AWSOM Pixgallery 4.5.0 for Wordpress has now been released and is available from it’s product page at AWSOM.org. This new version brings in many upgrades to the workflow model, now named the “FastFlow” system, which makes it easy and quick to get your images up and available for view. A guide is now available to help you understand how to get started with Pixgallery using this sytem. Additionally the much requested Individual Comment system is now in place, so you can get feedback on any gallery or image directly. Please let me know your thoughts on the new version and post any issues or questions on the support forums at Harknell.com.

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The 2nd and final Beta for the new AWSOM Pixgallery 4.5.0 release is now available for download from the Pixgallery Product Page at AWSOM.org or by direct link here. This release is a near final release of version 4.5.0 and has the per image commenting system implemented as well as other new features and bug fixes. Please let me know if you encounter any issues or have feedback on any of the new features.

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In Production: AWSOM Pixgallery
Version: 4.5.0
Finished New Features:
1) Direct Links to Paginated Gallery Pages (think Google numbered links on search pages)
2) Edit/Add Gallery info link on page when logged into site
3) Image Caption System Fix (Captions are now unique for Images with the same name in different Galleries)
4) Better Workflow with return links when adding Captions from the web page (you can now click a link to return to the same page you left to add a caption to an Image or Gallery)
5) Sort Order by number added as new sort option for Galleries and Images (you can designate the order of Images and Galleries by assigning them order numbers)
6) Sub Galleries can now have individual Captions.
7) Preliminary fix for Windows IIS issues
8) updated: Now you can edit and delete from “View all Captions” and “View all Galleries” views, with speed workflow increases built in.

9) Per Image commenting Working! Now doing testing and cleanup/optimizing.
10) New Watermarking Option using .gif files

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While it is always more convenient to place as many functions into one centralized site as possible, it is also generally more insecure and prone to problems. Case in point: Forum plugins for Wordpress. While I know the desire to have one centralized administration area for a forum and your blog site might seem like a good idea, it is not always in your best interest to have this as your set up. Apparently there is a bug in the current version of the WP-Forum plugin that allows malicious users to access your database information. Whenever you have a situation where you allow users to add content to your site, you create a potentially vulnerable area for someone to exploit. In the case of a forum, this can be especially difficult to program in a manner that eliminates this risk. (note how often most forums have security updates, it’s a lot). So you end up with a case where you now have 2 different site concepts taken out by the most vulnerable element. I almost exclusively suggest that people simply run 2 different sites with 2 different databases and simply match them using a common looking theme. It’s simply more secure to do things that way.

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There has been an unscheduled Wordpress Security release that upgrades Wordpress to version 2.3.3. This is a critical update that closes a vulnerability that would allow registered users to edit the posts of other users if they sent a specially formatted request. It is strongly suggested that all users on the 2.3.x branch upgrade their version as soon as possible.

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