Found a test-related issue and reuploaded: same zipfile name, but version is 0.0.0.26 and zip size is 407Kb.
Sorry about this.

In case anybody's interested in a "fresh from the oven" news, thoughts, plans and ideas - welcome to http://smugmugexplorer.blogspot.com/

Cheers!

I tried Smugmug Explorer for the first time today. It's very cool!

For some reason I don't seem to be able to upload files. The options under the Upload menu are grayed out. What might I be doing wrong?

One thing I would love to have available is the ability to export data from the application. What I need specifically is a way to get the original filename and smugmug ID for each image in a given album. I would need to export it into something like a CSV file or some other structured format that would allow me to import it into a database, etc. Is this something you have considered?

Originally Posted by flyingpylon I tried Smugmug Explorer for the first time today. It's very cool!

Thank you, appreciate it.

Originally Posted by flyingpylon For some reason I don't seem to be able to upload files. The options under the Upload menu are grayed out. What might I be doing wrong?

You need to select the album first, and then drop some files or folders. You can do drag-n-drop several times. But - for now, if you change the album, list will be cleared. Multialbum upoload is in the works.

Originally Posted by flyingpylon One thing I would love to have available is the ability to export data from the application. What I need specifically is a way to get the original filename and smugmug ID for each image in a given album. I would need to export it into something like a CSV file or some other structured format that would allow me to import it into a database, etc. Is this something you have considered?

No, I haven't. Still plenty of other things to consider first. Let's get back to this after the first release (see description of release terms on the home page:-)

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Nikolai Thank you, appreciate it. You need to select the album first, and then drop some files or folders. You can do drag-n-drop several times. But - for now, if you change the album, list will be cleared. Multialbum upoload is in the works. No, I haven't. Still plenty of other things to consider first. Let's get back to this after the first release (see description of release terms on the home page:-) Cheers!

Answers before I've even asked the question, Thanks!!

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Details and download links are at the product's home page: http://sklobovsky.nstemp.com/community/smugmug/

Enjoy!

PS
Don (or anybody with the access to the Big Red Button) - may I ask to make this thread a "sticky" one?
Or - may be even create a separate forum...

Hi Nikolai,

thanks for your great program. I apreachiate your hard work.

Originally Posted by Nikolai [font=Tahoma]Latest version; Dec 10 2004, Version 0.1.0.28, 414 Kb, single exe in a zip.[/font] Details and download links are at the product's home page: http://sklobovsky.nstemp.com/community/smugmug/

I discovered a bug with your newest version. It both affects single and multi album upload.
When I finish a single-album upload and drag another set of pictures in, the old ones reappear in the upload list.
The same for multi-album upload, the drag&drop ist isn't cleared somehow, but all old ones are kept and the new are added. This renders the multi-album upload unsuable for me and I've to restart the program after every upload.

Don't know why it seems to work for everyone else.

Bye and keep up the great work,
Sebastian

Rest assured I will look into it asap. I also have few minor UI facelifts, so it might be useful afterall. Stay tuned, shouldn't take that long, just a few hours (need to do some family chores, too:-).

For the record: in the future if you can additionally report the issues and problems to the blog (you can always find it in the Help|About screen, current shortcut being F1:-). Those comments hit my gmail account almost instantly, so I'd be notified iimediately without checking the dgrin. Thank you!

Originally Posted by rainforest1155 When I finish a single-album upload and drag another set of pictures in, the old ones reappear in the upload list. The same for multi-album upload, the drag&drop ist isn't cleared somehow, but all old ones are kept and the new are added.

Same here. Even for single album uploads, I have to close the program and re-open it for every upload or the upload lists keep stacking and list keeps growing and growing.

Ooops. Nevermind. Should have checked the blog first.

New version uploaded, 0.1.0.34, 415Kb. See the home page (in my sig)

Originally Posted by Nikolai New version uploaded, 0.1.0.34, 415Kb. See the home page (in my sig)

Wow, right at the 2 hour mark as promised. I'm impressed.

Thanks Nikolai! I'll give it a shot.

Woot!

Looks like it is working now. I am setting it up to batch upload all of my photos. I'll have to manually create all the albums first , but once that is done I'll let her rip and give you feedback. Might be tomorrow by the time it is done though.

Great work. Thanks Nikolai.

Originally Posted by unsavory Woot! Looks like it is working now. I am setting it up to batch upload all of my photos. I'll have to manually create all the albums first , but once that is done I'll let her rip and give you feedback. Might be tomorrow by the time it is done though. Great work. Thanks Nikolai.

Sorry about the issue, get spolied by our QA dept at work, they usually catch this sort of things pretty fast, so I don't have to worry about too much ;-)

Auto album creation - I need this myself. I also have about 5 years worth of pictures not uploaded. That was the whole reason I started to write this app..:-). As I mentioned before, the only current problems are

• Impossibility to create categories/subcategories via API (Don! HELP! )
• Need nice and clean UI solution for it. I want it to be "compatible" with the existing UI (which, I hope, is simple and logical enough to use it without scratching your head TOO much, hehe:-), so you'd have a complete control over the upload process (sorting wise). Have some ideas, though, will give it a try today..

Having said that - if you're not in a great hurry, I'd wait. I'm 90% positive this will be done before XMas..
Cheers!

So old links can be broken.

I will try to keep previous version for a while after uploading a new one, but remove it as soon as I get the feeling the new one is ok (or the old one has unavoidable issues).

Just FYI..

Cheers!

OK, I finally got all the Categories/Subcategories manually created.

I am currently batch uploading about 6500 pics which turns out to be about 15 gigs or so (old 2.2MP camera on the older ones. ).

Looks like it is working!

Now if SmugMug will just get sorting beefed up, I will be one heck of a happy camper.

I'll let you know when it is done. But 15gig through HTTP Post can take a while.

Thanks again for the great tool.

Originally Posted by unsavory OK, I finally got all the Categories/Subcategories manually created. I am currently batch uploading about 6500 pics which turns out to be about 15 gigs or so (old 2.2MP camera on the older ones. ). Looks like it is working! Now if SmugMug will just get sorting beefed up, I will be one heck of a happy camper. I'll let you know when it is done. But 15gig through HTTP Post can take a while. Thanks again for the great tool.

Thank you for the feedback!

Sorry I'm not ready with autocreation feature.. But I know the rash.. I uploaded all my originals (for them I was using album-per-month, so it was not that much of a work to create categories/subcategories/albums manually) as soon as I got first version working.
But NOW I'm gonna be real patient and wait until I make this part working:-)

Cheers!

Good grief, you lads sure upload a lot of shots!

Originally Posted by wxwax Good grief, you lads sure upload a lot of shots!

isn't this what "unlimited" is for?;-)
Cheers!

Originally Posted by Nikolai isn't this what "unlimited" is for?;-) Cheers!

Yeah, my only fear is that it becomes no longer profitable for them to allow unlimited storage space to their users. I suppose their thinking is that the mojority of their users are not going to upload gigs and gigs of photos so it works out for them.

I hope they can continue to offer this "unlimited" service in the future.