Originally Posted by devbobo Nik, Are you still on delphi or have you switched to .net ? We implemented something to integrate with MS Sync Framework last year, but at this point MS hasn't released a new version of SyncToy that has built-in support for SM. If you were using .net, I believe that it would be pretty trivial to add sync support. Cheers, David

I'm still on Delphi
The UE thing kinda stole the wind from under my sails
But I'm going there :-)

Originally Posted by darryl Nikolai -- I wonder if this functionality would help with my problem here with uploading many very small galleries (all with different passwords): http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1203136#post1203136 I was thinking I could do everything up to the upload step, but instead of attempting to do the upload myself, instead write a script that would sort the photos by EXIF tags/index into the appropriate hierarchy: \Kindergarten\Room 5\John Doe If this matched what existed in SmugMug, would Star*Explorer be able to handle the upload correctly? Would I first have to sync down the hierarchy with S*E, and then run my "move" script? Or does this functionality even exist at this point? I know S*E would be a more reliable way to upload rather than relying on Perl plus say, the Java command-line uploader (because I'm not sure how well it handles failures, retries, etc.) Thanks for your input!

Darryl,
creating different passwords for different galleries in bulk - this is not currently possible in S*E. I never thought of such a need.
However, auto creating albums technique should cover your needs with uploading into various albums quickly (provided passwords issue is somehow resolved). S*E should be able to decide which album is already there and which needs to be created. But you gotta play with it first to see if everything does match.
HTH

Originally Posted by Nikolai Darryl, creating different passwords for different galleries in bulk - this is not currently possible in S*E. I never thought of such a need. However, auto creating albums technique should cover your needs with uploading into various albums quickly (provided passwords issue is somehow resolved). S*E should be able to decide which album is already there and which needs to be created. But you gotta play with it first to see if everything does match. HTH

Well, I was wondering if the galleries are already there (bulk created by my script), will S*E do the right thing if the hierarchy matches? For instance:

I create this Category > Subcategory > Album on Smugmug (with password): Kindergarten > Room 5 > John Doe

On local disk: c:\uploads\Kindergarten\Room 5\John Doe

Will S*E find this? What are the steps to actually try to get it to find the folder? Would I just drag-and-drop the Kindergarten folder into S*E and hope it matches properly? Do you just do a string comparison of Category\Subcategory\Album Name?

Hrm, let me see if I've ever installed S*E on this machine and I'll give it a try.

--Darryl

Originally Posted by darryl Well, I was wondering if the galleries are already there (bulk created by my script), will S*E do the right thing if the hierarchy matches? For instance: I create this Category > Subcategory > Album on Smugmug (with password): Kindergarten > Room 5 > John Doe On local disk: c:\uploads\Kindergarten\Room 5\John Doe Will S*E find this? What are the steps to actually try to get it to find the folder? Would I just drag-and-drop the Kindergarten folder into S*E and hope it matches properly? Do you just do a string comparison of Category\Subcategory\Album Name? Hrm, let me see if I've ever installed S*E on this machine and I'll give it a try. --Darryl

Darryl,
bottomline: it should. It takes some experience to do it right. But *SE is smart. Play with it. It's always safe to try until you finally commit by pressing the Upload button (and even at that point you will have the Very Last Warning Dialog:-)

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I want to move multiple galleries at once from one sub-category to another, is there any way to do this?

Originally Posted by tomauto I want to move multiple galleries at once from one sub-category to another, is there any way to do this?

Not yet... Hopefully at some point this year...

Out of beta finaly!

• Seven upload threads = much faster uploads
• Utilization of the latest SM API (= typically faster)
• Switched to JSON from RPC-XML (much less overhead = faster)
• Official "NiceName" support
• Less screen scraping, more API usage (=more reliable, less error prone)
• Numerous fixes

And of course - don't forget the upcoming Webinar!. S*E is a very powerful, yet a complex application, learn how to use it to its full potential!

