Piwigo Export Changelog

What's new in Piwigo Export 2.9.0

Oct 23, 2017
  • Added support for Piwigo 2.9.
  • Added support for Lightroom 7.
  • Publish Service: 2-way metadata synchronization. Now photo tags, photo titles and description can be pulled from Piwigo back to Lightroom.
  • Private Albums: Fixed the issue with associating Lightroom collections with private albums on Piwigo.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 2.7.1 (Mar 2, 2016)

  • Import Albums: fixed the issue with the album structure being incorrect in some cases.
  • Reclaim Photos: the plugin now ignores non-photo and non-vide files.
  • Reclaim Photos: very lange files (over 100 MB in size) cause Lightroom to lock up. Now the plugin skips them.

New in Piwigo Export 2.7.0 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Publish Service: new major feature - Reclaim Photos. Now you can download Piwigo photos the server to your hard drive and import them to your albums.
  • HTTP authorization: fixed several intermittent issues.
  • The removal of person tags now works correctly when the Remove Person Info option is in effect.
  • Fixed the issue with the photo creation date being set incorrectly in some cases.
  • Export Dialog: now switching between export profiles works correctly.

New in Piwigo Export 2.6.0 (Dec 10, 2015)

  • Auto Update: completely re-designed the update mechanism.
  • Export Dialog - removed the unused Sort Order option for albums.
  • Crete Super Album - fixed the "?:0: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'countHandled' (a nil value)" error.
  • Fixed the issue with performance settings not being retained.
  • Improved the diagnostic of upload failures due to incorrect image resizing.
  • Fixed a rare phenomenon in which UTF8 encoding in watermark presets caused issues with the creation of editing of photo albums.
  • Other performance and stability improvements.

New in Piwigo Export 2.3.0 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • Added support for TIFF uploads (requires Piwigo 2.6.0 and newer). NOTE: your Piwigo installation must be configured to handle TIFF files.
  • Implemented "POODLE" (SSL Vulnerability) detection and remediation.
  • Export Dialog: Implemented a persistent caching mechanism allowing the dialog to load known albums much faster.
  • Export Dialog: Re-designed the layout.
  • Export Dialog: new Quick Filter feature which enables you to search galleries using a text string.
  • New Album Dialog: Now you can paste the name of the currently selected folder or collection with a single click.
  • Publish Service: Improves support for watermarks when Lightroom presets are stored with the catalog.
  • Fixed a rare error when servers reject the pwg.images.checkUpload call.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 2.2.5 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • Added support for TIFF uploads (requires Piwigo 2.6.0 and newer). NOTE: your Piwigo installation must be configured to handle TIFF files.
  • Implemented "POODLE" (SSL Vulnerability) detection and remediation.
  • Export Dialog: Implemented a persistent caching mechanism allowing the dialog to load known albums much faster.
  • Export Dialog: Re-designed the layout.
  • Export Dialog: new Quick Filter feature which enables you to search galleries using a text string.
  • New Album Dialog: Now you can paste the name of the currently selected folder or collection with a single click.
  • Publish Service: Improves support for watermarks when Lightroom presets are stored with the catalog.
  • Fixed a rare error when servers reject the pwg.images.checkUpload call.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 2.2.5 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Keyword tags are not being applied when the "Include parent keywords" option is turned off.
  • Fixed the issue with republishing photos that were deleted through Piwigo's web console.

New in Piwigo Export 2.1.4 (Jan 13, 2014)

  • Fixed the issue with creating new albums.

New in Piwigo Export 1.12.1 (Oct 2, 2013)

  • Extras: Import Albums - fixed the "internal error: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (expected table, got nil)" when albums contain both photos and sub-albums.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 1.12.0 (Jul 27, 2013)

  • Publish Service - added the ability to customize watermark and metadata settings for each individual album.
  • Extras - New feature "Find Photos with Comments" enables you to quickly identify published photos that received online comments or ratings.
  • Extras - The "Set Album Cover" feature now works correctly.
  • Fixed the issue with exporting parent keywords when using the Keyword Filtering feature.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Piwigo Export 1.11.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Added German translation - many thanks to Joerg Knoerchen at www.sensorgrafie.de
  • Fixed the issue with renaming unpublished albums.
  • Fixed the issue with using album-specific resize options.
  • "Export with Previous" after creating new albums now works correctly.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in Piwigo Export 1.10.5 (May 2, 2013)

  • Fixed the "Can't update this collection. An internal error has occurred: ?:0: attempt to compare number with nil" when synchronizing ratings for albums that does not have any rated photos.
  • Fixed the "Can't update this collection. An internal error has occurred: ?:0: attempt to compare number with nil" in some situations when using album-specific export settings.
  • Opening the Lightroom Publishing Manager panel and logging into Piwigo no longer triggers the "Not Saved" state unless you actually modify one of publishing options.

New in Piwigo Export 1.10.4 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Fixed: Lightroom hangs during uploads.
  • Fixed the issue with uploading keyword tags in Piwigo 2.5.

