I'd just like to bump this up the list to see if anyone has come up with a way to search images which fully uses file metadata. As far as I can tell I can use a combination of words in advanced search and I will get a result if both those words are in the image description but if one of the words is in description and one in keywords field it will not work.

in local/config/config.inc.php I have added

$conf['use_iptc_mapping'] = array(
'keywords'        => '2#025',
'author'          => '2#122',
'name'            => '2#105',
'comment'         => '2#120'
);


and resynchronised database but this does not improve the searches.

ps I am not clear how tags are generated - they seem to be a mix of some of the data I have put into either the caption or the iptc keywords field. Sorry if I've missed something! I am using latest edition 2.5.3

I can explain how to add the IPTC data via File Editor plugin, so your visitors could see the IPTC info.
Like here, underneath the image: http://ottawastockimages.com/picture.ph … tegory/226

I do not know how to convert the IPTC codes into the usable meta tags, or search tools though.

I have made a quick explanation with some screenshots in my blog, here:

http://andreiphotos.blogspot.ca/p/using … iwigo.html

Please let me know if I got anything wrong, or if something works not as intended.

I have suggested already that the code could be written into LocalConfig by default. It dos not seem to create any conflicts with the no IPTC coded files.

Merci!

Hello?
What do you think about my errors