From album-author@D... Sun Apr 9 18:11:06 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:47 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Album v3.11 Message-ID: Sorry it took so long, but I've been hoping to find a solution for a bug regarding -clear_* and parent directory options. I realized that it was better to release and keep album up to date, rather than worry about one obscure bug. So - album v3.11 is released. More news coming in a few minutes. + Changed ffmpeg option from singlejpeg to mjpeg, ffmpeg also now handles mp4 + Changed 'do_album*' hooks to skip album generation on false + Added hooks: gather_contents, gather_contents_item * Patches: Fix stop_hashes hook, thumbnail/medium hooks, -burn 'index.html' (Thanks Scott Bertin, scottbertin at yahoo com) * Double exif captioning (Thanks Roland Rosenfeld, roenv at spinnaker de and John Sellens, jsellens at generalconcepts com) + Plugin: images/epeg + New theme: Stamp. Updated theme: W_Peterman * Fixed issue with old 'medium *\\>' album.conf options. (Thanks Waldy Wisniewski, waldy at wizfamily co uk) * Fixed -h/-plugin_usage bug * Fixed -clean to also include commented out images. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Sun Apr 9 19:07:51 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:47 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Language Support: album in *your* language! Message-ID: I'd like to get some language support in album, so I need some translations done. Anyone who can translate the album messages and/or the mini how-to to a different language, please contact me, more info is at: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Docs/Section_9.html Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Sun Apr 9 19:08:12 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:47 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] $250! Theme and plugin contest! Message-ID: We're having a contest for the best user submitted theme and plugin. There's ** $250 ** in prize money. Woohoo! See info at: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Contest.html Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Wed Apr 12 02:15:14 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:47 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Language Support: URL Correction Message-ID: In my last email about language support I mention the URL: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Docs/Section_9.html In cleaning up the docs I realize that the correct URL has become: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Docs/Section_8.html We have our first translation, the mini-howto is now available in french, and we've got an italian volunteer as well. Any bit helps - if you can speak another language fluently, please contact me! Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Thu May 4 13:01:23 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:47 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Album Contest Reminder Message-ID: Just a reminder that the album theme/plugin contest is scheduled to end at the end of this month: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Contest.html Currently we have only *one* Theme entry, and the prize is $100. Making a simple theme is *easy* - just create the thumbnail graphics and background and run "simmer_tool" And if you know any perl, consider writing a simple but clever plugin. For more info on writing plugins and themes: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Docs/Section_6.html http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Docs/Section_7.html#Writing_Plugins Good luck! Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Wed Jun 14 22:37:07 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:47 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Album v3.12 Message-ID: album version 3.12 has been released. A whole slew of new themes and plugins are available, as well as new features in the album script. This is a big release! Also, many themes have been updated to allow for -slideshow capabilities. New Themes ---------- Black3 Alan Clifford DropPurple Kurt Edelmann DropFloat Helmar Wieland FilmFrames Frank Celler Zeitoun Stéphane GULLY FunLand Dave Simmer (requires album v3.12) New Plugins ----------- captions/format/audio Scott J. Bertin captions/exif/mouseover David Madison org/hide_regex David Hansen org/specified_sort Scott J. Bertin dir_thumb/captions David Madison (inspired by David H. and Scott B.) utils/create_plugin David Madison extra/rss Jason Dufair org/reorganizer Scott Bertin dir_thumb/file Joey Richards captions/db/digikam Kevin Barter Slideshow (-slideshow) capable themes ------------------------------------- Baby Binder BitchFlora BitchMartha Blue Craftsman Dominatrix6 DropShadow Eddie_Bauer Ivy J_Peterman Laxative Maste Minimalist OldPhoto Orange