I am trying to use smug browser to upload but it seems to randomly stop uploading at times. In the middle of uploading about 700 pics it will just show me all the photos I have qued and what has been uploaded, but the progress bars dissapear. Should the program be able to handle uploads of 700 at a time? This would not be a big deal but the program seems to upload photos in a random order vs by file name. So when it stops working I have to delete the album and start over. Any thoughts?
I have a folder on XP with 292 images. These files are sorted from oldest to newest, and they are all sequentially named; e.g., picture0001.jpg, picture0002.jpg, etc.
I select all of the files and drag them to the upper-right portion of the smugbrowser window. After a few seconds the bottom portion of the smugbrowser window lists all 292 files.
The first time I did this only a few images were copied. So, I closed smugbrowser and reopened it. The removal all feature did not appear to work, or else I didn't wait long enough.
The second time I dragged the files all 292 were copied. The list of files in the smugbrowser window started with picture0004. The first 3 files (picture0001-picture0003) were at the bottom of the list instead of at the top. There may have been more out of sequence, but I didn't look too hard. I am not sure why smugbrowser is resorting the files. And clicking on the columns in the smugbrowser window does not resort the files.
Closed smugbrowser and tried again. Again, all 292 files copied. This time the first file in the list was picture0252. The files were listed sequentially through picture0292. Then the list started with picture0001 and was sequential through picture0251.
Hi David,
SmugBrowser isn't resorting anything, that's the order that I receive the files when files are dropped. I know it's kind of weird, but it's has to do with how you selected the files outside of SmugBrowser.
I am trying to use smug browser to upload but it seems to randomly stop uploading at times. In the middle of uploading about 700 pics it will just show me all the photos I have qued and what has been uploaded, but the progress bars dissapear. Should the program be able to handle uploads of 700 at a time? This would not be a big deal but the program seems to upload photos in a random order vs by file name. So when it stops working I have to delete the album and start over. Any thoughts?
Thanks
marc
Hi Marc,
Yeah some of the upload stuff isn't as robust as it should be
I will be working on that for the next version, including persisting files to be uploaded between sessions.
I'm not sure if it's possible... but I'll ask any way...
What I'd like very much is if this application could allow me to bulk change the watermarks on several galleries at once and actually apply them to the pics. I know I can do it in bulk per gallery, but that takes a lot of time.
Then since changing the watermark un-does the zoom thumb nail, I'd like to be able to re-zoom the same galleries all at once...
SmugBrowser isn't resorting anything, that's the order that I receive the files when files are dropped. I know it's kind of weird, but it's has to do with how you selected the files outside of SmugBrowser.
I hope this helps.
David
Thanks - I figured that out by accident the other day. I happened to notice that the file that you click and drag to smugbrowser became the first file in the list. Sorry for the confusion on my part.
I'm not sure if it's possible... but I'll ask any way...
What I'd like very much is if this application could allow me to bulk change the watermarks on several galleries at once and actually apply them to the pics. I know I can do it in bulk per gallery, but that takes a lot of time.
Then since changing the watermark un-does the zoom thumb nail, I'd like to be able to re-zoom the same galleries all at once...
Currently Smugbrowser doesn't do watermarks because the API doesn't have the functionality.
Dev.
Couple more points about Smugbrowser on a Mac.
1. After dragging and dropping files into a gallery, the subcategory shows 'none' even though the tree clearly shows a sub-cat.
2. you can't drag and drop a folder into a sub-cat and get a new folder.
3. No default album setup possible. I prefer to upload as private and passworded then reset it to what I want once it's uploaded.
Pros.
I love the multi threaded uploading. very cool.
I like the three window layout, with tree, thumbs and uploads.
Suggestions.
A switch in bulk update to only update one thing in the galleries. ie flick the switch to make every selected gallery public after they have uploaded but leave all other settings the same.
I'd also like some sorting of categories, subcategories etc. Smugmug has the quick sort list for galleries but not for categories and sub-categories.
...
Suggestions.
