Garbage Collector 2.0

@Dylan
Hi Dylan,

Let me check the issue. I will update the version in few days and take care about this problem.

Hi Wott,

I have just installed your pluging and tried it out on a test post. I add captions to photos in Picasa and have the plugin set to show them. There is a small problem with it though – when the caption in Picasa has either a ['] or a ["] it is not being escaped and so it is messing up the code inserted into the post.

For example, a picture with the picasa caption:
They’re looking ready now.
Will only show up with the caption:
They

If the caption starts with a quote, like in picasa:
“Thats all folks”
Then in the post the plugin does not insert any caption and it messes up the style sheets for the image a bit as it must be ending the image tags too early (for example, for me it does not center align the picture and its border and all that are missing).

Otherwise, as the others say, great plugin! It has helped us with our workflow quite a bit – we go through photos in picasa, star the ones we like, give them captions and then upload them to picasaweb. Then its a simple couple of clicks to insert them all into the post and we’re done

Cheers,
Dylan

There may be something specific to my hosting that is causing the SSL verification to fail, but might be worth catching the error and retrying without the verification… I’m just happy to have it working, very nice plugin! I will see how much use I get out of it over the next couple of months and will donate if I’m still using it!

@streetdaddy
Hi Streetdaddy,

I like to see that you fix the problem.
Will check the issue and include your solution in next release.

Finally I have been able to fix the problem of not being able to access my Private albums!

I added the following to the get_feed() function in picasa-express-2.php:


// Don't verify SSL certificate for token request
$options['sslverify'] = false;


Just before this line:


$response = wp_remote_get($url, $options);


Then go through the Google account access authorization process via Picasa Express plugin settings and it is able to successfully request and store the token for Picasa Web Access.

@streetdaddy

More investigation: I have debugged the plugin and find that the request to get the token returns the following error (via wp_remote_get()) –

SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

I have confirmed that my PHP config has curl enabled with SSL support.

@streetdaddy

I have taken it one step further and tried to hack a solution to this myself. I added a pe2_token record in wp_options table and used the token from the query string parameters in my Google Accounts Authorized Access item for my blog. Then I did the following:

1. Refreshed the plugin options page and of course it says ‘You already received the access to private albums’
2. Opened the Picasa Express dialog in the Edit Post page. On first attempt it lists all of my Private albums.
3. I then refreshed my Google Accounts Authorized Access page and the Picasa Web Albums item for my blog has been removed. Perhaps automatically by Google because they’re detected something is suspicious?
4. I then reload the Picasa Express dialog and get the error: ‘Invalid picasa username: streetdaddy’
5. I continue to get this error until I remove the pe2_token record I created. Once removed, I can see my Public albums again…

@streetdaddy

@streetdaddy :HI Wott,
…
I can’t see the Private albums in the image dialog when editing a post, only my Public albums…

Note: I can also see the access is granted in my Google account:

Authorized Access to your Google Account

You have granted the following services access to your Google Account:

Websites

http://www.streetdaddy.com — Picasa Web Albums [ Revoke Access ]

@streetdaddy

HI Wott,

I am having a similar problem to Jens where I’m not seeing my private albums. I have entered my correct username from the login-name part of the http://picasaweb.google.com/login-name/album-name/ URL. I have then clicked the link ‘Requesting access to private albums’ and followed the instructions to Grant Access. After clicking the Grant Access button I am redirected back to the settings page of Picasa Express plugin, but the text under the ‘Requesting access to private albums’ link still says ‘By this link you will be redirected to the Google authorization page. Please, use same name as above to login before accept.’

I can’t see the Private albums in the image dialog when editing a post, only my Public albums…

@Jose
Jose,

I found that wrong user name in the setting can break dialog. Please set existed user name in the plugin setting from http://picasaweb.google.com/login-name/album-name/ and dialog should work perfectly with change user name and other functions.

@Matthew Norman
Hello Matthew,

I am just make a fresh installation and set in the settings username ‘mattnorman’ Immediately I receive 30 your albums in the dialog.

I make some test and looks like js code has some problem in version 1.4 if you not set user name in setting. Please go to plugin setting and insert ‘mattnorman’ or other existed user name in ‘Picasa user name for site’ field. Or in your WP user profile if you use user access level.

The good news is that my current development version hasn’t this problem and will be released soon.

Hello!
First off, thanks for the plugin!
I’ve installed the plugin and am getting the same invalid picasa username error other people have been getting, but I’m most definitly sure I’m using the right name:
my picasa link: http://picasaweb.google.com/mattnorman
makingmy username mattnorman. Still wont work.. any ideas?

@Jose
Because no user ‘phattgrooves’ in Picasa.
Open any albom in Picasa in you browser and take a look into url. You will find something like http://picasaweb.google.com/login-name/album-name/

Hi Wott. I install your plugin but when i try to post appears like this:

http://alturl.com/5uqa9

And dont let me change user.Could you help me please .