Paperbook Slides Stamp Stars Uptight W_Peterman X-Files I'll start work on album v3.13 which will have language support, thanks to my helpful translators. If you can translate album messages/text into another language, please let me know! And finally, the album changelog: Version 3.12, 2006/06/14 ------------------------ + Added -create_plugin plugin code + Added overlay thumbnail support. Themes are simpler and cooler! See FunLand as an example. Also updated simmer_theme. + Added 'album -mv' syntax (just a shortcut for the 'utils/mv' plugin) + Added -credit (global footer) (Thanks Dave Hansen, dave sr71 net) + Added -case_sort option (used to be default!) (Thanks Samuel Denis D'Ortun, sddproductions.com) * Changed ImageMagick calls to handle new syntax (~v6.25) (Thanks John Westlund, john.westlund gmail com) + Added -follow_symlinks (Thanks Dave Hansen, dave sr71 net) + Added hide_album hook (Thanks Dave Hansen, dave sr71 net) + Add hook 'end_handle_file' (needed for plugin: format/hide_regex) * Fixed handling of -no_* in plugin options. * Fixed caption_edit.cgi directory caption problem (upgrade to CGI v1.07!) (Thanks Kathryn Hogg, kjh flyballdogs com) * Moved dir_thumb hook so it still counts images/folders + Patches: full path to find files (Thanks Scott Bertin, scottbertin yahoo com) + Added data-> head and body_tag Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Thu Dec 21 19:04:24 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:48 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Album v4.00: Internationalization/Language Support! Message-ID: Album v4.00 has been released, and offers full language support! Language support will be explained further in a follow-up posting. Version 4.00, 2006/12/17 ------------------------ + Full language/i18n support! See -lang, -list_langs, and -lang_path + New languages: (en), he, nl, pl as well as banner, l33t and swedish_chef + Option -make_lang for creating easy language templates + New plugin: captions/exif/mouseover + New plugin: org/link (Thanks Matt Forrest, mforrest scs ryerson ca) + Added 3gp support using ffmpeg. Another other movie formats people need? + Added -nothumbs support (Thanks Marten van Wezel, marten arago utwente nl) + Changed -hash_width option to -screen_width * Fixed save_conf multiple-saving of multiple array/code values * Errors now pass non-zero exit value * Fixed -noknown_images (Thanks Dougie Nisbet, album highmoor co uk) * Return to XHTML valid (Thanks Markus Mayer, mmayer blastwave org) I also realized I never announced 3.13 on this list, so these changes are applied as well from 3.12: Version 3.13, 2006/10/10 ------------------------ + New plugin: format/meta + Cleaned up image preloading and added "AddOnload" javascript for plugins (Update your themes for proper image preloading) + Themes can now do num(This_Image) (Thanks Daniel K, DKml xs4all nl) * Better fix for double exif captioning (Thanks Joseph Dery, joedery gmail com) * Fix for medium_scale_opts (Thanks Glyn Davies, agdavies gmail com) * Removed unnecessary zips and tars in Themes packaging Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------ From album-author@D... Thu Dec 21 19:13:00 2006 From: album-author@D... (David Ljung Madison) Date: Thu Dec 21 19:58:48 2006 Subject: [Album-announce] Album v4.00: Languages Message-ID: Album now supports languages. Docs are up at: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/Docs/Section_8.html We already have some translations begun: Dutch, Polish and Hebrew (not to mention the example languages: l33t, swedish_chef and banner) Translations change HTML output of album as well as album user messages. You can help with these translations or start a new one. You don't have to commit to doing the complete translation yourself, since album will use incomplete language files. You can edit the current language files in the "lang/" directory, or create new ones with the "-make_lang" option, see the docs for more info, and be sure to let me know if you are starting translation work, so we don't have two people doing the same translation! We also need Documentation translations, particularly for the mini-HOWTO. Since I have replaced *every* string that album outputs, I may have made some mistakes. The language strings use codes such as "[_1]" and "[_2]" that the user should never see. If you ever see these codes or any sort of wonky output, please let me know what you did to make that happen. I'm also looking to redesign the album home pages: http://MarginalHacks.com/Hacks/album/ I'd be interested in any design ideas or *logos* that people might think would look good for album. If you can help out in this area, let me know! Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Ljung Madison http://GetDave.com/ 415 341-5555 ------------ "Preferred over shiny round objects 2-to-1" ------------------