[LRUG] Photo gallery with access control

[Tom Armitage]

So I'm guessing your problem is people viewing the actual image file,
rather than the page it's on? Storing images in the DB is almost
certainly a _bad_ idea. It might be worth looking into integrating
with the webserver at some level, but I really can't offer much more
advice on that front.

But you're certainly right that storing blobs in the db is a bad idea...

2008/4/25 Neil Chandler <neil at speedchilli.com>:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to develop a photo gallery with access control, similar to
> facebook albums where you can choose who (friends, groups, everyone etc) can
> view the images you upload. I'm currently using attachment_fu for the file
> uploads but was wondering the best way to add the access control or if
> attachment_fu is the best solution.
>
> I've been searching google and found plenty of results for setting up and
> using attachment_fu but none of them seem to cover permission. One article
> did show how to use :db_file to store and retrieve the images from the DB
> but from what I've read I'm not sure using the DB is the best solution.
>
> Any advise or pointers to useful URLs would be great.
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
>
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