The upgrade of the software running the scratchpads was updated in autumn 2009 and has improved a number of things:
- the image galleries now sort images by file name, which means that date-stamped image files are displayed in the correct order; this may eventually allow to get rid of the separate specimen pages, if the image galleries are upgraded to allow the display of movies.
- the default Administer functions have been simplified, which will help users that get started
Unfortunately it has also led to a number of problems with some core functionality of the site:
- initially the maximum upload size form images was set 800KB, which is too small for high quality pictures; this has been raised considerably in the meantime.
- also, the specimens and locations tabs had disappeared, and it took me surprisingly long to figure out how to recreate them; this is fixed now, however.
- most importantly, the batch image annotation function is broken, which now only allows to annotate individual images; this is a big problem, especially for well-documented specimens with many pictures.
I you encounter things that do not work as expected, please let me know.
Cheers,
Lukas
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