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• Version 0.15: VK works again

  Release Osx Linux Windows April 24, 2022

  As I wrote in the previous blog post the VK upload has been in a non-working state for some time. It happened that VK changed some of their APIs in a way that caused PhotoTeleport login to fail.

  Luckily adapting the code for the new APIs was not such a big effort, so it was a matter of hours to update the code and deliver a new version to you. And I even managed to squeeze in some more changes! So, here’s what changed since version 0.14:

  • VK upload works again.
  • Fixed an issue where upload metadata was lost when restoring the last upload session.
  • Remove the “Category” selection from the DeviantArt uploader (they removed the categories from their APIs)

  I also gave it a try to the other uploaders, and as far as I could tell they are all working; but if you notice some issues, please don’t hesitate to report them in the bug tracker. Get PhotoTeleport 0.15 here!

  Happy uploading! 😊

• Version 0.14: restore Shutterstock upload

  Release Osx Linux Windows April 19, 2022

  Sometime during last year Shutterstock switched its photo upload protocol from plain FTP to FTPS, a more secure version where all data exchange occurs over an encrypted connection. For most users this was not a big change, since FTPS is a rather old protocol which is supported by most FTP clients. PhotoTeleport, however, uses a basic FTP library that only supported unencrypted data transfers.

  After some days of work, I could implement the FTPS support into the QtFtp library, and ultimately into PhotoTeleport itself. So, it’s with great joy that I announce that PhotoTeleport 0.14 has been released and supports uploading to Shutterstock again.

  

  Unfortunately in the last couple of years I’ve not been active in photography apart from family and holidays, that’s why I haven’t been using PhotoTeleport myself and I didn’t notice that some services were not working. Another instance is VK (Vkontakte), which is now requiring clients to use a newer version of its APIs than what PhotoTeleport supports. I’ll try to find some time to fix it, so expect another release in the next few days.

  But meanwhile, enjoy uploading to Shutterstock! Download PhotoTeleport 0.14, and don’t forget to report bugs!

  Happy uploading! 😊

• Version 0.13: New recursive folder upload

  Release Osx Linux Windows June 20, 2020

  One of the very first things that PhotoTeleport users try to do when learning to use the program is dragging a folder onto it, with the expectation that PhotoTeleport would be smart enough to scan its contents and open all the images located in there. Unfortunately, this feature was never implemented – well, until now, at least!

  With version 0.13, released today, PhotoTeleport will recursively scan the folders you drop onto its window and add all the image files to the upload queue. Please note that currently the tree structure is flattened, meaning that the directory information is not preserved, except by the FTP/SCP upload plugin, which will correctly recreate the folder structure if asked to:

  

  The idea for a future release is, indeed, preserve the folder information for other plugins too, for example creating albums named after the file folder; this is not, however, a feature that I strongly need myself, so please consider giving a boost to its development, if you wish to make it happen soon.

  Other changes in PhotoTeleport 0.13 include:

  • Change Google Photos authentication to use the system browser (this change actually hurts usability, but it’s the only way Google will allow desktop applications to use its services, alas)
  • Improve performance when handling large amount of photos
  • FTP: make sure we preserve original file name when uploading after scaling

  As usual, you can download it straight from the homepage, and don’t forget to report bugs!

  Happy uploading! 😊

• Version 0.12: Better MacOS integration

  Release Osx Linux Windows October 13, 2019

  While working on integrating PhotoTeleport with Imaginario (so that one could select a few files from the latter and have the former upload them online), I realized that PhotoTeleport was not registered at all as a photo handler in MacOS.

  Well, that’s something that had to be fixed!

  

  And here comes PhotoTeleport 0.12, bringing you the following:

  • MacOS: add PhotoTeleport as a image handler in the “Open with” menu
  • Enable the “Retry” button in the authentication page
  • Show the busy indicator while authenticating
  • Allow the user to proceed to the next page if a plugin fails to login but then the corresponding service gets disabled

  The last three points apply to all supported platforms (Linux, MacOC and Windows) and, while not bringing a big benefit for the successful upload scenario, can be of some relief when something goes wrong with the authentication of a target service, because they make the authentication process more robust.

