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Firefox and Smugmug Beta Uploader Users (Mac Only)

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited August 9, 2006 in SmugMug Support
If, like me, you had trouble with the Beta uploader using Firefox on your Mac, here's the answer. (This does NOT apply if you are only using Safari, which works just fine without any needed plugins....)

There's a Java plugin you need for Firefox. You get it right here.

Apple has made it a little difficult to use embedded Java in any browser but Safari. I guess it is one of those anti-competition things. Safari will work fine, and Firefox will work fine with a plugin. The plugin installation is easy:

Go to this site and download the plugin to your Mac desktop

http://sourceforge.net/projects/javaplugin/

Quit Firefox

You'll now have a folder on your desktop called "JavaEmbeddingPlugin."

Open the subfolder called "Binaries" and copy the two files (right click, or cmd-click, + copy files)
Now, navigate in Finder to: Macintosh HD>Library>Internet Plug-Ins and past the two files in the Internet Plug-ins Folder.

Now launch Firefox, go to your SmugMug site, and upload photos. When the Beta Uploader asks you if you "Do you want to trust the signed applet distributed by "Rad Inks (Pvt) Ltd," go ahead and click "Yes."

That's it!


Hope this helps!

Andy
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2005
    andy wrote:
    If, like me, you had trouble with the Beta uploader using Firefox on your Mac, here's the answer. (This does NOT apply if you are only using Safari, which works just fine without any needed plugins....)

    There's a Java plugin you need for Firefox. You get it right here.

    The download is a folder - open it and look at the readme - you have to just put a couple of plugins into your Library\Internet Plug-Ins Folder. Close and re-start Firefox and you'll be in business.

    Hope this helps!

    Andy

    That would be a good thing to put on the add photos page next to the Beta uploader--as a link.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2005
    DavidTO wrote:
    That would be a good thing to put on the add photos page next to the Beta uploader--as a link.

    Baldy'll have a link to the help page for this uploader once it comes out of Beta...

    Thanks for your help in finding this today!
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2005
    andy wrote:
    Baldy'll have a link to the help page for this uploader once it comes out of Beta...

    Thanks for your help in finding this today!
    It should never go out of beta. Beta is the new cool thing.

    Although alpha is becoming the new beta.

    I've even seen "pre-alpha" software eek7.gif
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2005
    Mike Lane wrote:
    It should never go out of beta. Beta is the new cool thing.

    Although alpha is becoming the new beta.

    I've even seen "pre-alpha" software eek7.gif


    A-hem - SEE THREAD TITLE - Mac users only in this thread lol3.gif
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    devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited August 2, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    It should never go out of beta. Beta is the new cool thing.

    Although alpha is becoming the new beta.

    I've even seen "pre-alpha" software eek7.gif

    I got a pre-alpha firefox extension, if ur interested :D
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2006
    devbobo wrote:
    I got a pre-alpha firefox extension, if ur interested :D
    Extensions for firefox 3a already? umph.gif I'm assuming 3a anyhow. I don't have that version of firefox. Yet... mwink.gif
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    bwgbwg Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,119 SmugMug Employee
    edited August 2, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    Extensions for firefox 3a already? umph.gif I'm assuming 3a anyhow. I don't have that version of firefox. Yet... mwink.gif
    nono, the extension is pre alpha

    it's for firefox 1.5

    it's supposed to do some stuff with smugmug.
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    bigwebguy wrote:
    nono, the extension is pre alpha

    it's for firefox 1.5

    it's supposed to do some stuff with smugmug.

    Oh... well shoot yeah I'm interested. A smugmug extension would be awesome! And if it's pre-alpha then it'd be even awesomer...
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