When the webmaster has his site setup as follows there may be a potential oversight.

1. Setup so admin has to approve images

2. In the CP members group, setup so members can edit his own image

Because it is setup that admin has to approve images, any subsequent changes made by the owner of that image has to be re-approved by the admin. That is ok, but the problem is that after the initial image approval any subsequent changes by the owner will make his image inactive and the image may be buried under hundreds of other photos out of the admin's immediate sight.

It would be nice if there was some kind of warning be it the image goes the top of Manage Pictures so the admin sees the image or a message in the CP that tells the admin what images need to be re-approved. I know there is vldPersonals filtering system, but easily overlooked especially if your site is super busy or you are maintaining more than one site. A warning or better visual arrangement of how an inactive image is displayed when edited by owners would be appreciated.

For now I have turned off the permission for members to edit their own image, but it feels I'm taking away a very important feature for the member by doing this. When giving them permission to edit, I seem to be overlooking re-approving updates made by the owner, even when it is something as simple as them changing their image description and  not replacing an image  is making their image inactive and needing admin re-approval.

Thanks

Last edited by db3204 (2008-03-08 14:25:14)