DM Albums™ 2.4 has been released. This release adds two often-requested features and one major security update.

The security update the resolves the download vulnerability documented here. Thanks to the team at nDarkness.com for their continued efforts in making our products more secure.

The release also includes two new features: a drag-n-drop photo sorter that allows you to change the order of the photos in your album in a drag-n-drop interface (shown below) as well as the ability to add a link to the main photo in DM Albums.

Thanks to everyone for their support and Happy Holidays from the DM Development Team!

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63 Responses to “DM Albums™ 2.4 Released”

1. Louis says:

   December 22, 2009 at 8:07 pm

   Thanks for update so frequently. Thanks for your great work!
2. Louis says:

   December 22, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   Dear, when I click upgrade automatically, there is an error occur. Details as followed.

   Note: missing object
   line: 113
   code: 0
   URI: http://www.9tu.info/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/javascript/browser.js

   Everyone got this error, or update smooth?
3. frank says:

   December 22, 2009 at 8:32 pm

   @Louis
   Have you tried reloading the page, emptying your cache and/or restarting your browser? There are quite a few new files in this latest version, and it’s possible not all files are being refreshed as necessary. If you try those things and keep having trouble, post back here and we’ll see what we can figure out.

   Thanks!
4. Louis says:

   December 22, 2009 at 8:51 pm

   All question have been resolved, thank you so much!
   Best wishes for you and all your team, and Merry Christmas!
5. frank says:

   December 23, 2009 at 11:00 am

   @louis
   Great. Thanks.
6. shawn says:

   January 7, 2010 at 8:16 pm

   Just an fyi to let you know that all the links on this site are not working. I can’t find downloads, products etc.. was my first visit to this site after reading about the 3.0 merge. Gallery looks interesting, but can’t download it
7. frank says:

   January 8, 2010 at 7:23 am

   @shawn
   Thanks for letting us know. We made some structural changes to the site and it had an unexpected ripple effect to a bunch of other things. Thanks for pointing it out; all should be working now, although if you find something that’s not, please let us know!

   Thanks again for the note.
8. shawn says:

   January 8, 2010 at 10:27 pm

   I managed to download it today. Sent an email about 403 errors, but figured it may be better to post question here. If not, please delete comment.

   I am running wp-mu 2.8.6 and demo gallery embeds properly. When I try to add my own gallery I receive a 403 error upon uploading images. What directories do I need to chmod change? (my best guess as to real problem)

   Your right…. this should be in the core. It is so much easier than the built in system.
9. shawn says:

   January 9, 2010 at 11:42 am

   further inspection of the error shows:
   mod_security: Access denied with code 403. Pattern match “^Shockwave Flash” at HEADER(“USER-AGENT”) [severity "EMERGENCY"] [hostname "mywebsite.com"] [uri "/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/wp-dm-upload.php"] [unique_id "S0iwyEUuJUQAAFyAUBo"]

   I do not have it fixed yet, but hope by posting this here, that it may help someone else who comes up with a 403 error upon upload. If I find a solution I will post it back here.
10. shawn says:

    January 9, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    OK mod security is fixed. No errors being reported anymore.

    However: When I add an album name and select images to upload that part works. It says processing and all files say they upload.

    The problem is the new album name does not show up, nor do there seem to be any photo’s in the dm-albums directory when I browse via ssh.

    I am not getting any errors either in apache, php, or system logs.

    Is there something else I should try?
    —I do not mind giving the dutchmonkey admin server access if needed.
11. John Crumpton says:

    January 11, 2010 at 7:31 am

    I’m also experiencing the same problem. I was having 403 errors on one server then I checked it on another server which uploaded the images no problem – however the albums are not created.

    I didn’t have any problems on localhost (XAMPP).
12. John Crumpton says:

    January 11, 2010 at 7:34 am

    Also – I would like to have this shown just as a slide show without any thumbnails. Is there a parameter for hiding the thumbnails? BTW Great work on the plugin.
13. frank says:

    January 11, 2010 at 10:36 am

    @shawn:
    Hi there, the directory that needs to have 777 permimssion is the directory listed in the Album Upload Folder in the DM Albums Options Panel.

    Any further information you can provide would be most appreciated to help me identify a programmatic fix to this problem.

    We would be happy to look into the problem directly as well with admin and FTP access to help troubleshoot and identify the problem. You can provide that info over email.

    Thanks!
14. frank says:

    January 11, 2010 at 10:40 am

    @John Crumpton
    Hi John,
    This sounds like a permissions problem similar to Shawn. Setting the Albums Upload Folder to chmod 777 should get your uploads working properly.