A switch in bulk update to only update one thing in the galleries. ie flick the switch to make every selected gallery public after they have uploaded but leave all other settings the same.
...
I regularly only update one thing using bulk update. Just don't check anything
else. Is this what you're asking for?
I regularly only update one thing using bulk update. Just don't check anything else. Is this what you're asking for?
Agreed! This is a fantastic mini-app which I use often for it's queing abilities and bulk settings features... It has great potential to be developed into something even more stable, feature rich and amazing... But as it is now, it's still worth well more than it's weight in gold!
Suggestions.
A switch in bulk update to only update one thing in the galleries. ie flick the switch to make every selected gallery public after they have uploaded but leave all other settings the same.
Andrew,
This is what the bulk update feature does, set one or many options...and it's applied to all the galleries.
Agreed! This is a fantastic mini-app which I use often for it's queing abilities and bulk settings features... It has great potential to be developed into something even more stable, feature rich and amazing... But as it is now, it's still worth well more than it's weight in gold!
Thanks encosion.
i have some many things I want to build into it, as well as make it more robust. However, I am been tied up with SmugMug stuff lately...but i have been working on some cool API functionality...which will enable me to do even more stuff in SmugBrowser.
When I go to the SmugBrowser link in your sig (http://smugbrowser.introversion.com.au/beta/), it just tells me it's version 0.3.11 which doesn't appear to be your newest version. Also, you mentioned that if we already had a previous version, we should be able to use auto-update. How would we do that?
When I go to the SmugBrowser link in your sig (http://smugbrowser.introversion.com.au/beta/), it just tells me it's version 0.3.11 which doesn't appear to be your newest version. Also, you mentioned that if we already had a previous version, we should be able to use auto-update. How would we do that?
ok the link and autoupdate, should be working.
In firefox, go to the 'Add-ons' screen and click find updates...and it should automatically update...otherwise it should do it if you shutdown and restart firefox.
In firefox, go to the 'Add-ons' screen and click find updates...and it should automatically update...otherwise it should do it if you shutdown and restart firefox.
Cheers,
David
The new version worked like a charm - thanks. I got all the galleries I wanted converted over in just a few minutes.
The UI for the SmugIsland settings in SmugBrowser is not obvious what Yes and No mean. I wasn't sure whether Yes meant that the world could have access or whether Yes meant to enable the SmugIslands feature. I had to set one gallery and then go look at the actual Smugmug gallery customization screen to see which was which. If the wording was something like "Enable web search (e.g. Google): Yes/No" and "Enable Smugmug Search: Yes/No", there would have been no questions on my part.
Another thing, should it be possible to delete multiple galleries in one go with SmugBrowser? Like select all galleries in a category and delete them? I just did some ill-fated uploading of a set of 2600 photos and the third time seems golden.. Now I need to delete the 5200 photos from 250 galleries
The new version worked like a charm - thanks. I got all the galleries I wanted converted over in just a few minutes.
The UI for the SmugIsland settings in SmugBrowser is not obvious what Yes and No mean. I wasn't sure whether Yes meant that the world could have access or whether Yes meant to enable the SmugIslands feature. I had to set one gallery and then go look at the actual Smugmug gallery customization screen to see which was which. If the wording was something like "Enable web search (e.g. Google): Yes/No" and "Enable Smugmug Search: Yes/No", there would have been no questions on my part.
John,
I used the same wording as per SmugMug's gallery page...am I missing something ?
Another thing, should it be possible to delete multiple galleries in one go with SmugBrowser? Like select all galleries in a category and delete them? I just did some ill-fated uploading of a set of 2600 photos and the third time seems golden.. Now I need to delete the 5200 photos from 250 galleries
Hey Scala,
I will check it out...most probably is something sily
I used the same wording as per SmugMug's gallery page...am I missing something ?
David
Smugmug's labels for these two settings in the gallery customization screen are meaningless. They are just labels that does not describe what they do at all so that's a bad thing to copy, in my opinion. What the gallery customization page does have and you do not is a one line description of each from which it is possible to figure out what a yes and no means.
