Yes, new gallery--singular, not plural. Last week some issues popped up regarding the management system for the gallery (called Gallery2) and in my researching how to fix it, I realized that it was time to finally implement a change. The extent of this new Gallery2 installation has yet to be visible, but the project is going very well. :)

In the meantime, links on the Pics page won't be working, as they are pointing to an old system that isn't online anymore. It'll take me a bit longer to integrate this new install with the current layout, but I'm thinking it'll be sweet when it's done. :D The address for the Members Only gallery hasn't changed though... www.naughtymerrick.com/members/gallery!

The biggest change you'll see right now? A much prettier layout and navigation for browsing those sexy pics. Even though I'm not entirely done tweaking all the settings, I'm going to go ahead and reopen the gallery for members--as long as you guys bear with me over the next week while things get settled! xox

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So, over the weekend one of the MySQL databases for the Members Only gallery went down. I contacted our host and got that fixed right quick, and the problem inspired me to do some needed technical maintenance on the gallery (and I found a neat new skin to use!). During my initial perusal of what needed to be done, I saw that there was a new version of the core module for the Gallery2 installation, which is logically the first update someone would do during tech maintenance.

But--surprise of all surprises--something went wrong. Even though I was using the upgrade method that the Gallery2 website says is the most reliable and thorough, something had to go wrong. And I could contact our host again, or I could use the weekend to reinstall the whole thing and do a certain upgrade project I've been thinking about for the site. And you know how I can be... once I conceive about how something could be better, it will never be good enough until then.

If everything goes right (and of course, it will!) gallery navigation will get better and more intuitive, and I'll be another step closer to bringing this site to a point where I can get back to producing content instead of thinking about how it needs to be improved. And that's good!

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