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I released a new version for those who reported connection errors since 0.1.0. The routine handling the connection to the Picasa server wasn’t as smart as it should have been. If you didn’t have any problem, there’s no need to update.

Someone emailed me saying that he didn’t see the kPicasa Gallery menu in the Admin / Options page. Is there anyone else experimenting this problem?

With this new version, I’ve virtually implemented every single request that I received. Those that I left off will never be included. Here are the new features:

• Improved error messages. Now the error message really explains what happened;
• Easier to visually customize via a CSS file, instead of inline styling;
• Ability to display galleries from more than one Picasa account, each in a different page/post (this is for an advanced usage, and will not really be documented);
• New options to change the number of albums to display per line, and the number of pictures per line;
• Now displays the album description if it exists;
• It is now possible to not use any engine to display the full-sized picture. This is, for example, for those who already have Lightbox installed via another plugin.

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As usual, I don’t have access to many different platforms to test so keep me informed if you find any bug!!!

This is my first WordPress plugin. I was tired of always having to manually edit, resize, upload and label my pictures to my online gallery. I then discovered Picasa. It works like a charm and lets you retouch your pictures and upload your pictures easily to the Picasa Web Albums site, along with all the labels you’ve created.

So I wrote this plugin to replace Coppermine as my online gallery. I didn’t need anything advanced like Coppermine has to offer. I simply needed a place to upload pictures in albums, with my own captions.

It uses the Lightbox library to display the pictures, but I might switch to Highslide, it looks awesome and it feels much quicker.

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