[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #7607: Image gallery to have multiple galleries inside one post

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#7607: Image gallery to have multiple galleries inside one post
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 Reporter:  ShaneF                            |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                       |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                            |    Milestone:  2.7      
Component:  Administration                    |      Version:  2.7      
 Severity:  normal                            |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  gallery needs-patch dev-feedback  |  
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Changes (by DD32):

  * keywords:  gallery has-patch dev-feedback => gallery needs-patch dev-
               feedback

Comment:

 I've been thinking about this, and #7764, and i've come to the conclusion
 that another table is really pointless, It feels like a step back to the
 post2cat and link2cat tables which have been dumped in favour of the new
 Taxonomy system.

 My suggestion:
  * Leave the attachments as they are
  * Define a new Taxonomy ('gallery') - like post_tags
  * Name a gallery as a new Term (ie. 'Flood Photos')
  * Add "Show in Galleries: [Flood Photos], [2008 Photos]" like interface
 to attachments, "Attachment posts" get linked via the taxonomy system
  * Add a "Insert Gallery [Flood Photos], [2006 Photos], etc" to the media
 page under gallery or somesuch
  * Upgrade script would pick up the current galleries and add the new
 taxonomy & terms as "My-Post-Name Gallery", link 'em all up, etc.
    * There'd need to be an adition to [gallery] to select the first
 gallery term attached to a post for backwards compat. Extra galleries
 could be used as such [gallery id=34] or [gallery name="post 24's
 gallery"]


  * Using the taxonomy system has the advantage of the fact its allready
 used to group posts together, It was well thought out and doesnt appear to
 have too many downsides, Its a table that allready exists, The upgrade
 proceedure shouldnt be too difficult, it satisfies not needing a extra
 table or columns to be added to a table, and most current attachment
 methods would still work.
  * It does have some downsides, Current themes and scripts would not be
 able to take advantage of multiple galleries, However, Backwards
 compatibility would be still held possible by marking the post_parent as
 the post its uploaded with (even though it'd be near useless to do now)

 There was a 2.7 Ideas idea for a new 'Gallery' post type:
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7 too, This sort of fits in with that
 idea rather well, while being more flexible than a gallery post type.

 It would also open up the door for more advanced gallery functionality in
 future versions of WordPress, While WP is a Blogging/CMS platform to start
 with, Images and Galleries of things are becoming more common with todays
 online content, so its something that needs to be ready for those who want
 to use it.  Other applications such as Gallery2 exist to fill these slots
 i admit, But they're simply a gallery, not a CMS.

 Of course, this is all just my opinion, but it really seems like the best
 solution out of what i've thought of, and what others have mentioned.

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