#75: Reworked the way metadata is calculated so empty albums are not displayed as upgradable. Also improved the "no albums" message, as it's no longer accurate.

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/DefaultController.php

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ class DefaultController extends Controller
 
     public function metadataUpgrade()
     {
-        $albums = DbHelper::getAlbumsForCurrentUser();
         $albumIDs = DbHelper::getAlbumIDsForCurrentUser();
 
         $photoMetadata = DB::table('photos')
@@ -90,14 +89,28 @@ class DefaultController extends Controller
             ->groupBy('album_id')
             ->get();
 
+        $resultingAlbumIDs = [];
         foreach ($photoMetadata as $metadata)
         {
-            /** @var Album $album */
+            if (isset($metadata->min_metadata_version) && $metadata->min_metadata_version > 0)
+            {
+                $resultingAlbumIDs[$metadata->album_id] = $metadata->min_metadata_version;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Now load the full album definitions
+        $albumsQuery = DbHelper::getAlbumsForCurrentUser_NonPaged();
+        $albumsQuery->whereIn('id', array_keys($resultingAlbumIDs));
+        $albums = $albumsQuery->paginate(UserConfig::get('items_per_page'));
+
+        /** @var Album $album */
+        foreach ($resultingAlbumIDs as $albumID => $metadataMinVersion)
+        {
             foreach ($albums as $album)
             {
-                if ($album->id == $metadata->album_id)
+                if ($album->id == $albumID)
                 {
-                    $album->min_metadata_version = $metadata->min_metadata_version;
+                    $album->min_metadata_version = $metadataMinVersion;
                 }
             }
         }

resources/lang/en/admin.php

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ return [
     'is_uploading' => 'Uploading in progress...',
     'labels_intro' => 'Your labels are displayed below. The number in brackets indicates the number of photos linked to that label. Click a label to delete it.',
     'legend' => 'Legend/Key',
+    'list_albums' => 'Go to your albums',
     'list_albums_intro' => 'Albums contain collections of individual photographs in the same way as a physical photo album or memory book.',
     'list_albums_title' => 'Albums',
     'list_groups_intro' => 'Organise your users into categories or types by using groups. You can assign permissions on albums to groups of users to make administration and management easier.',
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ return [
     'manage_widget' => [
         'panel_header' => 'Manage'
     ],
+    'metadata_no_albums_text' => 'You have no photo albums yet or all your albums are empty. Click the button below to list your albums or create a new album.',
+    'metadata_no_albums_title' => 'No Albums or Photos',
     'metadata_upgrade' => [
         'can_be_upgraded' => 'Metadata can be updated (version :version_from » :version_to)',
         'confirm' => 'Are you sure you want to update the metadata of the :name album?',

resources/views/themes/base/admin/metadata_upgrade.blade.php

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
                 @if (count($albums) == 0)
                     <div class="text-center mt-5">
-                        <h4 class="text-danger"><b>@lang('admin.no_albums_title')</b></h4>
+                        <h4 class="text-danger"><b>@lang('admin.metadata_no_albums_title')</b></h4>
-                        <p>@lang('admin.no_albums_text')</p>
+                        <p>@lang('admin.metadata_no_albums_text')</p>
                         <p style="margin-top: 40px;">
-                            <a href="{{ route('albums.create') }}" class="btn btn-lg btn-success"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-plus"></i> @lang('admin.create_album')</a>
+                            <a href="{{ route('albums.index') }}" class="btn btn-lg btn-success"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-plus"></i> @lang('admin.list_albums')</a>
                         </p>
                     </div>
                 @else

resources/views/themes/base/partials/metadata_single_album_admin.blade.php

@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
         <p>{{ $album->description }}</p>
         <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">
             <b>{{ $album->photos_count }}</b> {{ trans_choice('admin.stats_widget.photos', $album->photos_count) }} &middot;
-            @if ($album->min_metadata_version < $current_metadata_version)
+            @if (
+                isset($album->min_metadata_version) &&
+                intval($album->min_metadata_version) > 0 &&
+                intval($album->min_metadata_version) < $current_metadata_version
+            )
                 <span class="text-danger">@lang('admin.metadata_upgrade.can_be_upgraded', ['version_from' => $album->min_metadata_version, 'version_to' => $current_metadata_version])</span>
             @else
                 <span class="text-success">@lang('admin.metadata_upgrade.is_up_to_date')</span>