Thursday, July 12, 2007

gallery comments update

hey friends,
my dear old photo Gallery over there has been bombarded with spam comments of increasing frequency lately, so i have taken steps to stop these intrusions.

this old version of Gallery has no easy method to set *all* the albums to allow comments but only upon user log-in (like, say, how flickr does), so i started to change each album's permissions individually. then i got sick of it because i have a million albums in there. i hit the most-spammed ones and called it a day.

so, here is what this means to you:
  • if you have any desire to add a comment to an old photo in my Gallery, you probably will be able to just fine.
  • if you cannot see the "[add comment]" link beneath the photo, it means you need to log in first because i have restricted that album's commenting permissions. i have enabled user registration, which is accessible from the top level of the gallery. that should do the trick.
  • if you witness any (other) bizarre behavior or access issues, please let me know. k thx.
that is all for now.

p.s. my flickr photostream now has over 700 photos, and it has been viewed over 1700 times! soooooo, if you haven't checked that out yet, you should. : )

p.p.s. omg lolcats.