If you're starting with Piwigo, could I suggest you to create a parent folder in ./galleries
i.e. ./galleries/physical/,
move all other directories inside ./galleries/physical/
Then synchronize, you will loose all previous pictures (descriptions, authorisations, comments, ...).
BUT
You will be happy for years.

If your gallery is running for months and months:
Physical categories could never be a child of a virtual category.
How to do:
Edit each physical category, create a virtual category with all pictures ("Link all category elements to a new category").
Each physical category should be set "Private" without any authorisation.
Let say virtual category could be "Public" or "Private" with some members authorised.
Now all virtual categories could be "moved" (without loosing comments, or descriptions, take care of authorisations they could change (*)) where you want under a top level category or any other.

Tip: Use full lowercase name for physical, and use first uppercase letters for virtual categories.

(*): Moving a "public" category inside a private will turn it in private as well without inherited authorised people.

Did you go for the physical categories, or the virtual ones?

Physical has to be moved via FTP, then re-synchronized, thus you'll loose everything linked to pictures, as VDigital said.

For virtual categories, you just need to go to Categories -> Move to move any category anywhere in the tree; if you want it a the top, just keep the "------" before clicking the Submit button.

Last edited by tosca (2010-06-18 09:49:05)

i have one virtual category called art, which i uploaded via ftp, which contains 124 folders, which display when i click the art cat, which i synced already. i have moved the files via ftp before but i did not see the option to RE synch, because when i move the files via ftp, everything is broken display now .

mike wrote:

:-D ahh, i forgot to post another question so ill do it here...  on the main page, under Home where i currently have one selection where it states how many pics are in there and then my own description..

between that gallery....box and   Powered by Piwigo - Contact Webmaster   located on the bottom of the page.  i would like to ad some writing . which i did accomplish through front page, use a "Layer", which came out looking great, but.  now when i click on a category,  the address bar appears to Change like it usually does, but the gallery does not appear, its as if the main page never changed, i have it all set back to normal but i am confused as to what this is about, any idea.. thank you!

Please open another topic for this question, as this has nothing to do with the current subject (Cf. forum rules)

read again all our answers, you will probably understand much more than the first time.