Allow admin setting for default privacy

[craigForo]

I would like to see a setting in admincp to make user newly created albums public or private, not just private as it is currently. Therefor if it is set to public by default then the user would have the option to keep the newly created album public, or make albums private.

 

[dknife]

That option is there already. Options -> Xenforo Media Gallery -> Default Album View Permission. It provides 5 different options you can set as default, with the new install default being Private.

 

[craigForo]

That option is there already. Options -> Xenforo Media Gallery -> Default Album View Permission. It provides 5 different options you can set as default, with the new install default being Private.

Not in v2.0

 

[dknife]

Not in v2.0

What? Why would that option be removed? That makes no sense.

 

[craigForo]

What? Why would that option be removed? That makes no sense.

I agree wholeheartedly, regression, IMO.

 

[Mike]

In MG1, there wasn't actually direct control over privacy when creating an album, whereas now there is. I believe it would likely be a template edit to change the default value as it stands (though I haven't researched it).

Regardless, this is a valid suggestion.

 

[craigForo]

A template edit would be a great help in the interim if you could look into it and advise.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I like this suggestion, because I think the default should be public (as with Youtube). It is in the interests of the forum for for content to be out there, not for people's own free storage facility. However I can see a lot of value in allowing private albums for privileged members as part of an incentive to buy an upgrade.

I can also see value in an extra category (like Youtube) of unlisted, ie not available to browse or search but viewble via URL only. But that's a different suggestion of course.

 

[dknife]

In MG1, there wasn't actually direct control over privacy when creating an album, whereas now there is.

I don't understand. In MG1 there is an option, just as I mentioned above, that provides direct control over default privacy for new albums. Now there isn't. It's basically the complete opposite of what you're saying.

 

[Dave Stromberger]

Dumb to have removed some of the most basic "no brainer" features, like the ability to set the default permission settings in XMG 2.... it's not the only thing too! No way to choose album cover images either!

 

[Dave Stromberger]

I found the solution... to change the default album privacy permission, It's right here: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/is-it-possible-to-edit-this-area.145051/

 

[dknife]

I found the solution... to change the default album privacy permission, It's right here: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/is-it-possible-to-edit-this-area.145051/

Still doesn't make sense that custom template code needs to be applied to get a feature back that was in the previous version and should be there. To force XenForo owners to run their site albums as default private and not give us the option out-of-the-box, just like it was in version 1... I still don't understand why.

 

[Skylined]

I like this suggestion, because I think the default should be public (as with Youtube). It is in the interests of the forum for for content to be out there, not for people's own free storage facility. However I can see a lot of value in allowing private albums for privileged members as part of an incentive to buy an upgrade.

+1

I'm still testing before upgrading from 1.x to 2.x and this is something that called my attention.