    As far as hiding the thumbnails, that should be possible but will take some work. I’ll work on incorporating this into the plugin. Thanks for the suggestion!
15. Jennifer says:

    January 13, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    When I used Chrome, the left/right arrows on the thumbnails do not appear. There is no way to scroll the thumbnail bar. The caption also is stuck at the first photo’s caption, unless logged in.
16. frank says:

    January 14, 2010 at 9:17 am

    Thanks for the report, Jennifer! We’ll look into this right away.
17. charles says:

    January 23, 2010 at 1:00 am

    Ok I am lost. I just added a post to my site, added dm album and noticed that could not edit captions so i saw there was a newer version and i installed it. Now i seem to have lost all my pictures i cannot figure out what this “album manager” is supposed to do. Are there any instructions? isnt there an upgrade path? What happens to all my existing albums? This pretty much sucks. my old version had last log entry around last August.
18. frank says:

    January 27, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Hi there, I’m sorry you’re having trouble. If your albums were lost after upgrading, I’m guessing you were storing your albums in the dm-albums plugin directory. Storing them here is not recommended by DutchMonkey Productions (as described in the FAQ) because WordPress deletes your plugin directory before installing the update. This is a rather destructive thing, and there is unfortunately nothing we can do about other than recommend they’re not stored there.

    The new version you installed has an album manager that lets you upload your photos and manage them directly from within the WordPress editor. It uploads them to a place where they will be safe from WordPress deleting them!
19. Jeff says:

    January 30, 2010 at 11:25 am

    I just installed DM Albums 2.4. Album creation appears to be fine. Here’s the problem. I get [album: {album url}] inserted; however, it shows [album: {album url}]. That’s with the bracket etc. showing in the post or page. The link to album url works fine and shows the album. I am using WordPress 2.9.1.

    Am I doing something wrong?

    Thanks,
    Jeff
20. Tricia Aguila says:

    January 30, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Hi, i can’t drag the photos to sort it. Tried it in both firefox and chrome. im using dm albums 2.4.4 and wordpress 9.1 (tried it also in wp 9)
21. Pei says:

    January 31, 2010 at 8:51 am

    [album ..] tag was not parsed

    Hi there, I’ve downloaded your plugin, installed it and was trying it, everything was just wonderful until I check the post.. the [album:http://URL-to-album was not parsed by system, they were just handled as normal text and outputted..
    I am using WP 2.9.1 and DM 2.4.4
    Thank you for your help in advance
22. frank says:

    February 1, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    @Jeff
    Hi there, are you using the curly brackets as well? The curly brackets should not be included in the album syntax.
    Thanks for using DM Albums!
23. frank says:

    February 1, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    @Tricia Aguila
    Can you describe a little more of what you’re talking about? After you click the “Photo Sorter” in the album list or the “Sort Photos” button from the Album Manager, what happens? Can you drag the photos but not drop them, or can you not drag them at all?
24. frank says:

    February 1, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    @Pei:
    That version of DM Albums should definitely work; are you able to see the album in the DM Ablums Options panel? Also, make sure the album syntax has at least one space between the colon (:) and the url, as in

    [album: http://URL-to-album
25. Jeff says:

    February 6, 2010 at 2:11 am

    Frank, No curly brackets. This is what appears (either Visual or HTML view in Edit Page) when I use insert:

    [album: http://expedioscientiam.net/locker/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/locker/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Jay/

    This link works but it is a link:
    Photos
26. Shashanna says:

    February 6, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    I am having the same issue as Jeff. I am using WP 2.9.1 and DM 2.4.4. Any insight?
27. frank says:

    February 11, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    @Jeff and Shashanna
    This is very strange; are you by any chance using WAMP on the backend or working with a local server? I’ve heard tales from users that free sites with a lot of adds running has caused a problem, as well as that moving from WAMP to LAMP seems to do the trick.

    I am working a few bugs out and will be pushing out a new release in the coming days; hopefully it will resolve your issue for you.
28. Sheraz says:

    February 20, 2010 at 3:23 am

    Hi guys big problem I cant delete any files within the WordPress admin panel when delete is pressed it blanks the box just showing sort pictures button. Secondly how can you slow down the thumbnail scrolling speed and perhaps have two lines of thumbnails.
    Thanks
29. Deirdre says:

    March 4, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    I’m having the same issue as Jennifer with Chrome not displaying the left and right arrows in the thumbnail bar. Any progress on this?
30. Deirdre says:

    March 4, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    Also, in Opera 10.10, when gallery page is loaded, thumbnail bar and thumbnails appear, but no image below that. When an image from the thumbnail bar is selected, the image displays below briefly, but then quickly fades out, displaying nothing.
31. Doug Hill says:

    March 9, 2010 at 1:35 am

    I am using WordPress 2.9.2 and DM-albums 2.4

    The Albums appear in my posts as they should, but the Album manager appears as a title bar which expands with a small blank space below when I click on it. As well, caption edits will not save.

    On the subject of where to store my photos: the only place that works for me is as a sub-directory of the dm-albums directory. Anywhere else, and the album will not post.
32. David Akermanis says:

    March 13, 2010 at 11:06 am

    Getting this message when I try and resort photos:

    A problem was encountered while getting the DM Albums Photo Sorter. Please try again.

