I have a question about file locations after import.
For example we are currently using vbgallery which is no longer supported and it seems that PhotoPost that they wanted us to switch to may also be no longer supported. Currently in vbgallery when a member uploads a photo it gets stored like this:
http://www.planet-9.com/gallery/files/3/1/4/2/9/img_7575.jpg
where the folder path in this case /3/1/4/2/9 represents user 31,429 to register on our forum.
I'm certain that there are countless forum posts and articles and quite possibly external links which all point to specific file locations for photos like the one I posted above.
When DBGallery imports images from VBGallery, does it actually copy/move physical files, or does it leave the files in their current locations and simply update pointers in a DBGallery table to point to their existing locations? I would hope it would be the 2nd of those 2 options as then none of the links to photos would be broken.
Of course the next question is what about categories, for example all categories in vbgallery are handled by browseimages.php and simply have a ?c=xx after them for the number of the category. If someone previously posted in my forums, hey check out my photos in my category here and posted a link to their category such as Cayman Images - Photo Gallery @ Planet-9 Porsche Forum what would that become in DBGallery or would DBGallery have some way of interpreting that link request and sending the person to the right category after import or would any such links simply be broken?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
For example we are currently using vbgallery which is no longer supported and it seems that PhotoPost that they wanted us to switch to may also be no longer supported. Currently in vbgallery when a member uploads a photo it gets stored like this:
http://www.planet-9.com/gallery/files/3/1/4/2/9/img_7575.jpg
where the folder path in this case /3/1/4/2/9 represents user 31,429 to register on our forum.
I'm certain that there are countless forum posts and articles and quite possibly external links which all point to specific file locations for photos like the one I posted above.
When DBGallery imports images from VBGallery, does it actually copy/move physical files, or does it leave the files in their current locations and simply update pointers in a DBGallery table to point to their existing locations? I would hope it would be the 2nd of those 2 options as then none of the links to photos would be broken.
Of course the next question is what about categories, for example all categories in vbgallery are handled by browseimages.php and simply have a ?c=xx after them for the number of the category. If someone previously posted in my forums, hey check out my photos in my category here and posted a link to their category such as Cayman Images - Photo Gallery @ Planet-9 Porsche Forum what would that become in DBGallery or would DBGallery have some way of interpreting that link request and sending the person to the right category after import or would any such links simply be broken?
Thanks in advance for your answers.