Jalbum 8.4 is here

Posted Sep 8, 2009 by David Ekholm in JAlbum news

Jalbum 8.4 with its new album project list

I'm a happy guy these days. We have a brand new site up and running and Jalbum 8.4, our application, is just finally released.

More convenient

Do you know what is the most asked question I get? It's "How do I delete a published album?". You can now delete published albums via our site if you like. Deleting them from within Jalbum has always been possible, but has been hard to find. Not so anymore. Jalbum 8.4 lists your recent album projects in the left pane of the window and has a context menu that allows for easy deletion of published albums, local albums or the whole album project. It is now easy to reverse operations like "make album" and "publish". The new recent album project list gives you a better overview of your album projects and simplifies continuing on album projects you created earlier.

More informative

There is also a new information window that helps you getting a better understanding on where things are put and how disk space they take.

The new account status bar

To give you a better understanding on how much space you have used on your account, Jalbum 8.4 now displays an account status bar in the lower right corner of Jalbum's window. It updates automatically to reflect changes to your account.

There is naturally more to tell. Check out the release notes and get your copy of Jalbum 8.4 here!

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Daniel Frisk says:

Got the donation, thanks! :-)

2 months ago

richardchesher says:

Also, I downloaded again and scanned the file again but this time there was nothing seen. Perhaps, as you suggest, I responded to a phony Jalbum email - if you give me your email address I will send you the email I responded to. Also check to see if you got a paypal donation I made at the same time I downloaded 10 Sep. 2009 13:42:13 PDT Transaction ID: 8G7327359W471204Y €10.63 EUR to JAlbum AB (info@jalbum.net)

2 months ago

Daniel Frisk says:

Thanks Richard, flagging our installer as malware is annoying to say the least...

2 months ago

richardchesher says:

Daniel, I have only downloaded directly from your site.
The Previx log says:
[B] t:\copy\jalbum-install.exe [PX5: 66FCF798D07FDA8FF995D92CA8CDA900E100 464A] Malware Group: Medium Risk Malware -
You can read their comments at:
http://info.prevx.com/aboutprogramte xt.asp?Opt=C&AGENTPROFILE=CSIPLU S&MID=4b1948ee6fa22be2055b3def9b dbe2bb0515e8be4a1fea2cd59ed6760d32b8 32&CMD=appinfo&PX5=66FCF798D 07FDA8FF995D92CA8CDA900E100464A& LIC=5C3432D6-ED65-4DFE-A93F-E6E28C5E 8CA5&SFT=EDGE&HN=Voyager& ;sessionID=4420AC3B-1527-408A-989B-1 AD3CC6B3440

They say
A file with the name JALBUM 8.4 DEUTSCH.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:

* Jalbum AB; Installer for Jalbum; 8.4
* Jalbum AB; Trustwave Code Signing CA, Level 2; {c}

You might want to go to their site and "disagree with this determination"

Richard

2 months ago

David Ekholm says:

The quick publish currently never publishes things to the root, sorry.

2 months ago

chuckfaz says:

david, I knw I can hit publish from the context menu and do what you say. But the problem is if i hit publish from the 'preview/publish/ button that pops up immediately after I made an album, it defaults to a current directory that seems to have been made the default directory. How can I change that preference so that when I hit that publish button, it goes to the root instead?

2 months ago

Daniel Frisk says:

Richard,
we don't distribute any installation with that filename, it must have gotten it from a site which try to use our software to spread malware. Please let me know what site you got it from and download the authentic Jalbum here: https://jalbum.net/software/download /current

2 months ago

richardchesher says:

Previx antimalware says: JALBUM 8.4 DEUTSCH.EXE
Malicious Software

Your PC is infected. The file called JALBUM 8.4 DEUTSCH.EXE is considered unsafe and there may be other infections on your PC.

2 months ago

David Ekholm says:

To solve that, select "Publish/Manage" from the album's context menu, then connect to the account and select the folder you want. Now close the window and save the project. Now it should stick.

2 months ago

chuckfaz says:

A problem I have occurs when I hit the publish button that appears right after i made an album. If its a new album, the default is an existing directory for another album, which I don't want. I have tried to create a new default but it still reverts to an old directory. i cant seem to find where I can change that setting so that the directory would be the album name such as what exists when I use the -tools-publish and the create a new directory on the server.

2 months ago

David Ekholm says:

Java unfortunately limits us here. If we want to add a "Create directory" button, we also get a save-type dialog where users can enter anything nonexistent too. Anyway, you can drag and drop folders created in Finder onto the "Output directory" field and Jalbum picks up the path.

2 months ago

chuckfaz says:

If I click on the 'output directory' in the 'general' tab, the dialog box does not give me the option of creating a new folder. Standard MAC dialog boxes pretty much always give you the option of 'new folder.' Love the program and always donate.

2 months ago

David Ekholm says:

But there is indeed a "New folder" in the file dialog that opens when you click the "Add images" button. Isn't it?

2 months ago

chuckfaz says:

Hi, be great to have the MAC dialog box with the "New Folder' button option.

2 months ago

Daniel Frisk says:

I'm happy as a frog with this release! :-)

2 months ago

David Ekholm says:

Updating Jalbum does not wipe your old albums. It is also safe to uninstall Jalbum and then reinstall it without losing your albums.

2 months ago

David Ekholm says:

Hi. Updating to Jalbum 8.4 won't fix any broken links (thumbnails with red crosses over). However, the previous upgrade has most likely not caused the links to go broken either (merely a coincidence). Broken links occur when you have moved or renamed or deleted the images you have fed to Jalbum or moved, renamed or deleted any parent folder/directory of such images.

To fix broken links, double click on any of those broken links and guide Jalbum to where those images are located now. Jalbum will automatically repair similar broken links in the same folder.

2 months ago

safstromnh says:

I'm not game to instal the new version - unless someone can assure me that it won't wipe my past albums. A month ago upgraded to the last version and all of my pictures became disassociated from the new version. The images are still up on my web - but if I go into my computer to make modifications - there is a red cross over every photo - so I can't see the pictures any more from my computer. I'm planning to do a presentation to others soon - as as far as I know I'll need to redo the album.
Question - will updating to the latest version - fix the problem?

2 months ago