem with sidebar that caused it not to display page specific links
• Fixed a comment counting problem
• Fixed a display issue with non highlighted comments (large text)
• Made code a little more portable to different servers
• Fixed a problem with comment email notification
• Fixed an IE specific sidebar display problem
• Implemented slideshow effect when enlarging a photo (next/previous photo - only for "normal" albums)
• Implemented slideshow for the ALL album exception
• Implemented slideshow for the NONE album exception
• Fixed ALL album exception for slideshow
• Fixed incorrect offset problem (chop down to previous multiple of 8)
• Fixed negative offset problem
• Fixed back to album problem introduced with slideshow
• BIG: Removed dependancy on cookies from Photo Album (which also made the auth error messages work properly)
• Added checking for paid users
• Added the capability to modify autoresize options for paid, permanent and god accounts (basic autoresize disabling as it was before is now gone for free accounts)
• Added capability to download a zipfile containing all photos in an album for paid, permanent and god accounts (view an album, then click download album in sidebar)
• Added line count link to developer's page (previously unlinked)
• Changed all instances of old name (Photo Album) to GTPhoto
• Removed countless unnecessary <BR>'s
• Added browser compatibility
• Changed default account creation to AccountType 4 (free)
• Implemented GNU General Public License

• Changed UserName back to post and get instead of cookie
• Removed reliance on global get, post, and cookie variables, instead scripts now use the HTTP_*_VARS variables
• Implemented sidebars on most pages
• Recompiled for PHP 4.2.0 support and removed global variables
• Changed over from using HTTP_*_VARS (deprecated) to $_* (eg. $_GET)
• Implemented a stylesheet to make Photo Album look like GAVINtech
• Fixed a photo uploading problem
• Made user name case insensitive (by making it lower case before doing anything with it)
• Fixed the sidebar not going down to the bottom of the page problem
• Cleaned up HTML source generated by the sidebar function (printheader)
• Added a competition page
• Added more categories to the competition page
• Added a super user page
• Added the ability to log in as any user to super user page
• Changed over schema.txt to schema.php and added a sidebar... took a shortcut and used <PRE> for now :P
• Wrote a simple installation procedure for implementing a photo album on another machine
• Added an option to automatically resize incoming photos down to 640 pixels wide (and corresponding height) if over that size to make album prettier
• Added a special sidebar entry for enlarge.php
• Moved commenting links in enlarge.php over to sidebar (special cases like posting and replying)
• Fixed display problem with comments (they were centered, now they're in a centered table aligned left in their cell - looks better and heirarchy works better)
• Moved account usage to its own sidebar item
• Fixed wrong colour text in specific highlighting case for viewing a comment (it was black)
• Fixed a small problem with entering an account password as a view password (cookie wasn't being set)
• Fixed mistake with previous fix (wasn't getting encrypted version of password sometimes), and a mistake with the fix to the fix :S
• Fixed some upload bugs (with offset variable)
• Fixed more upload bugs, this time with the album variable
• Added a "view all albums" link to the enlarge view page
• Fixed a big problem with new signups: thumbnail directory wasn't created
• Updated all pages so that they get a username/password (if passed) regardless of needing authentication
• All sidebar links now pass username, should eliminate users having to re sign in when going to unauthenticated pages, while still not needing username cookie
• Fixed sidebar so if you're logged in you can see the user tasks even if the page isn't super user authenticated
• Fixed super user login page so that error feedback is more accurate
• (big) Added ask a question page (302 lines)
• Updated question page to record the number of questions a user answers
• Updated competitions page to show top 5 users for questions answered
• Updated FAQ to reflect recent changes
• Implemented filtering so that images are only displayed when linked from my server (to conserve bandwidth)
• Post coding commented all new sections of code

• Added (x views) to album listing
• Added album selection to uploading (primarily for batch uploads)
• Various grammar and spelling fixes
• Gave db admin access to all accounts (login via encrypted password)
• Added a password change utility
• Added global view password for viewing a photo album
• Modified password changer so that you can't have a blank password
• Updated FAQ to include view password
• Updated Schema to include view password (also for per-album viewpass)
• Moved administration over to cookie-based login
• Moved viewing over to cookie-based login
• Merged view pictures (enlarge.php) and part of modify pictures
• Removed "Unsorted Pictures" album from album listing, except when you're a super user
• Fixed view rules for ALL album (need view password if *any* other album requires a view password)
• Added Password Protect link in the Admin page
• Fixed comments with no name or no title (subject)
• Changed jpegs over to thumbnails on the album view to reduce bandwidth usage
• Recompiled PHP to use GD 2.0, so I can use an imagecopyresample instead of an imagecopyresize
• Changed imagecreate to imagecreatetruecolor to make true colour thumbnails instead of 256 colour ones
• Got rudimentary javascript form checking in place - thanks, Apple, you made my job much easier :O
• Added the ability to delete and restore comments using tree tombstoning
• Added priorities so photos can be positioned nearer to the front using a high number and nearer to the back using a low number

• First version, therefore everything!