  There are still so many things that can possibly go wrong while authenticating against a website, that it should not happen as a surprise if an application does not properly handle a specific failure. So, should you experience some, don’t hesitate to report a bug.

  But enough with reading, it’s time to go back to the homepage and download the latest version! 😊

• Version 0.11: Facebook authentication works again

  Release Osx Linux Windows Facebook September 09, 2019

  Ah, Facebook! It’s a never-ending stream of changes to their authentication protocol, which loves deviating from the standard OAuth 2.0 specification in the most unpredictable ways!

  

  Anyway, the good news is that I’ve just released PhotoTeleport 0.11, which should fix a recent issue with the Facebook authentication not working: I won’t bother you with the technical details, but it suffices to say that they don’t even follow their own documentation (and for the technical ones: FB silently changed their callback URL to https://web.facebook.com/connect/login_success.html — note: it’s web, not www!).

  There are no other changes in this release, so, unless you are publishing to Facebook, there’s really no need for you to download this!

• Version 0.10: Update Google Photos plugin

  Release Osx Linux Windows April 24, 2019

  Here come some good news and an important notice. Let’s start with the good news: PhotoTeleport 0.10 has been released!

  New in this version:

  • Rewritten the Google Photos plugin to support the latest API
  • Add a menu item for checking for updates
  • Linux: fix parameter handling in .desktop file

  The newly added update checker allows you to check for PhotoTeleport updates without having to visit the website (which you probably don’t do anyway, given that we have RSS for these things); it doesn’t actually download anything by itself, but it will show you a link from where you can get the new version.

  The other big change is the almost complete rewrite of the Google Photos plugin, and here I need to raise your attention on one point: if something in PhotoTeleport does not work, please let me know: do not assume that other people are going to do this, or that the problem affects only your installation. While I reserve the right to respond with “it works on my computer!”, it’s very unlikely that the issue affects you only. And you should not assume that every single release of PhotoTeleport is tested against all bugs: I just do a quick smoke testing before every release, but there are some upload plugins that I almost never use (Google Photos being one of those) and are therefore less tested.

  Google Photos was in fact completely broken, since Google shut down the old PicasaWeb API; luckily a user alerted me, so I could fix it for everybody else too, but it’s very likely that the issue has been met (with frustration) by some other users before him. So, for the future, keep this in mind and don’t be shy!

• Version 0.9: Imgur & SmugMug

  Release Osx Linux Windows December 29, 2018

  Exciting news for users of Imgur and SmugMug!

  

  Finally PhotoTeleport can upload photos to Imgur and SmugMug, two popular services that could not miss from our long list of supported image sharing sites!

  It should be noted that while we plan to always improve by supporting more options for each site, these two new upload plugins already support some features which will be greatly appreciated by our users: uploading to custom folders and galleries, which can also be created from PhotoTeleport itself.

  

  Other changes in this version:

  • Improve handling of failed uploads
  • Flickr: sort albums alphabetically
  • FTP: write metadata into files
  • Shutterstock: upload tags
  • Read list of services from command line
  • Linux: improve .desktop file (auto-install, add MIME-types)

  If you want to support PhotoTeleport’s development, please consider downloading it from the Apple store or from the Windows store (Windows 10 and newer only); or – even better – get it for free from the home page (Windows 8.0 and later, OS X, and most Linux distributions) and find your way in the Help menu to the donation links. Or just enjoy it as a New Year present from me. :-)

  P.S.: As always, I’m waiting for your feedback and bug reports!

• Version 0.8: Shutterstock & DepositPhotos

  Release Osx Linux Windows October 25, 2018

  Our stock photographers will be happy to know that PhotoTeleport 0.8 is here!

