Web gallery is no longer date sorted?

Hi all,
Hopefully this should be an easy one for you to help me with...
- I have a web gallery via iPhoto '08 of my twins for all the relatives to see. If I look at the web gallery album in iPhoto, the photos are sorted in date order which I have selected to do so.
- However, if I access this gallery over the web the photos are not in date order, so now I have pictures of my little ones at 3 months, intermingled with photos of them at birth. All very confusing for the eager viewers.
How do I fix this so it will always be sorted by date?
Thanks in advance.
Dan.

Dan:
Yes, there's a "quirk" in that. Here's how to get around it. Sort the gallery in iPhoto by date and then move one photo to another position and then back again. Hit the publish button and the online gallery should update to the order that's in iPhoto.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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