From this:
I have no idea what the settings mean.
Then, fortunately the screen includes the one-line description to the right and from that, I can tell what it means.
Your implementation does not have the one-line description. If the labels were "Enable Google Search" and "Enable Smugmug Search", it would be obvious what a yes or no means without even having to read the one line description.
I know you are suggesting changes for SmugBrowser but are you saying that the ? and the one-line are not clear in our gallery customization page?
I was originally addressing the comments at SmugBrowser, but it would be better if the Smugmug gallery customization screen picked labels for these settings that were descriptive in and of themselves without having to read the one-line next to them.
"Hello World" and "Hello Smugmug" are cute, but they require you to already know what the feature is about or to read the one-line description to the right before you'd have any idea what this setting is. It would be a clearer and easier UI if those short terms were meaningful and unambiguously clear without any other context.
It's not a disaster here because the one line description is there too, but my point is it could be better than it is if you didn't have to read the one-line description to know what the feature was about and what a yes or no answer means. While not a killer important change, great UI is only achieved with the relentless and, some would say, overzealous pursuit of details like this.
great UI is only achieved with the relentless and, some would say, overzealous pursuit of details like this.
I rather like "Hello World" and "Hello Smug" - one cool thing about us that I really like, and one of the big reasons that I love it here, is that we're not some stuffy old company. We have an attitude, we make the point, and we like to make things fun
To (mis) quote a great line: "This ain't your Father's Oldsmobile!"
I rather like "Hello World" and "Hello Smug" - one cool thing about us that I really like, and one of the big reasons that I love it here, is that we're not some stuffy old company. We have an attitude, we make the point, and we like to make things fun
To (mis) quote a great line: "This ain't your Father's Oldsmobile!"
It's up to you. It's cute, but not descriptive at all and thus not as usable as it could be. You've got to admit there's a tremendous amount of confusion around SmugIslands in general and, in my opinion, all the cute, yet non-descriptive nomenclature is partly to blame. Your call. I understand it now, so it doesn't matter to me personally - just trying to suggest how to improve the site.
You've got to admit there's a tremendous amount of confusion around SmugIslands in general
Actually, many, many folks have toggled the settings, and are using it. A lot. And we've received few questions. Sure, questions, here on Dgrin and on Help Desk. But far and away the majority of folks that are using it, are are just using it, happily
Is there room to improve? Sure - in anything! Thanks for your posts, we really appreciate them!
Another thing, should it be possible to delete multiple galleries in one go with SmugBrowser? Like select all galleries in a category and delete them? I just did some ill-fated uploading of a set of 2600 photos and the third time seems golden.. Now I need to delete the 5200 photos from 250 galleries
Hi David - you asked me to post some of the things I've found "not working" for me in smugbrowser from the "Stop Already" thread...
Using the 5.1 release (haven't tried it in 5.2 and I'm currently in upload-all-night mode) when I create a new gallery or do gallery updates - the entire "Security and Privacy" tab does not work with the exception of the password feature... Hide owner MIGHT work, but I don't use that feature.
Also, it doesn't pull my watermark choice, and if I choose default - it uses the default PROOF smug watermark, not my own. Along with this two-way-datastream-train-of-thought, my themes are grayed out - is that a feature for the future you're looking to add on?
I think the remaining tabs work fine - but when I told it to make a private gallery with a password, with originals, ext links, OFF and protection and watermarking ON - it created the gallery but only with the defaults (the four things I mentioned were reversed from my choices).
The biggest bummer is the watermark, as if I use smugbrowser to create my gallery - I still have to go in and set the watermark before I upload any files with SmugBrowser.
But one more thing - PRICING - is there a way to copy the default pricing methods from an existing gallery like the quick gallery creation has as one of it's six choices?