  

  This brings you two more plugins, to upload your photos to ShutterStock and DepositPhotos. If you happen to shoot for stock photography, you’ll know what these sites are. :-)

  Other changes:

  • Flickr: don’t hang when Flickr server replies with an error, but continue uploading
  • FTP: improve login dialog
  • Don’t show option page if none of the selected plugins support setting options
  • Sort uploaders alphabetically
  • Upon upload completion, fix the misleading message in the FTP plugin.

  You can get PhotoTeleport 0.8 from the home page; meanwhile I will keep waiting for your bug reports!

• Version 0.7, with image resizing

  Release Osx Linux Windows August 27, 2018

  A new version of PhotoTeleport has been released!

  

  The biggest feature in this release is the possibility of specifying a maximum image size, which will make PhotoTeleport scale down images before uploading them. This can dramatically improve upload times :-)

  Also, in this release:

  • the list of files to be uploaded can now be passed via the command line
  • FTP: use a newer SSH library, compatible with more servers
  • VK: implement posting to user’s wall
  • update the Facebook plugin to the latest Facebook policies: posting photos to a user profile is no longer allowed :-(
  • Flickr: allow posting to photostream, without any specific set
  • DeviantArt: add “category” selector
  • plugins now remember the last used settings

  You are warmly invited to get the new version from the home page, and don’t forget to report any issues you should find!

• PhotoTeleport runs in Linux Manjaro

  Release Linux August 16, 2018

  Yes, it’s been a lazy summer, with no news from PhotoTeleport; but that doesn’t mean that we’ve been sitting idle! The development has indeed slowed down a bit in these months, but a big feature has been implemented and just needs some more testing before being released: image resizing.

  

  But this post is about another piece of news: the latest AppImage released for Linux is now compatible with Manjaro Linux, so we urge all Manjaro fans out there to give it a try and start uploading your photos everywhere. Don’t be shy! :-)

  As usual, you can get it from the main page and don’t forget to report any issues in the bug tracker!

• Version 0.6 comes with a new FTP plugin!

  Release Osx Linux Windows May 20, 2018

  A new version of PhotoTeleport has been released!

  

  The FTP plugin which was initially released in version 0.5 for Linux only is now also available for all OS X and Windows users.

  It has also been vastly improved, because now it not only supports the bare FTP protocol, but also SFTP (also known as “cp over SSH”), which is a protocol supported by most web hosting providers. That said, the plugin is still beta-quality, and there are a few rough corners which will be smoothed out in future versions.

  Here’s the full changelog for the 0.6 version:

  • FTP plugin added to OS X and Windows builds
  • Added SSH support to the FTP plugin
  • Flickr: fix uploads with multi-line descriptions
  • VK: fix default album computation when changing target page
  • Fix a memory corruption issue when reading file metadata

  More changes are already lined up for inclusion into the next release. But for the time being, enjoy version 0.6 and let me know should you find any issues!

• Version 0.5 released with FTP plugin

  Release Linux April 08, 2018

  A new plugin is making its appearance in this new PhotoTeleport release: we now have a simple FTP plugin, to upload your photos into your website staging area, or into your personal backup cloud.

  

  The plugin is very simple, it just takes care of uploading your photos to the FTP server of your choice. The only available option is the selection of the destination directory, but on the other hand one shouldn’t need much more other than this. It’s FTP, after all :-)

  

  Please note that, unfortunately, this new plugin might be much less useful than you might think: it only supports the bare FTP protocol, no SFTP or SCP. So, in order to use this plugin you need to configure your server to accept FTP connections. But do not dispair: support for SSH servers is also in the roadmap and, as a matter of fact, it’s something I plan to work on for the next release.

  If FTP can be of any use to you, you are welcome to grab PhotoTeleport 0.5 from the main page. Again, like last time, the 0.5 version is available as a Linux AppImage only; if you need it for Windows or OS X, please let me know (via our Twitter account, maybe), and I should be able to find some time to make a release for you. Once the plugin will grow SSH support, then I’ll certainly make a release for all the supported platforms.

