I recently installed piwigo 2.1.2 (debian squeeze) and uploaded, by ftp, ~100 directories of images in to /galleries.  These directories weren't organized, but I noticed in the Admin area that there was an area to move categories, so I went ahead and created thumbnails and started tagging images.  Now I want to organize all of the categories, so I tried to move them... doh!!

Some research on the forums tells me that physical categories can't be moved.  Instead, I need to create virtual categories, associate the images to them, and then hide the physical categories.  This makes a neat and organized gallery for the user to browse through.  However, in the Admin area under "Categories> Manage" I can still see the ~100 physical categories.

I know that piwigo can't move physical categories, but I wonder if I could manually do it, at my own risk.

If I copied a directory an existing directory of images to my ideal location, is there a way to associate the tag data with the new images?  Perhaps I could manually edit the database?  Then I could remove the original directory.

I don't need to save any of the other file info like posted date, view count, or rating.  I just want the tag data.  Does anyone have any ideas??

I love piwigo.  Great Job!!!