10:32 PM - New feature under development
I'm about halfway through adding the new pictures feature. There is a new menu option called pictures. You can view any pictures on that page associated with a specific journal.
To add pictures, go into preferences and click add pictures near the bottom.
A few caveats:
1. I haven't finalized the maximum picture size. Anything 1MB or smaller should work. Consider that large resolutions will not display that well though.
2. I have not finished the delete option. You can not yet delete pictures after you add them. Eventually I'll get this working. I've run out of time today.
3. You can not change the title on a picture after you upload it.
4. Every once in awhile an error displays even though the picture uploaded ok. I'm still working on this. Make sure the image did not upload before you try again. If it keeps failing, make sure the picture is not too big.
5. There appears to be a possible memory leak in the apache commons FileUpload component. A new version claims to fix this but it will involve several code changes. I'll be upgrading that when I get time.
6. Currently images are sorted alphabetically. I'm planning on adding photo albums (think categories). You will be able to sort pictures into different albums and give them titles. For now a lot of pictures becomes increasing hard to read. It is also a good idea to name photos from similar events the same at the beginning to keep them together. You have up to 150 characters for the title so use them.
7. You can not associate an image with a journal entry yet. If you want to link to an image, first upload it and then put the full link in your journal entry. I want to make this easier in the future.
I also plan on adding tags, comments, and possibly an RSS feed of the pictures at some point. I've been promising pictures for years and so I don't want to set any time frame on these enhancements.
To add pictures, go into preferences and click add pictures near the bottom.
A few caveats:
1. I haven't finalized the maximum picture size. Anything 1MB or smaller should work. Consider that large resolutions will not display that well though.
2. I have not finished the delete option. You can not yet delete pictures after you add them. Eventually I'll get this working. I've run out of time today.
3. You can not change the title on a picture after you upload it.
4. Every once in awhile an error displays even though the picture uploaded ok. I'm still working on this. Make sure the image did not upload before you try again. If it keeps failing, make sure the picture is not too big.
5. There appears to be a possible memory leak in the apache commons FileUpload component. A new version claims to fix this but it will involve several code changes. I'll be upgrading that when I get time.
6. Currently images are sorted alphabetically. I'm planning on adding photo albums (think categories). You will be able to sort pictures into different albums and give them titles. For now a lot of pictures becomes increasing hard to read. It is also a good idea to name photos from similar events the same at the beginning to keep them together. You have up to 150 characters for the title so use them.
7. You can not associate an image with a journal entry yet. If you want to link to an image, first upload it and then put the full link in your journal entry. I want to make this easier in the future.
I also plan on adding tags, comments, and possibly an RSS feed of the pictures at some point. I've been promising pictures for years and so I don't want to set any time frame on these enhancements.