    Can’t seem to sort at all
33. geri says:

    April 3, 2010 at 4:22 am

    I dunno what happened, The album is showing all images on my post/page. After I’ve entered all the captions on the images (outside wordpress), the Manage Album Details and Photo Sorter doesn’t work anymore when I click on them? Please help.

    Great Plugin BTW.
34. Arrasoja says:

    April 19, 2010 at 4:50 am

    I am having the same issue as Jeff and Shashanna.
    I am using WP 2.9.2 and DM 2.4.8.1, on a Linux based Shared Hosting enviroment.
    Plugin Activated, Gallery is shown when managed but not in the post.
    Any insight?
35. Boyd says:

    April 25, 2010 at 8:33 am

    Same problem here. Photo Sorter doesn’t work in IE8, Safari or Firefox.
    Even edited the browse.cap file to reset the order, and the photos still show in the original file sort order.
36. Megan says:

    April 27, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    I too can not get the sorter to work. When I click on the Photo Sorter link, it pops up the window that used to allow me to drag and drop the images. Now it won’t let me drag them at all. I’m running it in FF.

    Thanks!
37. Matt says:

    May 25, 2010 at 5:18 am

    New to all this, but whenever I try to create a new album, it goes through the upload process but then nothing happens – no folder. PLease help
38. Akul Mehta says:

    June 4, 2010 at 5:50 am

    Hi I have a multi-author website. I want the authors to put up their own albums which I can do successfully thanks to your settings. However, if I allow them to put captions, then one author can change the captions of another author. Is there any way to restrict that?
39. Akul Mehta says:

    June 4, 2010 at 8:44 am

    also is it possible to add a watermark?
40. Akul Mehta says:

    June 4, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    Ok one more question – is it possible to show some of the latest albums on the frontpage of my blog?
41. Rimgaudas says:

    August 1, 2010 at 11:17 am

    Hello everybody,
    I want to ask you, how did that I could see “caption” below photo ?
    In options Display Captions: is YES, but when I want to save my caption it doesn’t saved, what to do ?
42. sally says:

    August 11, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    The photo sprter will not work..I can’t grab or drop the photos! help!!
43. r0man.de says:

    August 15, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Hey Guys,
    first of all, thats an amazing plugin.
    But I got a strange misbehaviour:
    IE7: All works fine
    Firefox: The captionbox will displayed incompletely (only about 60%).
    And the strangest is, that the followings signs appear: ,,” (above the plugin). In IE that doesnt happen. Any suggestions? ;(

    Thanks guys!
44. Peter says:

    August 21, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    Great product, thank you!
    I do have one problem that no one has mentioned. The DM Albums Album manager shows in my WordPress 3.0 editor and I can create new albums and upload photos. They even show up on my page as described. However, if I click on “Photo Sorter” or “Manage Album Details” I get a blank loading screen and nothing else. It never loads these control panels. How can I fix this?
45. Kristin says:

    August 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    Hi! Love the product! Like Sally, I’m finding that the sorter doesn’t work anymore : ( It did before I upgraded! Thanks for the plugin.
46. Margit says:

    September 12, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    I can create albums when logged in as an administrator, but when logged in as an author, the Add New Post page just shows the DM Albums Album Manager title bar, with no actual album widget.

    Well, I uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin and now can’t create albums as an admin either.

    I am using WP 3.0.1 and DM Albums 2.4.8.1,
47. Noobie says:

    September 17, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    Hi. Probably a Noob question but I’ve found no answer:
    Your plug-in prints out code for me. It won’t display any Photos.

    Im running XAMPP offline with WordPress 3.0.
    I activated your plugin and created a test gallery but when I insert it and publish, it just prints the following text:

    [album:
    http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/gallery/

    - I’m not missing any EXIF dlls. I checked this.

    Any Ideas?
48. Nav says:

    October 15, 2010 at 9:24 am

    Hi There I m using the latest ver of WP 3.0.1 and Latest ver of DM albums 2.4 However I am not able to see the albums that I have created even if i create a new album it gets into the dmalbums under upload[used ftp to see the new pictures were uploaded]; however the Backend manager says that the ir are no new albums. This problem occurred after updating wp and dm album. please direct.
49. Team Roster says:

    October 29, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    Best you could edit the page subject DutchMonkey Productions » Latest News & Announcements to more suited for your blog post you make. I loved the blog post nevertheless.
50. Ali says:

    November 4, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    i am using dm album on my local wamp server and using WordPress 3.0.1. my problem is everything is working fine DM album has integrated perfectly as a plugin and i can create albums and also can upload images successfully but when i insert the album in some page only the skeleton of album shows up but no image please help me on this issue

    [album: http://192.168.0.114/word/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/testing/

    where 192.168.0.114 is my localhost

    in browser the image path looks something like this i have checked it via firebug