Picasa-like private links w/o account
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McMac
Joined: 2010-06-08
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Posted: Wed, 2010-06-09 14:39
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Hi all, since I am not sure how to search for this (my attempts failed) I'll ask the question: Is there a way that I generate a link like e.g. in Picasa where I can give a user access to a private album without having to create account first? Kind of like the guest account with a password/authKey (authorization)? I apologize if that is described somewhere but I wasn't able to find it. TIA! |
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Not a unique link for that specific purpose, but you can either make the album hidden (hidden items plugin) and provide a link, which then makes it not hidden for that visitor, or you can use the password protect plugin to password protect an album so they'll need the password, or you can do both.
If you need further info, just ask.
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Thanks for the pointer. I'll take a look at both. The password protect plugin looks promising going by the description. I'll look into it whether the password could be encrypted/encoded into the URL somehow.
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Hi
My qestion fits perfectly into this topic so I'm gonna ask it here: my requirement is the same as McMac's.
I use gallery to make my fotos available to friends. I'd like to make the album hidden and send a link to the friends on the picture. What I don't like is that Friend A (who has the link for Album X) can easily have access to Album Y by just changing the g2_itemId.
Passwords would solve this, but I don't like the ID of sending passwords around all the time. S
Question: is there a way to change the code that creates this g2_itemId? Maybe take the timestamp and create a unique 10 characters id (like Picasa does) out of this timestamp with some kind of algorithm?
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Yes it is possible but I would not know where to begin as this is embedded deep in G2 structure.
Use permissions if you need image security. Security through obscurity is not security.
What if you use the url rewrite module to get rid of the item_Id?
Dave
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Yeah, use URL Rewrite and have clean URLs to remove the itemId from the equation, then people wont even see that.
The itemIds are totally unique and trying to find some hidden, special album by guessing the ID would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. And what about all of the references to the itemId in the DB? Seems like way too much work for so little gain. All friend X has to do anyway is forward friend Y the URL and they'd have access anyway....
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Thank you both for your comments.
I think i use hidden albums and clear URLs. When I create a new album I name the folder something like "awuiazer82765q8f764gq782934g6q97649a84" and this is pretty much what I want.