Version 5.0.0 from Sept 28 2015

  • Optimized userinterface incl. Update to JQM 1.4.5
  • User management and authorization management 
    This is the most extensive update of PicApport since version 1.0. Here We have among other things following goals implemented:
    • Backwards compatible (This is achieved with the default user named PicApport. If this user exists, it will automatically be logged-in by the Web-app) There is another default user named admin with password admin that can be used to add and manage additional users
      Attention: we highly recommend to change the default password for the user admin.
    • Management via the webinterface
    • Each user is assigned to at least one group
    • The permissions of a user are the sum of all permissions of the groups he is assigned to
    • You can create a filter for each group based on the photo metadata. (a PicApport query) 
      Thus the user can only see the photos he is supposed.
    • The availability of programm features can be configured via user permissions
    • Specific devices in the home network with static IP-adresses can be assigned to a specific user
    • When a dynamic query is saved, you can specify which users are able to view it:
      • For all users
      • For specific groups
      • Only for the current user
    • The user management now has its own chapter in the PicApport manual.
  • Upload feature 
    If a user has the permission to upload photos, he can upload them directly through the webinterface. Depending on the user, date of upload and title you can control where the photos are saved, through central server parameters. When uploading a photo you can specify a title. This title will be added to the metadata of the photo (see PicAppport Server Guide: upload.* Upload configuration)
  • Display of new photos on the mainpage 
    It is possible to show on the mainpage how many new photos are available, depending on the user.
  • There is a new .jar file for Linux users (picapport-headless.jar) that can be started without additional parameters
  • Help- and Search-Button 
    All possibilities for queries are explained here
  • QR-Code in the about-window 
    Can be used to recieve the adress of the Picapport server with a smartphone camera.You can print the qr-code and distribute it to guests
  • Optional photo-cache to speed up slideshows on slower server CPU’s (e.g Raspberry Pi) 
    During a slideshow PicApport automatically scales the photos to the size of the diplaying device. 
    This can take 3-4 seconds on slower CPU’s like Raspberry PI. 
    The waiting time can be signifcantly reduced by enabling the optional cache. 
    (see PicAppport Server Guide: Parameter: foto.jpg.usecache )
  • New optional parameters to control the jpeg creation (quality). 
    Defaults remain the same
  • A bug has been fixed, where there was no result for a query when the first parameter of the query was NOT and photos where already deleted
  • New console command "sslcert" to display the SHA1 fingerprints