Name
Category
Sub-Category
Theme
Quick-Settings (Would be really cool to link these and have it override/gray-out all options)
Pricing
It seems SmugBrowser has the top three, just not the bottom two or three which are pretty major deals to us pros... Then again - I can't complain, it's still the best way to upload photos
... <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif" border="0" alt="" > but of course, we're all about features right? Let me know if I can help progress SmugBrowser's work at all... It's fantastic thus far!! And I love getting dirty. (Helping that is...) </P>
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Hello All,
I am trying to use smug browser to upload but it seems to randomly stop uploading at times. In the middle of uploading about 700 pics it will just show me all the photos I have qued and what has been uploaded, but the progress bars dissapear. Should the program be able to handle uploads of 700 at a time? This would not be a big deal but the program seems to upload photos in a random order vs by file name. So when it stops working I have to delete the album and start over. Any thoughts?
Thanks
marc
Hi David,
SmugBrowser isn't resorting anything, that's the order that I receive the files when files are dropped. I know it's kind of weird, but it's has to do with how you selected the files outside of SmugBrowser.
I hope this helps.
David
SmugMug API Developer
My Photos
Hi Marc,
Yeah some of the upload stuff isn't as robust as it should be
I will be working on that for the next version, including persisting files to be uploaded between sessions.
Cheers,
David
SmugMug API Developer
My Photos
All good requests mate.
I am doing some work on the next version of the api to plug a few gaps, like doing custom watermarks, etc
Once that is released, I will release a version of SmugBrowser that has the additional functionality.
Cheers,
David
SmugMug API Developer
My Photos
What I'd like very much is if this application could allow me to bulk change the watermarks on several galleries at once and actually apply them to the pics. I know I can do it in bulk per gallery, but that takes a lot of time.
Then since changing the watermark un-does the zoom thumb nail, I'd like to be able to re-zoom the same galleries all at once...
Thanks - I figured that out by accident the other day. I happened to notice that the file that you click and drag to smugbrowser became the first file in the list. Sorry for the confusion on my part.
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Dev.
Couple more points about Smugbrowser on a Mac.
1. After dragging and dropping files into a gallery, the subcategory shows 'none' even though the tree clearly shows a sub-cat.
2. you can't drag and drop a folder into a sub-cat and get a new folder.
3. No default album setup possible. I prefer to upload as private and passworded then reset it to what I want once it's uploaded.
Pros.
I love the multi threaded uploading. very cool.
I like the three window layout, with tree, thumbs and uploads.
Suggestions.
A switch in bulk update to only update one thing in the galleries. ie flick the switch to make every selected gallery public after they have uploaded but leave all other settings the same.
I'd also like some sorting of categories, subcategories etc. Smugmug has the quick sort list for galleries but not for categories and sub-categories.
Let me know if you need a beta tester.
cheers
Andrew
else. Is this what you're asking for?
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Andrew,
This is what the bulk update feature does, set one or many options...and it's applied to all the galleries.
Cheers,
David
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My Photos
Thanks encosion.
i have some many things I want to build into it, as well as make it more robust. However, I am been tied up with SmugMug stuff lately...but i have been working on some cool API functionality...which will enable me to do even more stuff in SmugBrowser.
Cheers,
David
SmugMug API Developer
My Photos
One other thing is a refresh button to refresh directories etc.
cheers
Andrew
Just got a strange error. Running on a Mac mini and uploading, I tried to make a new directory and got the following.
Is this it timing out because of the uploading ?
cheers
Andrew
SmugMug API Developer
My Photos
When I go to the SmugBrowser link in your sig (http://smugbrowser.introversion.com.au/beta/), it just tells me it's version 0.3.11 which doesn't appear to be your newest version. Also, you mentioned that if we already had a previous version, we should be able to use auto-update. How would we do that?
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ok the link and autoupdate, should be working.
In firefox, go to the 'Add-ons' screen and click find updates...and it should automatically update...otherwise it should do it if you shutdown and restart firefox.
Cheers,
David
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My Photos
The new version worked like a charm - thanks. I got all the galleries I wanted converted over in just a few minutes.
