Album configuration?

I would like to limit a member to a single album, for example when they upload new photos or videos it would default to {nickname}'s photos or {nickname}'s videos instead of the picker defaulting to Create New Album.  Create anew Album would not even be an option.  Thanks

When a member joins and their account is created, a photo album for their profile is created.  If you are not planning on using profile photos, meaning you won't have the profile photo block on the profile page, then you could use that album for the single album.  You would need to hack the code and remove the bits that allow them to create a new album.  The upload button is just one place for creating a new album.  I have no idea how involved this would be and what problems this could introduce.

The other solution would be to code in a limit on the number of photo albums that one can create and this would be the more elegant solution.  You could leave the profile photos in place for you members to use on their profile page.  This solution may not be that hard to code in, since Dolphin already tracks the number of albums a member has.; I am sure you have seen the message, "You have 3 albums, click here to create a new one"; instead, it could say, "You have 3 albums and have reached your limit."  It would be nice if this would have a setting in the backend for admins but hardwiring it in is less work.  I am not sure of all the entry points to creating a new album; one is the pop-up and pop-ups are handled by different code.

The bottom line is that what you want to accomplish is not already a part of Dolphin.

Geek_Girl thank you for these details.  Maybe a simpler solution would be to make it default to a previously created photo or video album whenever you upload.  It seems awkward that the default is always create a new album.  It seems as though if a member does not realize this they could create a new photo album for every photo they upload?  My site is not live yet and I am still learning and developing the site so maybe I am just looking at this wrong or there is a way to limit albums or make a default one or will all this require code changes?

I think the biggest problem is the pop-up when you click on upload; that defaults to creating a new album based on the current date; if the members just clicks submit without thinking....  That should/could be removed and make creating albums not a part of that upload pop-up thingy.

Yes, I totally agree, the pop up that defaults to creating a new album is the main issue I have.  I cant imagine anyone would go out of there way to create 10 albums and upload 1 picture in each by using the create new album link however its very easy to allow it to create a new album every time you upload a picture or video since it defaults to this.  It would make more sense it the pop-up defaulted to the last album I used rather than create new.

I will see if I can find a solution for you.