Picasa albums

[vera]

Helo,

Thank you for this plugin. I have installed it, and after some time figuring the various IDs and codes - got it to work.

For a while I couldn't figure out why it does not show the Picasa album at all, but then it occurred to me that perhaps it must be public - and yes, it shows the public albums perfectly, on multisite. (BTW, it is the only one I got to work with multisites).

But I need the albums limited only for those with direct link, as my websites are of a school, and there are galleries which are to be closed to the public.

How can I display those? Please help.

Thank you,
Vera

[sayontan]

Those need authentication. You could try this:
1. Open the file Photonic_Picasa_Processor.php. You can do so by browsing to Plugins -> Editor, then picking "Photonic" from the drop-down in the top right.
2. You will see this line (line 94):

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      $query_url .= $crop_str;

3. Change it to:

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      $query_url .= $crop_str."&access=private";

I have a hunch that this will not work. If it does work, however, let me know and I will make it a part of the core code. If it doesn't work then there is no solution at the moment.

[vera]

sayontan,

Your hunch was right. It doesn't work and the album disappears.

Can't you please find a solution? I have tried every plugin which is supposed to make a Picasa gallery on Wordpress that I could find, and yours appears the only one which works on multisite.

Vera

[sayontan]

Are you signed in to Picasa on the same browser where you are testing the change?

[vera]

Yes, I am. I use Chrome of late.

[vera]

Sayontan? Are you considering this or have you abandoned this thread?

[sayontan]

I did mention it in a response above - since my suggestion did not work, I have no solution at the moment (and I doubt if an easy solution exists). I will take a look at this in the next version of the plugin, but I cannot promise a solution.

[vera]

Thank you, for the intention at the very least .

I was unsure, because you asked a question, and then - nothing.

BTW, for anyone who may be interested, today I have finally managed to make one other plugin work in multisite with non-public albums. Their solution is a shortcode (I think it is called that) such as

authkey="xxx"

in the parameters. Perhaps it will help you with your work on the next version, as well.

Thanks again,
Vera

[xavier33]

Hi sayontan,

Here is a simple way to add this feature to your (great) plugin :

In Photonic_Picasa_Processor.php

Line 94 add

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if (isset($authkey) && trim($authkey) != '')  {
         $query_url .='authkey='.$authkey.'&';
         
}


To display a restricted album just add the authkey parameter to the short code :

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[gallery type='picasa' user_id='yourid' album='thealubum' authkey='theauthkey']


That's it

Hope it helps.
Xavier

[sayontan]

Cool. Thanks!