New feature added: Access code for category

[alve89]

Hi Jan,

I added a new feature to the latest release (6.0.1): A configurable secret per category.

If this secret (= access code) is set for a specific category, a user needs to enter this access code to view the category's content in the frontend. This can be used in two ways:

UPDATE:

1. If the category grants access via ACL, the content is accessible without entering a secret.
2. If ACL does not grant access and a secret is set, the content is accessible only after entering the correct secret.
3. If neither ACL access nor a valid secret is present, access is denied.

This enables sharing photos without the problem of automated indenxing by bots (at least through the UI - of course the photos could be accessed directly by /images/phocagallery/...) - just give the wanted users the secret and they can view the photos - without the need of registration. My purpose was to share Christmas familiy photos in a nice gallery without pubishing them to the internet (and my Nextcloud sharing has a bug currently, so I chose this way).

I hope this is interesting for you and you can implement it in any of the next versions. I added translation, update migration, ... for a future version 6.1.0.

Additionally I added a configurable option if the user should be redirected to a login page (as it is in the latest version but which is contradictory to my no-registration-needed approach) or an 403 error message should be displayed.

If you have questions about it, let me know.

Best regards
Stefan

com_phocagallery_feature_secret.zip

[PhocaCz]

Hi, thank you for this improvement, I will take a look at it.

Thank you, Jan