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Picasa2Piwigo

Picasa2Piwigo allows Picasa users to upload photos directly to their Piwigo server.

Features:

  • Easily transfer multiple photos from Picasa to Piwigo.
  • Transfers photos, face tags, tags, and photo captions from Picasa to existing or new albums in Piwigo.

The application can be downloaded from: http://piwigo.org/ext/extension_view.php?eid=680

Installation

  1. Download the extension and unzip.
  2. After unzipping, there will be a list of directories. Each directory corresponds to a different language. Select your preferred installer language and enter the corresponding directory.
  3. Run setup.exe
  4. Open the file, install_button.htm, in a web browser and click on the “Install the Picasa2Piwigo button into Picasa” link. Confirm installation into Picsasa.

Application Usage

After installation, a “2Piwigo” button will be placed on the bottom section of Picasa. To use, select one or more photos in Picasa and then click on the “2Piwigo” button. A dialog box will then be shown allowing you to upload the photo(s) to a new or existing Piwigo album. The dialog box looks like this:

The “Parent Album” and “Album” pull down lists will be automatically populated using information from your Piwigo server. Select “New Album” or “Add To Album”, enter the appropriate information, and click the “Execute” button.

Application Options

Upon first usage of the extension, you must enter information about your connection to Piwigo:

Piwigo Server URL - The URL to your Piwigo server.

Piwigo User Name/Password - A Piwigo user name/password that has rights to add photos to the server. Use a user name/password that has a piwigo status of “user” or better.

Piwigo Contacts File – The contacts.xml file used by Picasa. This is used to parse face tags from Picasa. In my case, the file was located at: c:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Picasa2\Contacts

Limitations

Maximum Number of Files to Upload – Picasa limits the number of files supplied to add-ins to 120 files. So, the maximum number of files that can be uploaded at a time is 120.

Types of Files - Picasa2Piwigo supports photo files only. The tool is unable to upload video files to Piwigo.

Maximum Number of People Tags - Picasa2Piwigo accommodates up to 256 people tags.

Known Issues (to be resolved in future releases)

Picasa Contacs File Path Must Be Set - The Picasa Contacts file path must be set in the options dialog. If the path is not set, the tool will not collect the existing list of Piwigo albums. Workaround: If, for any reason, you don't have a contacts.xml file, create a blank file and set the picasa contacts path to point at the blank file. </del> Issue resolved in version 1.4. Tool Attempts to Upload Video Files - Video files may be selected in Picasa for upload with the tool. If the tool tries to upload a video file the tool will crash. Workaround: Don't select video files for uploading to Piwigo. More than 256 People Tags ** - Picasa2Piwigo will crash if Picasa has more than 256 unique people tags. Workaround: None, tool will be updated. ==== Issues or Suggestions ==== Please contact me if you have any issues with the application or suggestions for improvement.

 
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