[Request] Multiple categories...

[Xeriar]

Checking this out, it seems pretty awesome, will likely be using it on a few sites.  Anyway, I have a bit of a pet peeve regarding categorization - for forums, this is minor, but when it comes to files and -especially- image galleries, it's a big deal:

Basically, I want to be able to assign multiple categories or albums to a file.  That is, rather than storing an image within an album (say), an image would instead be associated with one or more albums/categories, and if users wanted to restrict their search further, they could move on down the line.

Hopefully that was explained well enough :-)

[bloc]

It is. And I understand completely.

As of now, the categories are tied to permissions - or will be lol. But adding sections to articles will solve the "multiple categories" problem then, because sections won't be tied to permissions, it will rather be a pure archiving and searching tool. Actually, "section" is a bit misleading word for this..

[Xeriar]

Yes, I think you should consider a name-swap :-p

[bloc]

got any suggestions..? Bearing in mind that categories is a one-per-item affair, and these will be rather "assignment categories".

Hm, "tags" maybe? Or "labels"?

[Xeriar]

Well my suggestion was to swap the names - call what you now call 'categories' 'sections' to free up 'categories' for this.  It breaks with SMF a bit but honestly IMO they should do the same thing.  'Labels' also works, I don't rightly like 'tags' as that implies some sort of administrative property.  'Albums / galleries' is sort of specific to audio/visual files.

Users should have their own, too, for favorites both public and private.

[bloc]

I think it will only confuse if i change "categories" to "sections" now, even if "category" is a attribute and really the appropiate one. A better name would be labels really, as it s slightly familar from the PM section, where you label multiple things.

[Xeriar]

Could a similar deal be done for articles, too?  'Categories' that only certain people could access, write to, and so on.

Merging it could be nifty, as you could have a standardized comment system between galleries, albums, download sections, articles, etc.  Just assign a board to each one, treat the 'topic initiator' as the post, and go at it.

Need to make php editing a security option though >_>

[bloc]

Articles will have access permissions..and those will be tied to "categories" like the Download manager is. So labels would then take care of the rest.

[Xeriar]

Nifty.  Hopefully we'll see it soon :-)

Also, could the shoutbox be instead tied to posts?  IE to keep an archive of them all just have them threads (by day or some configurable option) in a board.

[IchBin]

Tying shouts to posts would not be good IMO.