Web Album Generator Changelog

What's new in Web Album Generator 1.8.2

Nov 28, 2011
  • Fixed an error where albums couldn't be re-opened
  • Added larger thumbnail options
  • Added advanced options screen to further tweak generation behaviour
  • Advanced option to resize portrait oriented photos along top edge
  • Advanced option to not output filenames as photo titles when none specified
  • Advanced option to allow HTML markup in titles and captions
  • Advanced option to use sequential file naming convention
  • Added option to upsize small images
  • Added ability to reverse photo order when sorting
  • Several small bug fixes and minor features

New in Web Album Generator 1.8.1 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • Fixed a small error where the thumbnail navigation could not be disabled

New in Web Album Generator 1.8.0 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • Albums are now encoded in UTF-8 so any international language can be used in the titles, captions, and descriptions
  • Photographs can now be rotated
  • Photographs can now be automatically sorted by Title, Filename, or the Date Taken
  • Missing photographs can now be located through the Web Album Generator interface
  • Corrupted photographs can be replaced through the Web Album Generator interface
  • Importing a folder of photographs can now be done
  • Limited EXIF and IPTC support is now included
  • Photo titles and captions are taken from the IPTC information, if available
  • There's a new XML-based file format for saving .alb files
  • You can include an optional album description
  • The user interface has been improved
  • Generated filenames are now more descripted (the old photo01, photo02 naming scheme has been eliminated)
  • You can now opt to skip the photo processing step if you just want to generate the album files
  • Web Album Generator now features new icons
  • Album layout has been improved
  • Multi-line captions are now permitted
  • More color schemes are included by default

New in Web Album Generator 1.6.5 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • Added a new welcome screen to help users get started
  • User can now select and re-order many photos at the same time
  • User can now change the name of the output folder, if desired
  • Settings are now properly stored for users with limited access privileges
  • Added more friendly error messages and explanations if a photo is missing or corrupted
  • Improved the default album stylesheet and layout for cleaner photo pages
  • Fixed a 'Stack Overflow' problem that some users experienced in rare cases
  • Fixed a problem where captions weren't being deleted properly.
  • Fixed a problem where selecting "no to all" when asked to overwrite existing photos would stop the photo preparation process altogether

New in Web Album Generator 1.6.0 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • User can now specify a "Home" URL on the index pages
  • Stylesheets can now be loaded and saved from the stylesheet dialog
  • Improved the default album layout and stylesheet for better flexibility
  • User now has the option to remove all default photo titles
  • Generated album output is now contained in fewer folders
  • Photos with the same filename can now be added your album without conflict
  • User can now re-generate the HTML files separately from the photographs
  • Generated albums are now automatically saved for you

New in Web Album Generator 1.5.0 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • Improved the quality of thumbnails
  • Added support for all latin characters in descriptions and titles
  • Images are now resampled using linear interpolation instead of nearest neighbour
  • Added an option to turn off linear interpolation ("Quick Resize")
  • Index pages now link to the appropriate index page instead of always the first

New in Web Album Generator 1.0.1 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • Updated the about screen and help menu with donation information