FrequentlyAskedQuestions
How do I use iPhotoToGallery?
See the HowTo document for a step by step introduction.
The plugin allways tells me that there is no gallery found at the url I've given.
You have to activate the remote control protocol. Go to the Site-Admin of your gallery and activate "remote" at the 'Import' section.
If you don't have any "remote" at the 'Import' section, follow these steps:
- Download the mandatory module Remote: http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Download#Modules It is under 'Remote Interfaces'.
- Unzip the file and upload the directory remote in the 'modules' folder on your webserver running gallery.
- Install and activate the Remote Module in Site-Admin>Gallery>Modules.
The plugin tells me that could not connect to the gallery.
One possibility is that you're trying to connect using SSL to a site that employs a self-signed certificate. If this is the case:
- obtain a copy of the certificate (if you have shell access to the webserver and it's running Apache, check in /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt)
- place this copy on your Desktop
- add to the "X509 Anchors" section of your system's Keychain using the Keychain Access app; see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1779.html for suggestions on how
How do I install the plugin?
Just double click on the iPhotoToGallery.pkg inside the disk image, and follow the installer instructions. Be sure to (re)start iPhoto after installing!
OK, I installed it, now what?
Start up iPhoto, select the pictures you want to export (or select the album you want to export), and go to the File menu and select "Export". One of the tabs should say "Gallery". Click that tab, and you'll be using the plugin.
The plugin crashes partway through the export. What gives?
One possibility is that some of your pictures are in a format that Gallery doesn't understand. That causes the plugin to crash. (Remember - you ARE using beta software!) This will be fixed in the next release - probably by giving you the option to convert those TIFFs, PSDs, and other "weird" types to JPG.
It also sometimes will crash if you choose to resize the pictures.
(I'll add more possible reasons why the plugin is crashing as I remember them.)
How do I change the order in which pictures are uploaded?
iPhotoToGallery exports pictures in the order in which you have them arranged in iPhoto. If you want to see your pictures sorted by date, select View -> Arrange Photos -> By Date (or one of the other options). Note: in iPhoto preferences, unchecking "Place most recent photos at top" will display your pictures chronologically -- from oldest to newest.
For complete control, select View -> Arrange Photos -> Manual, and drag and drop images in the order you want them.
Why are my pictures showing up in the reverse order in my album?
You probably have the album set to show the newest pictures first. iPhotoToGallery (and Gallery Remote for that matter) upload pictures one at a time. So the last picture it adds will be the newest in the album, therefore, it will show first. If there's enough of a demand, I'll add an option to reverse the order pictures are uploaded if the album is set to show newest first.
My gallery is embedded in [PHPNuke/PostNuke/Geeklog/Xoops/etc]. How do I upload pictures to it?
First, you need to determine exactly where on your site your gallery is actually located (not it's embedded location). For example, if I had a Nuke installation at zwily.com, the gallery would probably be at zwily.com/modules/gallery/. For Xoops/Geeklog/etc, I don't know where it is. If you figure it out, drop me an email and I'll add it to this entry. Tip: Look for the file "gallery_remote2.php". Whatever directory that's in is the directory you're looking for.
Note: I've been informed that this method doesn't work for Galleries that are set up to use the enclosing portal for user authentication. Look for 17ab this to be addressed in a future release.
How do I uninstall the plugin?
You have 4 options:
- Assuming your installation is normal, from Terminal, type
sudo rm -fr /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Plugins/iPhotoToGallery.iPhotoExporter
- If that option scares you, do this:
- Browse to /Applications in Finder
- Control-click on iPhoto.app and choose "Show Package Contents"
- Open "Contents"
- Open "Plugins"
- Drag "iPhotoToGallery.iPhotoExporter" to the Trash
- An even easier way, submitted by Peter Wood:
- Browse to /Applications in Finder
- Control-click on iPhoto and select "Get Info"
- Click on the arrow next to Plug-ins
- Scroll through the list and find the iPhotoToGallery plugin
- Select the plugin and click 'Remove'
- Click 'Continue' to confirm that you want to remove it.
- Wait until I get around to writing an uninstaller
My export never seems to finish sometimes, but I look in my Gallery and all the pictures are there. Why?
I wish I could answer that. This is a known problem that I've managed to reduce to happening not very often, but it does happen occasionally. For some reason when the export finishes and the plugin tells iPhoto that the export is finished, iPhoto doesn't believe it or something. In any case, if you're sure the final picture has been uploaded, you can just hit cancel to make the status window go away. You don't need to send a bug report if it happens.
When my export is finished, and my album opens in iPhoto, I can't see any of my photo thumbnails.
This is due to a bug either in Gallery or iPhotoToGallery. For some reason, an extra '/' is sometimes inserted in between the main Gallery URL and the 'main.app' part of the URL. When the window pops up, simply remove this extra slash, and your album will appear normally. Hopefully there will be a bug fix on either the iPhotoToGallery or Gallery side of things.
I uploaded a patched version (called iPhotoToGallery 0.65.1) that kind of fixes this problem at http://mycvs.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/iPhotoToGallery-0.65.1.zip. This ZIP file contains the "bare-bones" plugin and does not have an installer. Install it via the "Properties" of iPhoto in the "Plugins" section. Use at your own risk. The patch applied to the 0.65 source code can be found here: http://www.mycvs.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/iPhotoToGalleryFix.patch.
I installed iPhotoToGallery, but it doesn't show up in Export!
This could be due to many things, but one possibility is that you moved your iPhoto application. If so, go to /Applications and you'll find a broken app called iPhoto, right click and select 'Show Package Contents'. Then browse your way into content -> plugins, copy what you find there. Then go to your iPhoto app, and 'Show Package Contents' again. Browse to contents -> plugins again and paste. Once you (re)start iPhoto you should be up and running.
Does iPhotoToGallery support any other web gallery programs?
Yes, Drupal will allow you to upload photos with iPhotoToGallery. In order for it to work you have to install the Image Publishing module.