[Team Artail] NEW Gallery System, finally!

[mrartemis at comcast.net]

So today I was sitting here and thought, you know, it's about time I do 
something about the lack of updates here. And that old ImageFolio art 
archive really sucks. So, I looked into Coppermine and installed it, 
played with it and said shoot, let's go with it! So after much tweaking 
and getting things running right, we now have a new gallery here after 
all these years! (Link also in the sidebar on the left) This is a HUGE 
improvement over ImageFolio. Now, I'm gonna have to run through a few 
points here regarding all this!

- New points of interest include commenting on images (can be disabled 
by the artist), rating images (can also be disabled by the artist), 
adding images to your favorites, sending PMs to other users, and also a 
buddy system (You must view a user's profile to go through the friend 
process). Also a much improved search function!

- The OLD ImageFolio art archives will remain online through the end of 
October so you all can grab whatever art you want out of it before I 
take it offline for good. The art from that will NOT be transferred to 
the new system unless it is done by the artists themselves. I'm not 
about to try to move over 13,900 images with dates and descriptions and 
such!

- ANYONE can register on the NEW gallery system. By registering an 
account, you gain the ability to comment on images, rate images, add 
images to your favorites (viewable only by you), and send PMs to other 
users. Registering an account does NOT enable you to upload art!

- In order to get your own gallery to upload art in, you must be added 
to the "Artists" user group by an administrator. Artists who were in the 
old archive can register and then simply request this to have it done. 
Artists who were not on the old site can apply the same way it's always 
been done, email 3-5 art samples and/or an existing gallery link to 
fanart at teamartail.com and your art will be reviewed for possible 
acceptance into the TA gallery. If you've submitted in the past and not 
heard anything back, now's a good time to try again. :) (PLEASE only 
send JPG/GIF/PNG images. NO BMP/TIF FILES!)

I think that's about all there is to say about that. Hope you all enjoy 
the new gallery system, I spent all day setting it up. XD And PLEASE be 
patient when submitting art samples and trying to join the gallery as a 
new artist.

One more note, I'm aware I never announced the winners of that 
Bloodlines contest, nor have they received their prizes yet! I will 
still be taking care of that, so please sit tight regarding that! I 
haven't forgotten! I'm just a bad person and a terrible procrastinator.

Artie~
http://www.teamartail.com