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Tips and tricks, tutorials : everything your need to use Piwigo software and manage your photo gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Piwigo API: unlock the full potential of your photo library<\/a><\/h3>

Discover how the Piwigo API allows you to automate workflows, connect your tools, and use Piwigo as a reliable image and video management backend for third-party digital platforms.<\/p>\n

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The new Piwigo documentation is now available!<\/a><\/h3>

We’ve just released a brand new Piwigo documentation in English, the most complete as possible! In this article, we’ll explain how to access the doc, how to use it and how to give us your feedback.<\/p>\n

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Expiry Date : a new plugin to manage expiration dates on photos<\/a><\/h3>

How to manage the expiration date of image usage rights and photo consents on your photo library? With the Expiry Date plugin for Piwigo, it’s easy. Today, let\u2019s discover this new plugin designed in collaboration with one of our Enterprise customers.<\/p>\n

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Sharing and comments: how to collaborate easily with Piwigo?<\/a><\/h3>

Today, we focus on the collaborative features in Piwigo and especially, all the sharing features.<\/p>\n

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How to organize team work with Piwigo?<\/a><\/h3>

How does user management work in Piwigo? Who is allowed to do what? Let’s focus on user statuses in Piwigo.<\/p>\n

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Managing your Piwigo: what’s new in Piwigo 11<\/a><\/h3>

Here comes the last episode of our series of articles dedicated to Piwigo 11. It’s time to review the new features dedicated to the management and administration of your photo library itself.<\/p>\n

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Album management: what\u2019s new in Piwigo 11<\/a><\/h3>

Piwigo v11 comes with many new features for managing and organizing your albums: we explain everything in this blog post.<\/p>\n

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Photo Management : what’s new in Piwigo 11<\/a><\/h3>

Discover in this blog post the new features of Piwigo 11 photo management: photo editor, tag manager, batch manager…<\/p>\n

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User Management : what’s new in Piwigo 11<\/a><\/h3>

Piwigo 11 is deployed for most of our customers! Today, we focus on the new features brought on user management.<\/p>\n

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Add a filter bar to your photo gallery<\/a><\/h3>

Do you want to offer visitors to your gallery an ergonomic interface to browse through your photos? With the Tag Groups plugin, add a multi-criteria search engine to your Piwigo photo library.<\/p>\n

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News from Piwigo mobile apps for Android and iOS<\/a><\/h3>

It has been a while since we have given news about our Piwigo mobile apps : new features, upcoming projects for Android and iOS\u2026 Let’s take a tour in this blog post!<\/p>\n

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Where are photos stored with Piwigo ?<\/a><\/h3>

Where is your data stored when you choose Piwigo to manage your photo library? And what about your data safety? Relax, we explain everything in this blog post.<\/p>\n

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Customize your thumbnail tooltip<\/a><\/h3>

A new plugin allows you to customize the tooltip displayed on photo thumbnails. Explanations.<\/p>\n

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Piwigo.com technical infrastructure<\/a><\/h3>

Today we publish a new page on Piwigo.com presentation website: Infrastructure. You will learn where and how your photos are hosted. You will also learn which measures we have implemented to make Piwigo.com a safe place for your photos. Special thanks to Tadjio for correcting…<\/p>\n

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Robots and visit history<\/a><\/h3>

Piwigo 2.6 has introduced a geolocation feature for your visitors. Now you know where your visitors come from and you may have discovered that you often receive visits from Redmond (Washington, USA)\u00a0 and Mountain View (California, USA). Don’t panic, this is not an attack: they…<\/p>\n

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Import from Flickr to Piwigo<\/a><\/h3>

Plugin Flickr2Piwigo lets you import your albums (sets) and photos from Flickr, directly into your Piwigo gallery. Here is the procedure to follow. 1) activate plugin Flickr2Piwigo 2) open page [Administration > menu Plugins > sub-menu Flickr2Piwigo > tab Configuration]. We’re going to follow the…<\/p>\n

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New plugin Birthdate<\/a><\/h3>

Plugin Birthdate gives people age on each photo. Since Piwigo knows the date of the photo and if you tag the photo with people name, Piwigo only needs to know the people\u00a0birthdate to display their age on photo. Plugin Birthdate let you define the birthdate…<\/p>\n

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Protect your photos against copy<\/a><\/h3>

One of the most frequently asked questions on Piwigo.com support is “how do I forbid copy on my photos ?”. Here is how Piwigo can help you. Before listing tips and tricks it is important to understand that no protection against copy is 100% reliable,…<\/p>\n

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Transfer your Piwigo Gallery to Piwigo.com<\/a><\/h3>

This question is frequently asked on Piwigo.com support: is it possible to transfer an existing Piwigo photo gallery to Piwigo.com? The answer is “yes”. We have done it several times from various hosting providers. Our goal is not to host all Piwigo galleries on Piwigo.com,…<\/p>\n

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Custom Page Footer<\/a><\/h3>

Until now,\u00a0to add\u00a0a personal message in\u00a0the footer, we recommended\u00a0to use the\u00a0plugin\u00a0LMT\u00a0(license manager\u00a0on your photos) because it features such an option.\u00a0This plugin\u00a0is very\u00a0powerful and complete, so it might seem excessive\u00a0for such a simple\u00a0need.\u00a0Now\u00a0and for this\u00a0specific purpose,\u00a0we recommend\u00a0instead plugin\u00a0Perso Footer, whose sole\u00a0mission is to add\u00a0a message in…<\/p>\n

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Album description, fine-tuning<\/a><\/h3>

Among all features provided by plugin Extended Description, you will find the fine-tuning of the album description. 1. Default display By default, the description of an album is displayed next to the album thumbnail on the albums page and the same description is displayed on…<\/p>\n

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Piwigo Application for iPhone\/iPad and Android<\/a><\/h3>

Warning !This blog post is no longer relevant. To learn more about Piwigo mobile applications for Android and iOS, read this September 2019 blog post instead ! Piwigo is now available on iOS (iPhone\/iPad) and Android. Actually, it’s the very same application for the two…<\/p>\n

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Create your Home Page, Method 1<\/a><\/h3>

Updated on 2014, September 22nd: since Piwigo 2.4, we have made home page management simpler (tag [photo] and [slider], page model and plugin Extended Description). The default home page of a Piwigo photo gallery is the list of root albums. If it doesn’t fit your…<\/p>\n

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1 photo, 3 sizes<\/a><\/h3>

In a Piwigo photo gallery, each photo is available in 3 sizes: high definition, web size and thumbnail. (more…)<\/p>\n

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A Random Photo For Your Home Page<\/a><\/h3>

The home page of demo1 is becoming quite popular. If you think that displaying always the same photo on your homepage may become boring, you can create a specific album with all photos you want on your home page. Then, in your home page content,…<\/p>\n

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Home Page and Breadcrumbs<\/a><\/h3>

Any Piwigo photo gallery can have a specific home page, with any content on it. Just use the Additionnal Pages plugin and set a page as homepage. We have received some emails on Piwigo.com support because the breadcrumbs were not including the albums root: Home…<\/p>\n

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