Not a problem, but more of a question.. Image uploads

This isn't really a problem, but more of a functionality question..

I've been using myPhotoGallery for some time (it's a perl/ImageMagik cgi specific to Photos that generates auto-thumbnails and displays EXIF information) and have grown quite accustomed to one of its features.

My wife is the primary caretaker of all photos, and, while the server is a linux server, her desktop is a Windows box. I've mounted the image directory on her desktop via Samba and instructed her on how to copy the photos over (make directories, drag-n-drop files, and you're done). It is very simple (good for her, and easier for me to support her).

I decided to investigate Gallery and was very pleased with the design and smoothness of the code and interface. However, in order to sell this as a replacement to my wife, I need to make it as painless as possible for her to put new photos into the system.

I see that it saves the images in a storage directory, but, obviously, copying files directly there is not going to work as it needs to make the necessary database entries.

Is there any way to have Gallery "scan" the directory structure and update itself (aka: make thumbnails, update the database, etc)?

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Get this information from the PHP diagnostic (in the configuration wizard).
Gallery URL (optional but very useful):
Gallery version: 2.0A4
Apache version: 2.0.52
PHP version (don't just say PHP 4, please): 4.3.10
Graphics Toolkit: GD
Operating system: FC2
Web browser/version (if applicable): N/A

wesmoc, have you tried Gallery Remote? Give it a shot, it might be just the ticket for adding new images. If that is a scheme that you (or your wife) can work with, you can try g2add.pl to push a bunch of existing directories into g2.

Let us know if you need additional help, especially with g2add.pl.

Thanks!