New feature: Option to disable parent/student photo upload

You can now choose to disable the photo upload functionality for your Our Science Fair site.  Some schools have requested this because they are concerned about violating their district's policy regarding the use of student photos. 

If you would like to disable the photo upload feature, log in to your coordinator pages, and under Site customization, go to Photo upload page.  Near the top of the page, uncheck the checkbox labeled Enable photo upload:

and then press Save.

Disabling this feature will not actually remove the Upload Photos menu item or page from your site.  However, anyone who visits that page will be presented with a brief message indicating that the feature is not supported.  In addition, you will need to make sure to remove any text from other parts of your site that refer to uploading photos, so that your visitors aren't confused by a mixed message.

I also want to take this opportunity to reassure all coordinators that choose to leave the photo upload feature enabled.  The photos uploaded by parents/students will only ever be made available to you, the science fair coordinator.  We do not ever make them publicly available, and we do not share them with anyone except you.  Currently, the only way you can get access to the photos is from the DVD that we will send you a few days before your science fair.  We are working on a way for coordinators to access the photos online, but that is not possible today.

--Rajeev