5 Seat Multi User on a Network best practice
My Uni has just bought MediaPro 5 seat multi user licence.
I cannot find any guide or documentation about the best practice multi-user configuration of the product. While there a few forum entries (mostly complaining that it's not really multiuser) they are 1-2 years old and so I'm not sure they're current, or accurate.
Our proposed setup is:
Image folders and catalogs stored on a network accessible share for all 5 users to concurrently access as needed, without coordinating who is doing what (as they are in disparate physical locations). Users may be using Mac or PC versions of the software.
In addition we are wanting to split the files into publicly accessible (via a viewer) and commercially private, i.e. not for general access, only for marketing staff. I'm presuming that we'll have to do this with folder permissions on the share and AD groups, unless the catalog supports per user permissions internally? Are the users of the 5 seats identified to the catalog?
Those 5 users will be editors with complete access, all others can read only the Public images. Apparently there is a freeware Viewer program?
Thoughts/Caveats/Suggestions welcome 😊
Cheers
Steven G Stanley
James Cook University
Australia
I cannot find any guide or documentation about the best practice multi-user configuration of the product. While there a few forum entries (mostly complaining that it's not really multiuser) they are 1-2 years old and so I'm not sure they're current, or accurate.
Our proposed setup is:
Image folders and catalogs stored on a network accessible share for all 5 users to concurrently access as needed, without coordinating who is doing what (as they are in disparate physical locations). Users may be using Mac or PC versions of the software.
In addition we are wanting to split the files into publicly accessible (via a viewer) and commercially private, i.e. not for general access, only for marketing staff. I'm presuming that we'll have to do this with folder permissions on the share and AD groups, unless the catalog supports per user permissions internally? Are the users of the 5 seats identified to the catalog?
Those 5 users will be editors with complete access, all others can read only the Public images. Apparently there is a freeware Viewer program?
Thoughts/Caveats/Suggestions welcome 😊
Cheers
Steven G Stanley
James Cook University
Australia
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Accessing the catalogs over a network will cause problems...corrupted catalogs, extremely slow performance and media pro has a hard time keeping things in order when two people are working on the same catalog.
We do what you are setting up except the catalogs are stored on the server and users (editors) download the catalog to their computer. After making changes or additions to the catalog, it is verified and put back on the server as a master file.0 -
Another thought...
When the catalog is run from the desktop computer the Images can be downloaded across a network.0 -
Thanks for your advice.
I'm presuming that only one person uses the catalog at a time by that method then, otherwise how do you avoid overwriting issues? Also does the software provide a web interface for viewing and downloading images?
I'm going to fire it up today on my machine and have a play with it on a network share.0 -
We use the "merge catalogs" feature.
Only one person handles the master catalog. Their job is to take the catalogs with changes and merge them into the master catalog. If everything checks out a working copy of the master is put back on the server.
We use jAlbum and our own servers for the web interface.
Jalbum uses what they call "skins ". The skin controls the look and behavior of the gallery/web page. The Turtle skin has a keyword search and password feature. You can modify or create your own skin. It is amazing software....anyone can make awesome web galleries in a matter of minutes.0
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