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I think I have achieved step 1 regarding the photo gallery. I think I have set the system to allow (registered) users who have been registered for at least 5 days and who have made at least 10 posts to be able to upload photos to the gallery immediately without them coming to me to approve.
Anyone want to try it? I know Jackie (jax) was trying before.
Photo Gallery Link
I am still wating for my developer to add a link to the photos section in the top navigation bar and I am still trying to find an auto-resizing tool so that users who have

huge photos can upload without having to know how to resize them down themselves.

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