Default gallery for new users

Ok. We can remove it by

div#edit-gid-wrapper.form-item /* NG-Assign to gallery - NOW INVISIBLE */ {
  position: absolute;
  left: -9000px;
}

So. It's complete solution. Unless there no pitfalls.

Since I am not a programmer - it's probably the best solution that I can use on my site. But at the same time, I believe that really good gallery software should practice two basic principles:

1. Users should be able to add a picture as quickly as possible. People come to website not to assess its powerful functionality. They simply want to "Submit Image". Therefore, the "right" gallery-site should provide the ability to add images any time, and from any page.

2. If there is additional formalities that delay time of uploading images, we must remove them, or make optional.

If you force users at each upload, again and again choose a gallery, they get tired of it very quickly. They say $@%&!!!

People tend to be inattentive. When they second time forgets to select option in "Assign to Gallery" list and quite unexpectedly see the "Unnamed Gallery" form, they shout $@%&!!! and go forever. There is no doubt that really good gallery software can't to impose a default need to create (or select) a gallery. There is following solution.

Node Gallery must create basic (default) gallery for each new user (call it Photostream) and provide an opportunity to quickly add images, without being distracted by side issues and functions. One, two, and ready! The drop-down list on the node/add/node-gallery-image should contain "Your Photostream" as First (default) its option. The user can constantly create new galleries, or may not even bother about it. In any case, it will get the image to the right place and would not swear once again seeing the "Nameless gallery". So, I think it is only two points: 1) Create default gallery (Photostream) and 2) Make it (Photostream) default option in list. Voila!

I would hope you will reconsider the default behavior of NG and this module (the best gallery module for Drupal, imho) will be truly cool... Thank you

You're right, dddave. The issue of internal names ("Gallery", "Photostream") - it is a very important question. For each particular site it is a matter of branding and specific topics. For example, in my case words "Set" or "Collection" would fit much more than "Gallery". I looked at the code and realized that I have to change so many files in core for one or two words in each. I had to abandon the idea. Similarly, with the name of default_gallery - the user should be able to change the default name (e.g. Photostream) for some unique, in its sole discretion.

It would be great if two new options appeared in administrative panel for Node Gallery:
1) "Alter the common name of the gallery: ..." (i.e., word "Gallery")
2) "Alter the name of default gallery: ..." (e.g., word "Photostream").

Dreams come true! Thank you, Justin! Creation of gallery at user login - is exactly what needed! Just in case - small, but significant remark on the subject. Navigation at default gallery, of course, must be organized in the same way as in conventional galleries, ie with the carousel and anchors. The more images in gallery - the more sense to use the carousel. Therefore for default gallery carousel is simply irreplaceable. I guess I said something self-evident, but it's just in case))

Moreover, if there was a choice: one carousel in default gallery or a lot of carousels in conventional galleries, I would certainly chose the former, because it's much more easier and more enjoyable to leaf through one long gallery, than constantly jump from one short gallery to another.

.. And, of course, the default gallery, in any case, should contain ALL images of particular user, to be able to look through all the user's images with a single carousel, to be able to see them together, in one stream. The user can create a hundreds galleries for his images, but in any case, all this images should be available from his default gallery.

- "My Gallery" - will be fine!

- "What happens when a user is deleted?.." Logically, all user information must be destroyed. But when it comes to galleries, the images (especially if this is a high-quality images) - is a content that, in terms of community and the owner of the website may represent a great value. So, I think it would be wise if the site administrator can choose between removal and preservation using a checkbox in the admin UI.

Wow. I can't believe. This happened. When NG-guys said that this issue postponed, I decided that all would happen no earlier than a one hundred years (or two). Impossible is nothing, really. God bless Drupal and its courageous developers (and its brave community, sure)).
Thank you, crea! This module, no doubt - exactly what NG need. Pity, that I have already started doing things the way I described in first revision of this issue. Yesterday I had two tries to install Default Node Gallery, but both had no succeed. Perhaps this module needs clean install to work properly. But I've set up about 90 mods at the moment and it's not the end. Any way, I'm going to try again from fresh D6 as soon as I would have enough time!

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