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  Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 12:57 AM

  Hi guys... I was wandering why noone seems to be interested in a simple module able to show the albums from picasaweb! I found a module for PhpNuke, that seems to be very simple and functional, but I'm not able to make it work on my PostNuke installation. I tried both on 0.750 and on 0.760 installation, but with no success.
  Can anyone help me to solve this problem?? I appreciate even different solutions! My problem is that I don't want to store tons of pictures on my server, and so why not exploiting such free services like Picasa, Flickr, or others, to have flash slideshows on my PostNuke site without affecting my disk quota??
  
  ps. I know of Mediashare, but it seems like not working on PostNuke, but only on Zikula, and I'm not ready to migrate, even if I'll do one of these days... you know! ;)
  
  Thank you in advance!!
  
  Dug

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 02:35 AM

  Hi,
  
  I'm working on a module for displaying albums from SmugMug using the API. What kind of module are you thinking of? You say a simple module, define simple
  Displaying of albums, photos, slideshow of photos?
  Or just a "simple" slideshow of photos as a block? Most photo services also have a RSS function for displaying photos and then the content could be placed inside a HTML block.
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 03:38 AM

  Hi espaan, thank you very much for your quick reply! I didn't know SmugMug, and so I took a look on it, but it doesn't seem to be a free service, like picasaweb and flickr do!
  Anyway, a simple module in my humble opinion, could be one with the following "simple" features:
  Album Management
  Single photo display, with the intuitive "click on it to view the next one"!
  Flash Slideshow of a single Album.
  All of these features should work with pictures on the web, and not on the local disk!
  Picasaweb offers those features, and some API to work on them, I know, but unfortunately I don't know anything about PHP and postnuke module programming, otherwise I would have tried on my own!
  
  Moreover, picasaweb offers some HTML code to be included in personal websites, to have a flash slideshow of a single album. I could include it inside a HTML block, but I would loose the possibility to show different albums, with a nice preview of them!
  
  What do you think about these "simple" features??
  
  Anyway, thanks a lot for replying!
  
  Dug

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 05:35 PM

  Hey, SmugMug is not free indeed. They have reasons for being not entirely free, but with some nice features. Unlimited disk space, possibility for Power and Pro accounts, where you can set everything to your liking. But not free
  The phpSmug library that I use to access the API of SmugMug looks very similar to phpFlickr (on which it was based originally ). So porting my Zikula module to Flickr should not be that hard (when it's finished ) If I have time I would like to do that as well.
  
  I don't know the PicasaWeb API yet. I did see the news that there is one available. But if there is a PHP library it should off course be doable. I see (here) that there is a lot of stuff already in the making. A PHP lib from Zend to access the Google stuff. Have to study that to see how it fits to SmugMug's structure.
  
  BTW SmugView can be found here in the code.zikula.org where development is hosted. I have a version for Zikula already running here and an adapted "hacked" version for pn0.764 here. So you see it is already in a usable form.
  The pn764 demo is from my Track&Field site where it is just being used live. For display of the individual photos I use triptracker slideshow on the pn764 version. In the SmugView project page you will see that I intend to support different "slideshow" tools for displaying the images.
  
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 12:24 AM

  On a related note, I've always wanted to see a Photobucket module. :)

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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 02:25 AM

  you can always enlist a feature request with SmugView for other photosites.
  
  And Jorn is also working on some kind of general media plugin for the Content module where for every photosite a small additional part could be made.
  
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• lpa@farumkyokushin.dk
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 01, 2009 - 02:00 AM

  I have invested the small amount for showing images on Smugmug, and I think its the greatest. No more problems with resizing my 10MPix pics to whatever my ISP allows me to upload and a very configurable and intuitive user interface. But I miss the Zikula integration very much and I can't wait till you get your module finished Eric. Also Jørns work on this subject sounds interesting. Looking foreward seeing this too. When will yours be ready Eric?
  
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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 01, 2009 - 04:41 PM

  Hey, good to know there is interest.
  I have some activities on my planning and rather busy. So it's hard to give an actual release date. I want to use SmugView in my Track&Field site after the upgrade to 1.1 again (I now use a "hacked" 764 version). I have started the upgrade last week, so wil certainly finish SmugView to a working state in the comming weeks (I hope).
  
  Just ask/encourage again in a few weeks if you see no activity
  
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• lpa@farumkyokushin.dk
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 01, 2009 - 10:52 PM

  Well, I use Coppermine today, but it is much too heavy and hard to use for most users. So your efforts will be MUCH appreciated here
  
  Only worry is: How will I let my registrered users upload pictures? But I know it can be done by mail, I guess I can suffice with that. Unless of course you are thinking of a solution for that too?
  
  
  
  edited by: lpa@farumkyokushin.dk, Jan 02, 2009 - 11:56 AM
  
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• lpa@farumkyokushin.dk
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 12:29 AM

  encourage encourage encourage encourage... if you say it with a French twist it sounds almost right.
  
  How are things - BTW, when you come to the language part, I'd love to help out translating the thing to Danish. Well actually I'd do it anyway, but I thought I had to offer some kind of help, not just push for results using up the last free time you have.
  
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• espaan
  
  

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  Posted: Jan 15, 2009 - 02:08 PM

  I get it
  I just started to cleanup my initial commits and began to read through the code again what I have been doing, updating the Javascript libraries (highslide, triptracker slideshow, lightview), installing on my testsite and see where I was and pick it up from there.
  I have some updates in my pn764 install that I need to get into the Zikula version as well. Mainly layout issues and configuration options.
  
  Danish translation will be welcome of course. I will contact you when it is in a translatable state
  
  
  
  edited by: espaan, Jan 16, 2009 - 03:13 AM
  
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