Full Photo Swap Blog

Order Prints Directly from F-Swap!

jordan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:48:02 +0000

We’ve been planning this feature from the beginning and its finally here. You can now select photos from an event that you like and order them as prints. There are a variety of sizes and even some specialty items like coasters and puzzles. To order prints, check the ones you like, then from the “More Options…” drop down menu, select “Order Prints”. You’ll be redirected to our photo printing partner where you can select sizes and quantities and then place the order. Enjoy!

Uploader Compatible with Flash 10

jordan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:47:05 +0000

We’ve upgraded the upload tool so it is compatible with the latest flash plug-in (version 10) so users whose browser has this plug-in can continue to upload multiple files with ease. The upgrade involved installing an alternative approach to launching the photo selection dialog. A “security fix” in the latest version of the flash plug-in broke our previous method of launching this dialog. However, for all intents and purposes file uploading will work as it did previously.

Renew your Events!

jordan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:12:50 +0000

Events can now be renewed annually. Wait, your thinking, this didn’t exist before? Well, the site hasn’t been around that long. Our first paid accounts are just coming up for annual renewal in the next couple of weeks, so we didn’t need to finalize the event renewing functionality until now, but its done and along with it we’ve added a number of helpful tweaks like better messaging on the site when events are about to expire, have expired but can still be renewed, and finally, when all the event and all the photos have been removed.Now, you’ll always know what the status of your events are and you won’t miss out on the opportunity to renew your events for as long as you need them.

Events Page Separation

jordan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:07:54 +0000

For users who have both created many events and participated in many events other people have created, the events page could be a little confusing. What events are mine? Whose events are all these other ones? What happens when I click on the red X? We’ve hopefully cleared up all these questions for our users.Now the events are separated into two lists. Events you’ve created and events you’ve participated in. Hit the red X on an event of yours and delete it completely, folders and all, so you have space to create more free events. Click the red X on the events of others and it simply removes it from your list and stops alerting you about new photos. And of course, the relevant information displayed is different between the two. On the events of others, you want to know who created it, and care less about how close it is to its capacity.I hope this helps all our heavy users and makes participation easier for everyone. On another note, keep watching for more improvements and upgrades this fall. We’ve got a laundry list of features and fixes we are eager to complete.

Better Photo Quality

jordan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:20:58 +0000

We’ve made a slight improvement to the quality of the photos as displayed on the website for all new photos added from this post forward. As always, when downloading the full-sized photos, you’ll still get the exact same quality as the original photo that was uploaded, but now the smaller versions of these photos that we display on the website will be less pixelated than previously.

This also applies to the “Download Smaller” feature. Now any photos downloaded at smaller than their original size will be sharper than in the past.

Improved Download Performance

jordan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:15:39 +0000

We’ve completely re-written the download script to improve its performance. You should no longer have the timeout issues posted about previously, so you can go ahead and download up to 50 photos at a time. The download should start quicker than previously.

Interestingly, your download will start sooner when downloading the full sized photos than when downloading smaller photos (since they don’t have to be re-sized first) but even with this initial delay, the total download time will usually be faster because of the smaller file size of the re-sized photos.

We will continue to test the new download utility and hopefully be able to raise the 50 photo maximum per download.

Zip Download Timeouts

jordan — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:29:05 +0000

This issue should now be resolved. See the Improved Download Performance post for details.

Lately there has been some issues with zip downloads of large numbers of files. We are working on the issue. For now, if a zip download of multiple files doesn’t work, try selecting a smaller number of files at a time, say 1 or 2 rows at a time.

Send Photos to Flickr

jordan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:52:44 +0000

You can now export your photos from an event directly to your Flickr account, in addition to being able to export photos to Facebook. You don’t have to download them from Full Photo Swap then upload them back to Flickr, you can send them there directly. Further, you can limit the dimensions of the photos transferred to speed the transfer and save storage space in your Flickr account.

To use this feature, check off the photos you want just as you normally would, then from the “More Actions…” drop down menu select the “Send to Flickr” option. This will launch a pop-up window where you can log into your Flickr account and give Full Photo Swap permission to communicate with your account. You can then select an existing set for the photos or give them a new set, and select the Maximum Photo Size to use for the photos. Then just keep an eye on the status bar until the export is complete.

Send Photos to Facebook

jordan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:56:32 +0000

This is probably the coolest feature we’ve added yet. You can now export the photos you like from an event directly to your Facebook account. You don’t have to download them from Full Photo Swap then upload them back to Facebook, you can send them there directly. Further, we automatically downsize the photos to the maximum size at which Facebook displays photos, so the transfer is really fast, even if the original images are 10 megapixels.

To use this feature, check off the photos you want just as you normally would, then from the “More Actions…” drop down menu select the “Send to Facebook” option. This will launch a pop-up window where you can log into your Facebook account and give Full Photo Swap permission to communicate with your account. You can then select an existing album for the photos or give them a new album. Then just keep an eye on the status bar until the export is complete. Once complete you can visit Facebook to view the photos and approve them.

Download Resized Images

jordan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:46:59 +0000

You can now download sets of images from events at the dimensions of your choice. So if you don’t need the full-sized files you can specify the size you want for a smaller, faster download.

To take advantage of this feature, check off the images you want from a given event as you normally would but instead of hitting the download button, use the “More Actions…” drop down menu and select the “Download smaller” option. In the dialog box that pops up, select the maximum size for the images you want, and click the “Download Resized” button.