Originally Posted by Nikolai I'm still on Delphi The UE thing kinda stole the wind from under my sails But I'm going there :-)

I am just getting my legs under me of the software I am responsible for at work going to .Net 3.5SP1. It is quite a change from Delphi.......and I am just in product management not in coding

I think I will wait until I get Snow Leopard and the VMware stable before going to try this new S*E but I am liking the features you are talking about.

Originally Posted by BradfordBenn I am just getting my legs under me of the software I am responsible for at work going to .Net 3.5SP1. It is quite a change from Delphi.......and I am just in product management not in coding .

Hey, do you guys need a good programmer? We switched about 2mln lines of code from Delphi to C# over the last few years... Very fresh experience:-)

Originally Posted by Nikolai Not yet... Hopefully at some point this year...

Cool! I really need to clean up the galleries in my site. Can you move single galleries in sub-categories or am I going to have to settle on how smugmug handles its gallery movements...


I signed up for the webinar!

Originally Posted by tomauto Cool! I really need to clean up the galleries in my site. Can you move single galleries in sub-categories or am I going to have to settle on how smugmug handles its gallery movements...

No moving through S*E at the moment!

I signed up for the webinar!

Yay!

Originally Posted by Nikolai Hey, do you guys need a good programmer? We switched about 2mln lines of code from Delphi to C# over the last few years... Very fresh experience:-)

Careful what you wish for.

I am about to download the S*E and put it on my Virtual Machine (no more Boot Camp). I will let you know what I find out/experience.

Originally Posted by BradfordBenn Careful what you wish for. I am about to download the S*E and put it on my Virtual Machine (no more Boot Camp). I will let you know what I find out/experience.

LOL!
Don't forget about the S*E webinar coming in less than two weeks (courtesy of SmugSchool)

I just upgraded to the latest (now out of beta) release, and I've been uploading photos from my latest travels.

Very nice! (And I liked Star*Explorer before, liking it even more now...)

Thanks!

--- Denise

Originally Posted by denisegoldberg I just upgraded to the latest (now out of beta) release, and I've been uploading photos from my latest travels. Very nice! (And I liked Star*Explorer before, liking it even more now...) Thanks! --- Denise

Thank you very much, Denise!

Howdy Nik-

So a situation that will make you chuckle. I am running S*E on my VMWare Fusion of Win XP Pro SP3 (2G assigned to it... blah blah) I have it saving the files directly to the Mac hard drive through the shared folders of VMWare. No translation like i used to have to do. But I have a request, and please forgive me if I get the names wrong...

Under the file menu when one selects "Download Images" there is a directory option. There is also an option for Directory Sync under the preferences. I think that the Sync is not wholly integrated yet, which is fine, however what had me a little confused is the fact that these are two different directories. Can they be made to be populated with the same directory by default? I realize that one might want to change the location, but I just realized that I am going to have to move all the files once they are downloaded.

On a slight bug issue, if the Windows Screen Saver comes on, it takes a few minute for the S*E window to populate again. I am not sure if this is virtualization or a true problem. The challenge was that I thought it was "hung" for a little while but I have learned to have patience....

Originally Posted by BradfordBenn Howdy Nik- So a situation that will make you chuckle. I am running S*E on my VMWare Fusion of Win XP Pro SP3 (2G assigned to it... blah blah) I have it saving the files directly to the Mac hard drive through the shared folders of VMWare. No translation like i used to have to do. But I have a request, and please forgive me if I get the names wrong... Under the file menu when one selects "Download Images" there is a directory option. There is also an option for Directory Sync under the preferences. I think that the Sync is not wholly integrated yet, which is fine, however what had me a little confused is the fact that these are two different directories. Can they be made to be populated with the same directory by default? I realize that one might want to change the location, but I just realized that I am going to have to move all the files once they are downloaded. On a slight bug issue, if the Windows Screen Saver comes on, it takes a few minute for the S*E window to populate again. I am not sure if this is virtualization or a true problem. The challenge was that I thought it was "hung" for a little while but I have learned to have patience....

Brad,
I'm not sure I understand (and this is possibly flavored Ukranian vodka talking:-)
...
Can you call me? I'll send you my cell # via PM...

During the last night's webinar I stumbled on a couple of bugs (duh).
So I fixed them.