diff --git a/e107_handlers/plugin_class.php b/e107_handlers/plugin_class.php
index 5566e0338..10498c5a1 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/plugin_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/plugin_class.php
@@ -1957,6 +1957,34 @@ class e107plugin
 		}
 	}
 
+
+
+
+	function getPerm($type, $default = 'member')
+	{
+		
+		if(empty($type))
+		{
+			$type = $default; 	
+		}
+		
+		$plug_perm = array(); 
+		$plug_perm['everyone'] 	= e_UC_PUBLIC;
+		$plug_perm['guest'] 	= e_UC_GUEST;
+		$plug_perm['member'] 	= e_UC_MEMBER;
+		$plug_perm['mainadmin'] = e_UC_MAINADMIN;
+		$plug_perm['admin'] 	= e_UC_ADMIN;
+		$plug_perm['nobody'] 	= e_UC_NOBODY;	
+		
+		if(isset($plug_perm[$type]))
+		{
+			return $plug_perm[$type]; 	
+		}
+		
+		return $plug_perm[$default]; 
+	}
+
+
 	// Only 1 category per file-type allowed. ie. 1 for images, 1 for files. 
 	function XmlMediaCategories($function, $tag)
 	{
@@ -1995,7 +2023,7 @@ class e107plugin
 					$data['title'] 		= $v['@value'];
 					$data['sef'] 		= vartrue($v['@attributes']['sef']);
 				//	$data['type'] = $v['@attributes']['type']; //TODO
-					$data['class'] 		= 253;
+					$data['class'] 		= $this->getPerm($v['@attributes']['perm'], 'member');
 					
 					$status = e107::getMedia()->createCategory($data) ? E_MESSAGE_SUCCESS : E_MESSAGE_ERROR;
 					$mes->add("Adding Media Category: {$data['category']}", $status);				
diff --git a/e107_plugins/gallery/admin_gallery.php b/e107_plugins/gallery/admin_gallery.php
index 6f7d4c33a..02b7f7a78 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/gallery/admin_gallery.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/gallery/admin_gallery.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class gallery_cat_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 	//	'slideshow_circular'	=> array('title'=> 'Slide circular-mode', 'type' => 'boolean', 'data' => 'integer', 'help'=>'By default when the first/last slide is reached, calling prev/next does nothing. If you want the effect to continue enable this option.'), // 
 		'slideshow_effect'		=> array('title'=> 'Slide effect', 'type' => 'dropdown', 'data' => 'str', 'help'=>'Type of effect. '), // 
 	//	'slideshow_transition'	=> array('title'=> 'Slide transition', 'type' => 'dropdown', 'data' => 'str', 'help'=>'Type of transition. ') //
-		'perpage'				=> array('title'=> 'Images per page', 'type' => 'number', 'data' => 'int', 'help'=>'Number of images to be shown per page', 'validate' => 'required'), // 'rule' => '#^[\d]+$#i', 'help' => 'allowed characters are a-zA-Z and underscore')), 	
+		'perpage'				=> array('title'=> 'Images per page', 'type' => 'number', 'data' => 'int', 'help'=>'Number of images to be shown per page'), // 'rule' => '#^[\d]+$#i', 'help' => 'allowed characters are a-zA-Z and underscore')), 	
 	);
 	
 	
@@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ class gallery_cat_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 					
 		$this->prefs['slideshow_effect']['writeParms'] 		= $effects;	
 		$this->prefs['slideshow_effect']['readParms'] 		= $effects;	
+	//	
+	//	$transitions = array('sinoidal'=>'sinoidal','spring'=>'spring');	
 		
-		$transitions = array('sinoidal'=>'sinoidal','spring'=>'spring');	
-		$this->prefs['slideshow_transition']['writeParms'] 	= $transitions;	
-		$this->prefs['slideshow_transition']['readParms'] 	= $transitions;	
+	//	$this->prefs['slideshow_transition']['writeParms'] 	= $transitions;	
+	//	$this->prefs['slideshow_transition']['readParms'] 	= $transitions;	
 		
 		$categories = e107::getMedia()->getCategories('gallery');
 		$cats = array();
diff --git a/e107_plugins/gallery/plugin.xml b/e107_plugins/gallery/plugin.xml
index 3a3eae9a7..8b48c4c42 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/gallery/plugin.xml
+++ b/e107_plugins/gallery/plugin.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<mainPrefs>
 	</mainPrefs>
 	<mediaCategories>
-		<category type="image" sef="gallery-1" image='{e_PLUGIN}gallery/images/butterfly.jpg'>Gallery 1</category>
+		<category type="image" sef="gallery-1" perm="everyone" image='{e_PLUGIN}gallery/images/butterfly.jpg'>Gallery 1</category>
 	</mediaCategories>
 	<pluginPrefs>
 		<pref name="popup_w">800</pref>