Please note that Piclens recently changed their name to "cooliris", you may need to adjust your file names depending on which version of cooliris you have installed.

Download FlashYourWeb RSS generator for Gallery2 to cooliris.

If you are having trouble using our cooliris / PicLens to Gallery RSS generator, or have questions about this new technology, please ask your question "politely" here.

If you wish to read how this is implemented

1. Make the theme.tpl change from this comment

2. Edit line ~28 of picLensRss.php to reflect your server setup (if gallery2 is named differently or not in yoursite.com/gallery2):

3. Upload picLensRss.php to your gallery2 directory.

4. Clear your template cache in the Gallery2 Admin -> Maintenance.

We are working hard to make Gallery compatible with several applications and are doing so with no charge to our users/members. We would appreciate a constructive discussions here.

If you would like to contribute to our development of the many Open Source technologies we are supporting, please do so here.




-GDL

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"The Dude abides."

The instructions were very helpful. Thank You!

The only issue is that it only works on an "album" that has pictures.

Is there away to get it to work from the parent album, and all sub-albums?

Thank You.

you can use {$theme.parent.id}

As for recursion, you can add it if you want, but this script will be obsolete when G2 2.3 releases.
Just copy my example from the other scripts.

-s

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Thank You for the quick response.

I installed and ran all the setup steps. However, when click on the icon, and PicLens pops-up, it says: "This slideshow does not have any items. Please try another link."

I have run all the maintenance items. Any other thoughts?

If you visit yoursite.com/gallery2/picLensRss.php?g2_itemId=id of the album to display

does it produce a feed?
or reveal errors?
sample url?

-s

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It only works for me on albums that have media assets. For example, if you you try to use picLens on a page that just contains sub-albums you will get the message you mentioned. Try using it on a page that actually contains media assests.

Here is the URL: http://www.manoadna.com/p/

When I tried the direct link (http://manoadna.com/p/picLensRss.php?g2_itemId=23), it shows the feed, but it is blank. It's as if the picture does not exist. I also tried it using a photo ID#, and it did the same thing.

Thanks for all your guys help, this is great!

This script checks to see if you have permission to view the items, and also if the album is disabled from the imageBlock module
"Prevent this album from being displayed in the Image Block " (checkbox in edit album->album)

You can fix the latter by editing function getDisabledFlag to always return false.

-s

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I checked the ImageBlock settings for the album and the "Prevent this album from being displayed in the Image Block" checkbox is unchecked.

Hmm.. Strange indeed.
I'd still prefer you to change the getDisabledFlag function to rule it out.
change it to:

-s

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Same result. Here are some details that may help in the investigation:
-My albums are nested below my website directory for security.
-I am using the picLensRSS.php that was bundled with the ICE theme.

Stir anything?

Didn't know it was bundled with anything - I wonder what version it is.
You can get the latest here - make sure to adjust the init function to reflect your site.

BTW, picLens support is now native in gallery2 2.3

-s

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Ok, got it to work by using the new picLensRSS.php I downloaded directly. I don't know why the other one doesn't work, but those who download and use the ICE theme, be warned.

Thank you all very much for your help. I can't believe it came down to something so general.

Glad to hear a great piece of software like picLens has been integrated natively into gallery.

YES! Just wanted to second the fact that the picLensRSS.php file that is included with the ICE theme for gallery2 does not work. Get the new file, put it in your root gallery2 folder, point to the gallery2 folder if it's not at yoursite.com/gallery2, and voila...it should it work.

I have gallery 2.3 and piclens work like a charm, but I would like to give to my friend the direct link of the piclens diaporama. I tried to copy the link embeded in the webpage, but this doesn't work. Any solution?

It actually does not work that way. Cooliris is a browser plugin, so any rendering is handled on the client's end.
So better to send your friend a link to get the plugin for themselves, and then a link to your gallery where they can view your example.

-s

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Hi Guys,

PicLensRss.php is a wonderful work.

I have my personal gallery with original pictures size(5MB+)

When I use cooliris they load too slow.

What I would like to know is how can I change picLensRss.php in such a way that the feed will produce images of only 600 x 480 size.

Thank you.

Vishal

Something along the lines of:

gallery2/picLensRss.php?g2_itemId={$theme.idem.id}&g2_maxImageWidth=600&g2_maxImageHeight=600

Gallery 2.3 now supports Cooliris natively, and my slideshow module update (currently in review) allows you to choose size limit.

-s

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Hi I am using Carbon Theme.

And I could not find the line that you have specified.