Announcements
Support for Google Photos API
I need to inform you about upcoming changes to the Google Photos APIs that will impact how Event Gallery integrates with Google Photos.
Unfortunately, as of March 31, 2025, Google is removing certain features that Event Gallery currently relies on. This means that directly accessing Google Photos within Event Gallery will no longer be possible. Existing Events/albums will stop working. We know this already from the changes to Picasa back than. Let’s continue the cat&mouse game!
I’m actively exploring two potential solutions to ensure a smooth transition:
- Option 1: Use shared links. This is already available and will support albums with up to 150 images.
- Option 2: I integrated the new Google Photos Picker. It allows you to select images from Google Photos and upload them to local webspace or an AWS S3 bucket.
I appreciate your understanding and patience as I work through this. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Migration Hints
- If you’re using Google Photos Accounts and you want to use the new Google Photos Picker in the File Upload dialog, please install the *Google Photos Picker API"-library to your Google App. You might need to refresh your Google Photos account in Event Gallery to grant the necessary permissions.
Major Changes
- #1393 The upload allows to select if the uploaded image should be resized or not. The components options contain two new settings in the image-tab to enable the resizing by default and to set a size in px.
- #1399 The file upload provides a new option. In combination with the existing Google Photos Accounts, you can select your files from Google Photos albums and upload them to local webspace or AWS S3 buckets.
Minor Changes
- #1392 The Event Module has now two new configuration fields to override the default sorting of Events
Bug fixes
- #1390 Fixes the broken pagination in Events in Joomla 5.1.3 and removes unneeded URL parameters from the paging URLs.
- #1395 Paging in categories views did not work if that happened in a sub-category. It jumped back to the parent category.
- #1396 In generated thumbnails, the EXIF information got broken due an outdated library. The update is in place and generated thumbnails contain the right EXIF now
- #1406 In some cases, the Flickr-URLs are not created correctly and therefore not shown in the front end.
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