New User Albums module that creates a personal, editable album any

time a new user is created.

modules/user_albums/helpers/user_albums_event.php

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+<?php defined("SYSPATH") or die("No direct script access.");
+/**
+ * Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Bharat Mediratta
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+class user_albums_event_Core {
+  /**
+   * Create an album for the newly created user and give him view and edit permissions.
+   */
+  static function user_created($user) {
+    // Create a group with the same name, if necessary
+    $group_name = "auto: {$user->name}";
+    $group = identity::lookup_group_by_name($group_name);
+    if (!$group) {
+      $group = identity::create_group($group_name);
+      identity::add_user_to_group($user, $group);
+    }
+
+    // Create an album for the user, if it doesn't exist
+    $album = ORM::factory("item")
+      ->where("parent_id", "=", item::root()->id)
+      ->where("name", "=", $user->name)
+      ->find();
+    if (!$album->loaded()) {
+      $album->type = "album";
+      $album->name = $user->name;
+      $album->title = "{$user->name}'s album";
+      $album->parent_id = item::root()->id;
+      $album->sort_column = "weight";
+      $album->sort_order = "asc";
+      $album->save();
+
+      access::allow($group, "view", item::root());
+      access::allow($group, "view_full", $album);
+      access::allow($group, "edit", $album);
+      access::allow($group, "add", $album);
+    }
+  }
+}

modules/user_albums/module.info

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+name = "User Albums"
+description = "Create a personal album for new users"
+version = 1