The UI for the SmugIsland settings in SmugBrowser is not obvious what Yes and No mean. I wasn't sure whether Yes meant that the world could have access or whether Yes meant to enable the SmugIslands feature. I had to set one gallery and then go look at the actual Smugmug gallery customization screen to see which was which. If the wording was something like "Enable web search (e.g. Google): Yes/No" and "Enable Smugmug Search: Yes/No", there would have been no questions on my part.
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Another thing, should it be possible to delete multiple galleries in one go with SmugBrowser? Like select all galleries in a category and delete them? I just did some ill-fated uploading of a set of 2600 photos and the third time seems golden.. Now I need to delete the 5200 photos from 250 galleries
John,
I used the same wording as per SmugMug's gallery page...am I missing something ?
David
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My Photos
Hey Scala,
I will check it out...most probably is something sily
Cheers,
David
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My Photos
From this:
I have no idea what the settings mean.
Then, fortunately the screen includes the one-line description to the right and from that, I can tell what it means.
Your implementation does not have the one-line description. If the labels were "Enable Google Search" and "Enable Smugmug Search", it would be obvious what a yes or no means without even having to read the one line description.
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I know you are suggesting changes for SmugBrowser but are you saying that the ? and the one-line are not clear in our gallery customization page?
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I was originally addressing the comments at SmugBrowser, but it would be better if the Smugmug gallery customization screen picked labels for these settings that were descriptive in and of themselves without having to read the one-line next to them.
"Hello World" and "Hello Smugmug" are cute, but they require you to already know what the feature is about or to read the one-line description to the right before you'd have any idea what this setting is. It would be a clearer and easier UI if those short terms were meaningful and unambiguously clear without any other context.
It's not a disaster here because the one line description is there too, but my point is it could be better than it is if you didn't have to read the one-line description to know what the feature was about and what a yes or no answer means. While not a killer important change, great UI is only achieved with the relentless and, some would say, overzealous pursuit of details like this.
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I rather like "Hello World" and "Hello Smug" - one cool thing about us that I really like, and one of the big reasons that I love it here, is that we're not some stuffy old company. We have an attitude, we make the point, and we like to make things fun
To (mis) quote a great line: "This ain't your Father's Oldsmobile!"
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It's up to you. It's cute, but not descriptive at all and thus not as usable as it could be. You've got to admit there's a tremendous amount of confusion around SmugIslands in general and, in my opinion, all the cute, yet non-descriptive nomenclature is partly to blame. Your call. I understand it now, so it doesn't matter to me personally - just trying to suggest how to improve the site.
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just FYI, i get the same error
This should be fixed now.
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Hi David,
I just tried reinstalling SmugBrowser and I still get the same type of error. Do I need to do something else?
Thanks,
Jennifer
Using the 5.1 release (haven't tried it in 5.2 and I'm currently in upload-all-night mode) when I create a new gallery or do gallery updates - the entire "Security and Privacy" tab does not work with the exception of the password feature... Hide owner MIGHT work, but I don't use that feature.
Also, it doesn't pull my watermark choice, and if I choose default - it uses the default PROOF smug watermark, not my own. Along with this two-way-datastream-train-of-thought, my themes are grayed out - is that a feature for the future you're looking to add on?
I think the remaining tabs work fine - but when I told it to make a private gallery with a password, with originals, ext links, OFF and protection and watermarking ON - it created the gallery but only with the defaults (the four things I mentioned were reversed from my choices).
The biggest bummer is the watermark, as if I use smugbrowser to create my gallery - I still have to go in and set the watermark before I upload any files with SmugBrowser.
But one more thing - PRICING - is there a way to copy the default pricing methods from an existing gallery like the quick gallery creation has as one of it's six choices?
Name
Category
Sub-Category
Theme
Quick-Settings (Would be really cool to link these and have it override/gray-out all options)
Pricing
It seems SmugBrowser has the top three, just not the bottom two or three which are pretty major deals to us pros... Then again - I can't complain, it's still the best way to upload photos
... <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif" border="0" alt="" > but of course, we're all about features right?
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