New in Piwigo Export 1.10.3 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Implemented a workaround for the "Error parsing server response" error when Piwigo API responses contain PHP notices.

New in Piwigo Export 1.10.2 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • The plugin is now fully compatible with Piwigo 2.5.
  • Implemented a workaround for a Windows specific HTTP Error 12032 (the action must be retried).
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 1.10.0 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Publish Service: added the ability to control image settings (size, JPEG quality) for each album individually.
  • Publish Service: now "Associate Images" populates Piwigo Metadata fields correctly.
  • Publish Service: the "Associate Images" dialog has been redesigned to fit 13" laptop screens.
  • Publish Service: now "Check Photos" clears Piwigo Metadata fields if photos are not longer published through the Piwigo publishing service.
  • Fixed: multiple whitespaces in keyword tags cause errors when republishing photos.
  • Fixed: field caption in Keyword Filtering - Inclusion Rules reads "Exclusion Rules".
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Piwigo Export 1.9.1 (Jan 8, 2013)

  • New feature - Keyword Filters. Now you can exclude individual keywords or entire keyword trees from the export. For explanation, see the FAQ page.
  • Fixed the issue with updating photos published to multiple albums when one of the albums no longer exists on Piwigo.
  • Now keyword tags can be not only added but also removed when re-exporting photos.
  • Improved generation of photo URLs in the Piwigo section on the Metadata panel.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 1.9.0 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • Publish Service - All "extras" functions such as Import Albums, Associate Images, Check Photos, etc. are now available right from the Publish Service Settings panel within Lightroom Publishing Manager.
  • Extras - Associate Photos: The photo matching algorithm has been significantly improved to provide a faster and more accurate matching, particularly when file names contain spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters.
  • Extras - Associate Photos: Added a new method of resolving matching conflicts - now you can prioritize pairing of rendered copies (JPEG and TIFF) over raw originals.
  • Extras - Associate Photos: Added new matching method "By File Number Suffix" which compares only numeric image suffixes when searching for candidates.
  • Extras - Associate Photos: Added new matching method "By File Number Suffix and Capture Time" which chooses candidates based on the combination of the numeric image suffix and photo capture time.
  • Extras - Associate Photos: Now when associating photos by capture time you can specify a timezone offset to compensate for the time difference between the server and the local computer, if needed.
  • Fixed the 'Missing "method" name' error in Lightroom 2 and 3.
  • Fixed the "Tag already exists" in Piwigo environments using the TypeT@gs plugin.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes.

New in Piwigo Export 1.8.4 (Nov 14, 2012)

  • Fixed the issue with applying tag ID instead of keywords when the Chunked Uploads option is turned off.
  • Publish Service: Fixed the issue with the "HTTP Authentication Required" message popping up when navigating between albums.

New in Piwigo Export 1.8.3 (Nov 9, 2012)

  • Fixed the issue with visibility keywords sometimes not working as expected.
  • Fixed the issue with visibility keywords not being applied on republish and sync metadata.
  • The "Create Keywords" action has been relocated to the Plug-in Extras menu so it can be accessed even when there are no Piwigo publish services in the catalog.
  • Windows OS: Fixed the issue with installing the plugin when the username contains accented characters.

New in Piwigo Export 1.8.2 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • Fixed the intermittent error 'Missing "method" name' causing some uploads to fail.
  • Improved the display of rendering and uploading phases on Lightroom's progress indicator.

New in Piwigo Export 1.8.1 (Nov 3, 2012)

  • This release is a quick fix for the issue with uploads not working introduced in 1.8.0

New in Piwigo Export 1.8.0 (Nov 2, 2012)

  • Now you can control the visibility level of uploaded photos. You can specify the default level and also control the visibility level of individual photos using special keywords.
  • Fixed a rare issue related to publishing photos into multiple albums.
  • Fixed the "attempt to index local 'headers' (a nil value)" error when the server rejects the uploaded photo.
  • Added validation of album names.
  • Export: fixed a few minor issues with the Export dialog screen.
  • Export: fixed the issue with not saving the password in export presets.

New in Piwigo Export 1.7.2 (Jul 10, 2012)

  • Publish Service: Fixed the "You did not specify the Server URL" error when attempting to re-parent an album.
  • Publish Service: Fixed the error when attempting to customize the cover photo for an album.
  • Fixed the issue with exporting or publishing images with empty "Capture Date" in their metadata.

New in Piwigo Export 1.7.1 (Jul 4, 2012)

  • The plug-in is now compatible with Piwigo 2.4.0.
  • Added backward compatibility with Lightroom 2.
  • Added support for hosting environments with HTTP Access Authentication (RFC2617).
  • Added support for Export operations.
  • Improved error handling when server response is empty.
  • Improved validation of the server address.
  • Improved behavior of the "Associate Photos using File Name and Capture Time" function when Piwigo metadata is missing the time part.
  • Improved generation of default descriptions for publish services.
  • Associate Photos - fixed the issue with ignoring photos in sub-albums
  • Minor fixes and improvements.