$client = new SoapClient(“http://www.zenfolio.com/api/1.1/zfapi.asmx?wsdl”);

to

$client = new SoapClient(“http://www.zenfolio.com/api/1.2/zfapi.asmx?wsdl”);

and everything should be right with the world again!

I’ll fix the posted version of Zensync2 so it has this fix, but if you have customized code, you can just make the change above.

Enjoy!

-Dan

It’s 5 easy steps.

1. All you need to do is install PHP 5 (currently 5.3.0), use the default options (SOAP is installed by default now, but double-check anyway).
2. Create a repository for Zensync (C:\Zensync worked for me), copy the Zensync files there.
3. Edit the config.php file to point to your localpath, and add your username and password.
4. Copy your files to your photo repository in whatever order you desire.
5. Launch a command-line (cmd.exe), and CD to your Zensync directory, and type “PHP zensync.php”.

There, done.  That was easy, wasn’t it? 

-Dan

I’m adding my version here – it’s his, tweaked a bit for my personal needs.  I upload my videos to a webhost where I use Flowplayer to play flash and h.264 videos that I convert from my digicam.  Works pretty good, but you’re on your own for making it work.  It’s easy if you have a Dreamhost account, though!

Thanks again to Zenfolio for having such an awesome service!

Dan’s modified Zensync2:

Linux (.tgz) format: Zensync2.tgz

Windows (.zip) format: Zensync2.zip

-Dan

Anyway, I put in a filter and it seems to have gone away, so now I can actually see comments. I’m going to take a look at Zensync and see if there’s some things I can do to improve it, and perhaps include my video hosting hack that I put in my copy (I point to videos on my Dreamhost account with a thumbnail I generate, but it’s a SERIOUS hack).

-Dan

 Here goes:

First, get the PHP executable from here: http://us2.php.net/get/php-5.2.5-win32-installer.msi/from/a/mirror

Install as normal.  Since you probably aren’t running a webserver for this, select, “Do not set up a web server”.  Next, hit the “+” on PHP->Extensions and scroll down to SOAP, and select, “Will be installed on local hard drive”.  The installer should proceed like any other after this.

Next, unpack the Zensync.tgz file, I use Winrar from here: http://www.rarlab.com/, but Winzip would probably work, too.

Now, set up a photo directory in a manner that you are going to use Zensync.  This is totally up to your taste.  I just make a directory in the same location that Zensync.php is, and copy all my photos there.  This really makes it easier on a Windows machine, since you don’t have to account for drive letters (C:, D:, etc..) when you configure Zensync.

Copy, copy, copy, organize, rename, move, shuffle, etc…

Now you need to edit things.  You need to know your Zenfolio username (NOT e-mail!), and password.  You also need to know the location of your photos.  Right-click on “zensync.php” and select Open With…, and Choose Program.  Select WordPad, otherwise the formatting will look terrible.  Edit these 3 lines to reflect your account.  The local directory name could be “photos”, if you want to make it really easy. 

$userlogin = “username”;
$userpass = “password”;
$path = “local directory name”;

Finally, if you want the warnings to not show, go to Start->Programs->Php5->php.ini.   Find this line: “error_reporting  =  E_ALL” and change it to “error_reporting  =  E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_STRICT”.  PHP is very strict on its error reporting, and this just relaxes it a bit.

Now, go to Start->Run, and type “cmd”.  A terminal should open up.  From here, navigate to your Zensync directory (“e:\”, and “cd zensync” if it happens to be at “e:\zensync”).  Now, just type “php zensync.php” and it should run!

You could make it a one-click deal, too.  Just right-click on Zensync.php, and “Open With…” and “Choose Program…”.  Browse to “C:\program files\Php” and select “php.exe”.  Check the “always use this program…” checkbox if you want to make this permanent.

That should be it – I created a test Zenfolio account just now, and it uploaded all my photos.

-Dan

It is written in PHP5, and can run on any operating system that has PHP5 installed.  It has been tested on Ubuntu Linux, and should not require any non-standard modules installed to run it.  The code should be pretty easy to follow and modify.

Optionally, it will use ImageMagick’s ‘convert’ command to convert PhotoCD images to JPEG’s, and FFMPEG to create Video thumbnails of AVI files it encounters.

Get the code here: Zensync.tgz

 http://www.plymptonia.com/zensync.tgz

This release syncs with Zenfolio, creating Albums and Galleries on the fly, skipping over those AVI files that we all love to make with our Point & Shoots, labeling your photos with their filename, and generally allowing you to just fire-and-forget.  Whenever you sync again it just uploads all the new files and skips over the current ones.

What it won’t do is delete a file on Zenfolio if you’ve deleted it from your directory, nor will it know if you changed an existing file and replace it with the new version – you’ll have to manually do that yourself.

But other than those caveats, it’s a nice little program.  I have it running over on my account at Dreamhost and it is pretty smooth and fast.

Enjoy!

-Dan

So, with that said, here’s the link:

http://www.plymptonia.com/phansync.tgz

All you have to do is unpack, and edit phansync.php with your username, password, and point it to a directory you want to traverse.  Read the header in that file for more information on what directory structure it expects.

It works on Ubuntu Linux, and is fine on hosted servers (tested on Dreamhost).  Now, get those files off of your gallery script and on to PhanFare!

 See ya!

-Dan

I tackled quite a few things to make this new release pretty darn good.   I also changed the name to reflect the functionality – instead of blindly sending photos to Zenfolio, it acts more like Rsync in that it doesn’t create or send what is already there.  (hence, the new name – ZenSync – RSync for Zenfolio).

 Here’s what it does:

1. Takes an entire directory structure, and uploads to your Zenfolio account

2. Automatically converts PhotoCD files to JPEG (3072×2048 resolutuion) and uploads

3. Skips any non-JPEG or converted JPEG files

4. Each directory corresponds to a Group, each batch of files represents a Gallery.  In the event a directory does not have any sub-directories (it’s the tail), it is labeled a Gallery.  This was a tough decision – since you might want to add sub-directories later on, I originally created a default gallery of “Photos” beneath the directory – but this added an additional click, looked ugly, and just didn’t sit well with me.  Your mileage may vary kinda thing, but I think it looks better this way.

5. Checks the Zenfolio structure you have before creating new Groups or Galleries.  Checks before uploading photos, too.  This way you can now interrupt that massively long initial sync in order to shut down your computer, etc.

I’ve uploaded it to a proper directory, so you’ll have to download and extract it before checking it out. 

http://www.plymptonia.com/zensync-b1.tgz

Get the latest version at http://www.plymptonia.com/zensync.tgz

To Do: I want to create thumbnails of Video files and embed a clickable link in the comment section of that image to point to YouTube, or some other video hosting site.  I’d then automatically upload (or convert and upload) the file and send it to that service.  Haven’t found a service that isn’t riddled with ads that has an API for uploading Videos – still checking into that.  

-Dan

PS: I’ve also realized that this should run natively on a Mac (you’ll need ImageMagick if you have any PhotoCD files) from the command-line.

It was a bit tricky to get my date-based and non-date based directory trees to work, but it seems to be going well (I’ve had an upload going for some hours now, a few bugs, but it is soldiering on).

It performs pretty well so far – it will dynamically convert PhotoCD files to JPEG’s and upload them, it will seek out AVI files and upload them appropriately, and manage the directory heirarchy fairly well.  Still some bugs, but it is uploading files at the moment.

dirclass.inc

phanlogin.inc

phan.php

As my time is running out with my trial with Phanfare, this might be the end of the road for this development.  I really enjoyed working with this API, especially the flexibility allowed with the uploading of Videos – nice!

-Dan