Seems to work!  Thanks for the very prompt response!  I will keep this thread informed if I discover something related, but those three URLs worked just fine.

I just upgraded to the latest SEF Advance last night. :-)

One quirk that doesn't seem to have been a problem in the past is this: multiple different com_wrapper menu items all go to the same SEF-friendly URL (and resulting page).

Here are the relevant rows from my aliases table:

index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=120      Alumni/Directory/index.html
index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=123    Three-Hierarchs-Chapel/schedule.html
index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=125    Library/Search/index.html

Any ideas?  This is generating a lot of customer complaints, unfortunately.

Regards,

Christopher Kirill Sokolov

Hello and thanks for trying AJAX Photo Album.

The custom title, album and image description are the first things on my list for next version.
As you already noted, the reason such features were not included in this first release was that I wanted to keep albums database independent. In next version these features will be optional and you will be able to add additional info for selected images.

AJAX Photo Album is subject to constant development and I welcome the feedback from users while implementing new features. And you can be sure that most requested features will be implemented very soon and, of course, all existing customers will be able to upgrade for free.

Great!  This all sounds very promising.  Looking forward to it.  If you need a serious, technically inclined beta-tester for these features, you'll know where to turn. 

I have spent some time this evening demo'ing the Ajax Photo Gallery.

Let me start by saying positives--

- Installs flawlessly (besides the version incompatibility I noted in another thread)

- Looks nice from an administrator side.

- Works fast and nicely from front-end side.

The Joomla! community is in need of a reliable supported photograph gallery in my mind.  This ALMOST has what a site like mine needs.  HOWEVER, the inability to make basic descriptions and titles for photograph galleries and photographs is significant for me.  I need to be able to say something like: "On November 11, the annual office party was held" as opposed to a folder name.

In most galleries, this is handled in a database that corresponds to the folder structure.  I know this system is fast because it doesn't use a database.

Anyway, I don't know if this product will ever expand, but please consider this a hearty vote "Yes" for such a feature.  I would pay much more for something that could replace the broken Zoom Media Gallery (www.zoomfactory.org) I have to use, now.

Thanks for your responses today, and for any thoughts you might have on this issue (Emir and anybody!)

Well, to answer myself, I updated to the latest version of SEF Advance and have not had this error message / problem.

I use SEF Advace v4.2 (29.08.2005) with no problem -- probably should upgrade, but scared of losing my aliases.. anyway, that's not the issue today.

I just installed Ajax Photo Album (5 day trial) and get this message:

The encoded file /www/joomla/components/com_apa/sef_ext.php requires a license file ../com_sef/key.txt.

Is this because of a version conflict between the two products or something else?

Thanks for any advice!

Is there a recommended method to convert a site from Zoom Media Gallery (www.zoomfactory.org) to Ajax Photo Album?  It looks like a great product!

Regards,

Christopher Kirill Sokolov