Archive for November 2nd, 2007
Zenphoto 1.1 Release
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
I am happy to announce, on behalf of the Zenphoto development team, the release of Zenphoto 1.1!
First, I’d like to give a warning to upgraders — you’ll need to move your zp-config.php file from the /zen/ folder to the new /zp-core/ folder. We just renamed it, but I know that’s going to be confusing, so I’m reiterating it everywhere I can. After the upgrade you should delete the /zen/ folder.
Ok, now that’s done, here’s what’s new in this release:
- Sub-Albums - fully supported in the Admin and all themes.
- Tags - enter tags in a text field on albums or images, and then you can…
- Search! Searches within tags, album titles/descriptions, image titles/descriptions, and other text fields.
- RSS Feeds for the gallery and albums.
- EXIF/IPTC reading and display - IPTC Titles and descriptions are loaded when images are loaded, EXIF is displayed in a nice table.
- Video support (.flv, etc.) by Zenvideo
- Preliminary Plugin support
- Sp@m filtering for comments
- Geospatial visualization - maps photos by geocoded metadata onto a Google map.
- Image archives by date
- Even more, lots more.
Wow. That’s a lot of new features. And what’s even more incredible is that I cannot take responsibility for any of them. I helped out here and there, but mostly did nothing, as I still don’t have the time to dedicate. The release was made possible by many people, but I want to thank Stephen B. (sbillard), Mark (aitf311), and Malte (acrylian) in particular because they did by far the most work for 1.1.
I know I am never satisfied with anything; I feel like a bad parent to this project sometimes, when at some point I simply should let go and let the new team have their own spotlight. This is that moment. They deserve all the credit and more for the great things in Zenphoto 1.1, while I take full blame for the delay in getting it to you all. There are still some known issues, but none of them are important enough to hold up a release. I apologize for that, and I hope I can do better in the future.
This is truly a great achievement, and I am truly impressed with how it has come together. Look forward to more releases in the future with less time in-between, and for now, enjoy your photographs as displayed by Zenphoto. Thank you.
[Note: due to a bug in Wordpress (which is fixed in 2.3.1 which I just upgraded to) this post couldn't be in the zenphoto category and the 'Release Announcements' category at the same time. Sorry if those of you subscribed to the 'zenphoto' feed didn't hear about it until now!]