Thanks a lot and congratulations for your great plugin

@Jens
Jens,

What you have in the plugin settings under user name field:
‘You already received the access to private albums’ or ‘By this link you will be redirected to the Google authorization page…’?

Unfortunately, the plugin does not show any private albums even after granting access with Picasa web albums. How do I trouble shoot this? Thanks, Jens

@Denis
Страница может грузиться долго, потому что запрашивается Picasa. Что твориться если количество картинок в альбоме 100+ я даже не могу представить – такие альбомы надо как-то по другому грузить.

Lazy Load должен работать нормально, поскольку конечная страница должна быть ровно такая же и JS видит уже все img включенные в него. Может быть проблема с долгой загрузкой страницы в том что скрипты в конце ?

Попробуй закешировать страницу через Wp-Super-Cache и посмотри что получиться. Только кешировать надо без кук на адрес ( с друого браузера или в анонимной влкадке), иначе плагин не будет работать.

>в общем очень не хватает кнопки Select All )))
Я как-нить потом приделаю – счас работы много.

в общем очень не хватает кнопки Select All )))

да уж ! смешно )
последний вопрос может быть не в тему : Если вставлять альбом с помощью Shortcode , то почему-то перестает работать плагин Image Lazy Load и страница грузится долго , загружая по 100 фото из альбома – это вообще нормально ? может так и должно быть с этой кодировкой base64 ? При загрузке альбомов в явном виде lazy load работает нормально …

@Denis
Хех, что сразу не заметил русскую страницу ?

@Denis
I make a shortcode for album and a button in album list ‘Album’/'Shortcode’ for insert such shortcode. It is not exactly as select all images from album, because images every time requested from Picasa and formatted on-fly. But looks shortly and able to be dynamic – you can change images in album on Picasa and album on your site will reflect this changes.

Is this feature not enough for you ?

Совсем заспамил , по-русски не сразу заметил – во всем разобрался , оказывается уже всё написано и прекрасно работает ) спасибо !

Sorry , for many posts ) I just mean button ” Select All” ! ))

@Denis :Hey Wott !Thanks a lot for amazing plugin . Imho this is the best plugin for picasa on that moment .

@Denis
One quest : How it possible to add hole albom in ‘one’ click ( wihtout choosing images each by each ) ?
thank for attention

Hey Wott !Thanks a lot for amazing plugin . Imho this is the best plugin for picasa on that moment .

@Bobby
Hey Bobby !

Thickbox, Lightbox or Highslide is Javascrip library to handle images. You can find and upload the JS files and link to you page in the header or footer, add configuration variables etc.

Or you can use some plugins for WP for same purpose.
I was using Balupton edition plugin for Lightbox
And WP Highslide ( highslide files should be download separately, because of license )
But you can find a lot on WP plugins depository

@Wott
Hey Wott!

That worked, great, the error-message is gone indeed!! (and yes: my provider is still on PHP4..damnthem)

And now it also is working! (noticed after posting shortcode, that there was also a ‘problem’ with uniqid in line712. So changed that as well. No problems now!

Again: thanks!

Just got one more question if you don’t mind: what do you mean with the following?
‘To use external libraries like Thickbox, Lightbox or Highslide you need to install and integrate the library independently’

Where can i find it, how do i need to install it and integrate it? I didn’t really understand on how i can get that functionality.

Thanks!

@Bobby
Hi Bobby !

I think you use old version of PHP, less then 5.
To avoid the warning you can open file picasa-express-2.php and on line 276

change to

Hey! I love the plugin!

I just get the following ‘error-message’ when i open up the GUI of your plugin in my post/page-tab.

Warning: uniqid() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/crimedoespay.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/picasa-express-x2/picasa-express-2.php on line 276

This is shown directly in between my username (and all the buttons) and the album/pictures.

Do you know what i should do? I really would like to get it to work. Also (if the previous ‘problem’ isn’t that bad) I can’t get the shortcode to work you put in this post..

Help is appreciated! Thanks

I completely agree with Martin’s recommendation. I would really like to use this plugin but right now any images pulled from Picasa show up absolutely huge when you click on them. This is simply because of the size of images I store on Picasa. I use Picasa as a backup device and Picasa automatically resizes images which is VERY nice.

I truly think your Picasa plugin would be the best out there by far if this feature was added. Thanks for your work!

@Carly
Hi,

class and onlick should be in link which enveloping the image and contain big image URL:

Hi,

I think your plugin is fantastic! I really want to use Highslide but I just can’t get it to work! I have installed it on my server and gotten it to the point where if I click an image it says loading but won’t actually open. Under image properties (style) I have inputed this code:

class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"

But again nothing pops open, it only says loading. Am I missing something?

Because my site is live I’ve switched it back to lightbox for now but I’d really love to get Highslide working. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Hello,

I really like the Picasa Express plugin and might have a good idea for further improvement: Adding the functionality to select the view size of the larger images hosted at Picasa. I think it should be possible just like with the thumbnail sizes, by modifying the link to the Picasa images (adding for example /s800/ before the filename). I hope you find this good-to-implement.
Thanks and best wishes,
Martin