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I'm a Drupal noobie, and I'm developing a site for the wildcat sanctuary where I work. We have massive need of a good media library, but I'm at a loss for how to go about researching what to use. Here's some of the features I'm trying to get for the site.

1. Media library can contain many types of media files- photo, video, audio
2. Media can be tagged for
   a. use in primary graphic slideshow on website pages (i.e. tiger photos used on tiger species page, event photos used on event pages, etc.)
   b. download by approved users - press packets, media requests

The Media module image gallery uploader is great: robust, multiple batch uploading.

However I would like to ask if a project is being considered whereby Flickr is used as the hosting of the images?

This would provide 2 benefits:
1) publishing content to a wider audience on more platforms without duplicate effort i.e. to the site and to flickr at the same time
2) reduced bandwidth and filespace used on the hosting - particularly for budget and shared hosting

I have 3 requirements for publishing my own photos on my own site
1) multiple batch uploading
2) integration with an external photo sharing network to widen my presence on the web i.e. so that my content will get seen elsewhere which will draw people to my site. The photos themselves would either hosted on the external site and referenced by my site OR a copy is on my site and on the external site
3) low resolution versions, but not too low available on the site, with ubercart integration should people wish to buy a hires version - expecting occasional trade here at best but would like to learn about this aspect.

Every year at DrupalCon (North America) members of LA DRUPAL and our neighboring groups get together for a group photo. We'd like all members attending DrupalCon Chicago to know ahead of time we will meet on first day of the conference Tuesday, Mar. 8th right before lunch (11:00AM) for our annual conference group photo. Like last time we'll meet near the registration booth. Show up and bring your smile.

Would anyone attending the conference like to volunteer to bring their camera?

Drupal has taken it pretty hard regarding its image handling abilities. I won't say that it's not warranted. Drupal 7 has really made some improvements to image handling. The instructions here are for building a simple photo slideshow in Drupal 6. The process would be different (read "easier") in Drupal 7.

We are going to launch a new travel website.
http://voyages.liberation.fr
Let us know if you see any bugs.

It's the first stage of the project and we are looking to increase interaction with the readers. Do you have any User Generated Content suggestions?
We were thinking of uploading photos, posting stories and blogs, sharing tips and advice...
Please feel free to share your views below.

Thanks