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OK I'm willing to write a better gallery hack eventually.. Here is the main issue:

For a really good Gallery you must have some sort of graphic conversion software installed on your server-- ImageMagick or an updated GD Library. I've never written a good gallery application because my host does not have either of these installed and will not install a new package.

So when we finally move to our own box we can use something to size things down to thumbnails. This creates a huge problem when you try and release a hack publically... I will get 100 replies about how NewImageSize() doesn't work or something like that because they don't have the proper libraries installed.

I don't even know how to install these things off hand so I am not qualified to tell people how. I'm gonna stumble through it on my own box.

Should the hack:

1) Use the updated GD?
2) Imagemagick?
3) A different processor?

Should the hack:

1) Ignore pitiful requests for help with the libraries in order to get it out faster
2) Build an install routine that tries to put the libraries in their place (won't work with 90% of the vb's who can't root in packages)
3) Give detailed instructions on where to get these things and let people flail about

Thanks...........