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plg · 2012-03-06 12:10:34

Hello to all beta-testers,

The first release candidate for Piwigo 2.4 is available. This version is for test only, don't install it on your live website.

For those who have followed the beta versions of the previous months, you already know that Piwigo 2.4 brings many new features. For others, you can read previous announcements:

* announcement for 2.4.0beta1
* announcement for 2.4.0beta2

1) Changes

Here follows the list of changes available in version 2.4.0RC1, compared to version 2.4.0beta2:

* [Bugtracker, feature 2577, fixed] Mobile theme
* [Bugtracker, feature 2575, fixed] redesign menubar on clear administration theme
* [Bugtracker, feature 2368, fixed] canonical URL
* [Bugtracker, feature 2568, fixed] redesign sort order fields and labels in administration
* [Bugtracker, feature 2584, fixed] redesign on add photos screens
* [Bugtracker, feature 2562, fixed] pre-cache thumbnail at upload time
* [Bugtracker, feature 2555, fixed] display file name on photo administration screen
* [Bugtracker, feature 2564, fixed] redesign on photo administration screen
* [Bugtracker, feature 2581, fixed] redesign on albums administration screen
* [Bugtracker, feature 2379, fixed] option to display user comments sorted new > old instead of old > new
* [Bugtracker, feature 2567, fixed] in IMAGES_TABLE the field "name" should be prefiled with the filename
* [Bugtracker, feature 1711, fixed] sort photos by name
* [Bugtracker, feature 2460, fixed] [Batch Manager] add "shift-click" ability to photo selection
* [Bugtracker, feature 2309, fixed] [Batch Manager] add a "move photos" action
* [Bugtracker, feature 2470, fixed] [Batch Manager] ability to create an album "on the fly"
* [Bugtracker, bug 2565, fixed] pending comments: highlight selected

2) Screenshots

Piwigo gets a mobile theme, automatically loaded when visitors browse the gallery with a mobile device (iPhone, Android...). The theme "SmartPocket" can be switched off by the visitor if he prefers to browse your gallery with the "classic" theme.

New action in the Batch Manager: you can move photos into another album. The "move" action is equivalent to actions "dissociate from all albums" + "associate to album". We have also added an option to create the destination album if it doesn't exist yet.

You can define a sort order for user comments, oldest first or latest first. In the gallery, the visitor can also switch from one option to the other with a simple click.

The "Piwigo Uploader" screen is replaced by a more general "Applications" screen including pLoader, Piwigo Mobile for iOS/Android, iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Shotwell, digiKam, ReGalAndroid.

The administration menubar was redesigned to include icons and reduce lost space.

We have redesigned the ergonomy to configure photos sort order: new labels, new options.

The administration screen for each photo gets a new design : a single form on the whole page and tab to manage "center of interest" (related to crop for square thumbnail)

New design on album list manager: the action links only appears when the mouse is hover.

New design on album list manager: when you have moved an album by drag and drop, a button "save manual order" appears.

New design on album list manager: the album creation form is only displayed on user demand.

New design on album list manager: the automatic order form is only displayed on user demand.

New default theme "Elegant": grey colors, simpler design, less borders.

New default theme "Elegant": with a simple click you can show and hide the menu.

New default theme "Elegant": the photo page (changes to come in next release candidates)

3) Start your tests

Test Piwigo 2.4 live demo or Download Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

Please, try to open a new topic in the beta testing forum for each problem you may encounter.

If you can not install this test release, but you still want to test and help us stabilize Piwigo 2.4, we will provide you a "ready to use" test environment. Just ask.

Have a nice time while discovering Piwigo 2.4 new features!

--
The Piwigo Team

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Eric · 2012-03-06 18:11:33

Hi plg !

Just notice the link to download 2.4.0RC1 is unavailable : "Requested code "2.4.0rc1" does not exist"

plg · 2012-03-06 20:33:40

Eric wrote:
Just notice the link to download 2.4.0RC1 is unavailable : "Requested code "2.4.0rc1" does not exist"

Fixed. Thank you Eric.

plg · 2012-03-12 15:59:33

Test Piwigo 2.4 live demo : discover the new default theme, play with photo sizes, browse with your smartphone to see the mobile theme in action.

skpManiac · 2012-03-13 11:47:50

plg wrote:
Test Piwigo 2.4 live demo : Piwigo 2.4 is planned for April 2012, with multisize inside!.

This is superb news, it is looking great.

Well done :)

Last edited by skpManiac (2012-03-13 11:48:36)

Billr · 2012-03-13 16:25:25

I tested the mobile view in Dolphin browser on my Sidekick 4G, Android 2.2.1, and it did great - automatically detected that I was on mobile. I then switched to viewing it as a normal website ( http://piwigo.us/beta/24/index.php?/mos … bile=false ) and it also was viewable.

I could not zoom in mobile view by finger spread. I could zoom in, then out, with double touch but it was a bit dicey - half the time it didn't work, since a single touch usually brought up the menu and it was hard to exactly time the double touch.

I could swipe the screen to get to the next or previous photo.

Also, once I viewed it as a normal webpage, I couldn't get back to viewing it in mobile view until I entered http://piwigo.us/beta/24/index.php?/mos … obile=true .

I also tested it on my Kubuntu desktop system and it was the same as my phone.

pewe · 2012-03-19 09:41:37

Although I can see and change the image size in the gallery, when I try to access 'Multiple Size' in the Admin menu to change the settings I get an 'Internal Server Error'.
This error has happened in the past when there is a problem with a Plugin or other part of the software scripting.

Is there a bug, or is it a problem on my hosting server.

Last edited by pewe (2012-03-19 09:44:19)

Stefan_wil · 2012-03-26 16:01:32

Hi all,

I have a question about the watermark function
There are several approaches to integrate this:
.) Overlay (selectable between thumbnail image or both)
.) fix burn on the image
.) or only visible when the image is downloaded

Which way did you choose?

I would be very happy if you can choose 1-2

your stefan

stefan_wil · 2012-03-26 17:07:34

.) Overlay (selectable between thumbnail image or both)
.) fix burn on the image
.) or only visible when the image is downloaded

Sry i mean:
I would be very happy if you can choose 1 an/or 3

flop25 · 2012-03-26 20:05:34

stefan_wil wrote:
.) Overlay (selectable between thumbnail image or both)
.) fix burn on the image
.) or only visible when the image is downloaded
Sry i mean:
I would be very happy if you can choose 1 an/or 3

Basically I suggest you to see by yourself. ^^
But the new idea is to say like Lightroom "we've got the original picture and all the other pictures are generated dynamically/on need" So the original picture is never altered and the others are just more or less temporary copies. The watermark is a customizable picture of course.

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Announcement

#1 2012-03-06 12:10:34

Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#2 2012-03-06 18:11:33

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#3 2012-03-06 20:33:40

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

Eric wrote:

#4 2012-03-12 15:59:33

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#5 2012-03-13 11:47:50

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

plg wrote:

#6 2012-03-13 16:25:25

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#7 2012-03-19 09:41:37

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#8 2012-03-26 16:01:32

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#9 2012-03-26 17:07:34

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

#10 2012-03-26 20:05:34

Re: Piwigo 2.4.0RC1

stefan_wil wrote:

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