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Picasa Express x2

Browse, search and select photos from any Picasa Web album and add them to your post/pages.

1.0

  • First public release

1.1

  • Remove STATIC - should work with old PHP version. Optimize hooks and setting. Keep settings after deactivation.
  • Change Picasa request method. Remove WP cache - changes displayed immediatelly.
  • Add sorting ( date, title and file name , asc and desc ) for images in the dialog in settings. Without sorting should be displayed as in PicasaWeb.
  • Add ordering for images in gallery ( by clicking )
  • Add Highslide support

1.2

  • Finally make compatible with old PHP versions
  • Access to private albums via granting on Google page. See FAQ for more details
  • Reload button in dialog to retreive last changes

1.3

  • Define roles which capable to use the plugin
  • Switch from blog to user level for store Picasa user and private access token
  • WordPress MU support - sidewide activation, users, roles

1.4

  • Some code was re-factored to be more extensible
  • Warning for non standard image library. Help and links.
  • Donate banner and "power by" link in the footer (of course you can disable link and banner in the settings)
  • New smart size for thumbnails
  • Options on fly
  • Insert Picasa album by shortcode

1.5

  • Save last state
  • Can limit the big size of images
  • Revoke access to private albums from settings

  • avoid some warnings for PHP4

  • Add error handling in several cases
  • remove SSL verification ( some hosts report the problem with ssl verification - thanks to streetdaddy)
  • increase timeout for connection with Google Picasa
  • add Picasa username test in settings
  • Envelop html special chars in titles

1.5.2

WordPress 3.2 fixes

1.5.3

  • WordPress 3.3 fixes
  • Gallery shortcode:
    • class, style and align for gallery
    • img_class,img_style and img_align for images inside gallery ( align can be none, left, right or center )
    • img_sort for sort images ( possible values: none, date, title, file or random )
    • img_asc=1 for ascending sort otherwise will be descending sort
    • caption=1 for use image description as image caption
    • use_title=1 for use description as image title
    • tag for enveloping tag ( div by default )
    • thumb_w and thumb_h for thumnails size and thumb_crop=1 if you need to crop thumbnail to square
    • large_size for limit opened image
    • link for enveloping link (possible values: none, direct, picasa, thickbox, lightbox or highslide )
    • limit to limit number of images displayed
    • hide_rest=1 include images over limit but with display:none. It's for gallery script which show all images including hidden.

todo

  • Selection enhancement - use mouse click mods: Shift (for lines), Ctrl (for columns) and Ctrl-A for all images
  • Recently uploaded images
  • Add the button to Visual toolbar of Tiny editor in full screen mode
  • Video support

Requires: 2.8 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.3.2
Last Updated: 2011-12-8
Downloads: 31,476

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