  Meanwhile, welcome back to the ’90s! :-)

• Version 0.4 released for Linux

  Release Linux March 31, 2018

  During the last few weeks I’ve been working on a feature which is especially helpful for those photographers who — like myself — don’t disdain spending considerable amounts of time adding metadata information to their photos before uploading.

  

  PhotoTeleport is now going to save your current session (including the list of photos, their metadata, the upload status, etc.) so that if you accidentally or even intentionally close the application, the next time you start it you will be given the opportunity to resume the upload from where you left it.

  Linux only

  Given that producing the Windows and OS X versions takes quite some time, and PhotoTeleport developing cycle is quite fast, I decided to release this version for Linux only. However, if I receive enough requests (for example, via our Twitter account), I’ll certainly honour them.

  And don’t worry: I didn’t abandon Windows and OS X users: PhotoTeleport will continue to be regularly released for thos platforms, too. It will just happen with a lower frequency.

  As always, you can get it from the main page! Happy uploading!

• Version 0.3, for the joy of Facebook users

  Release March 14, 2018

  It was with quite some surprise that I realized that uploading pictures to Facebook was working only for me, and not for anybody else! As a matter of fact, there was a misconfiguration of the Facebook authentication which caused the upload to fail for anybody but me: it was working for me only because my account was registered in Facebook as the owner of PhotoTeleport, and therefore it had greater permissions than those granted to other users.

  

  Anyway, you probably don’t want to be annoyed with these details, so let me just tell you that if you encountered issues with uploading to Facebook, this new version of PhotoTeleport is right for you!

  From the main page you can download the 0.3 version for Linux, MacOS X and Windows. This is mostly a bugfix release I pushed out as soon as I noticed that Facebook uploads were not working, but it also contains a couple of other meaningful changes:

  • Facebook upload working (I guess you got this by now ;-) )
  • When switching to another Facebook account, make sure all relevant data is refreshed
  • Update VK plugin to latest API
  • Fix the application name in OS X
  • Show version number in About screen

  Please give it a try! And don’t be shy to let me know in case you see something not working properly. PhotoTeleport is in its very early stages, so its user base is very small: so, don’t assume that other people must have already notified me of the problem you are experiencing: you might really be the very first one to notice it!

• Beta version 0.2 is out!

  Release February 06, 2018

  A new beta version of PhotoTeleport has been released!

  

  From the main page you can download a new version (0.2) for Linux, MacOS X and Windows. New in this version:

  • Added a “Help” menu with an “About” page
  • Several fixes to the tag editor:
    • Make sure that no data get lost during navigation
    • Animate the control when shrinking its height (void jumps)
    • Improved visuals
  • DeviantArt: use a different authorization flow (reduces frequency of reauthentication)

  Have fun! And should something go wrong, don’t hesitate to let me know!

• New build of the beta version for Linux

  Release January 28, 2018

  A new AppImage for Linux is available for download at the main page!

  This version brings a change in the packaging format only: we have bundled the SSL libraries into the AppImage in order to fix a compatibility issue that was uncovered when running PhotoTeleport under ArchLinux (but that could affect other distributions as well). We have also included a newer version of Qt (5.9.4), but this is unlikely to bring any changes to the program’s functionality. The code of PhotoTeleport itself has not been changed since the first version.

  A new beta with some important changes will be out in the near future; but meanwhile, if you are a Linux user who could not use PhotoTeleport at all, please have a try at this build.

• Downloads are there!

  Release January 27, 2018

  Finally something to download! From the main page you can now download the very first beta release of PhotoTeleport for Linux, MacOS X and Windows.

  I’ve had it tested by a restricted circle of friends, and it appears that the packages I’m providing for download are functional for the most part. I’m aware of an issue with the AppImage file for Linux which prevents the application from properly work under ArchLinux, and I promise it will get fixed in the next few days.

  Please go on and try it! Don’t forget to report any issues in the bug tracker!