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Shozam version 1.4.39 update is released

2010-01-06T06:57:00Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Shozam version 1.4.39 update is now available for free download.

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2010.01.05 - Version 1.4.39

IMPROVEMENTS

Full compatibility with Windows 7
More license flexibility for Express, Advanced and Business editions

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Shozam on Windows 7

2009-10-02T05:15:00Z

We have released a new version of Shozam that runs on Windows 7. For the most part this version (v.1.0.7) works the same as before; however, it does generate all files when the gallery is generated. You can download it from:

http://community.shozam.com/files/folders/programs/entry4841.aspx

Shozam version 1.3.37 update is released

2009-08-24T22:34:00Z

Shozam version 1.3.37 update is now available for free download.

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2009.08.24 - Version 1.3.37

IMPROVEMENTS

Introduce a prompt to generate gallery when moving from Step 5 to Step 6 after changing gallery name or location.
Shozam upgrades now will activate automatically, without requiring Helpdesk to manually provide a new activation key.

FIXES

Fixed an issue where Shozam would generate unnecessarily all gallery files, even with "generate modified files only" checked in Step 5.
Fixed an issue where Step 5 will not remember edits in various user interface text boxes after click Back and then Next buttons.
Fixed an activation issue where entering an invalid key would prompt a message "activation successful" even though activation actually would have failed.

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Shozam version 1.3.36 update is released

2009-06-16T22:30:00Z

Shozam version 1.3.36 update is now available for free download.

2009.06.15 - Version 1.3.36

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IMPROVEMENTS

Step 2 --> Sell tab: Support for many additional currencies
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Installing a Shozam version update will now force Shozam to generate all gallery files regardless of the "generate modified files only" checkbox in Step 5 (ensuring Shozam update propagates through all gallery files and preventing odd incompatibilities)
Step 5 --> Generate tab: All gallery files generated if gallery folder is deleted or not found
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Improved clarity of the main tab in Step 5 which now has a new field for Gallery Folder Name. This should make it more explicit where the gallery files are stored and prevent issues and confusion that occured in earlier versions. TIP: You can use this now to hide your gallery title from displaying in the top banner of your gallery pages. Learn more...
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Gallery path in Step 1 and in Step 5 will now be in sync, which will prevent issues when a gallery is manually moved to another location. Step 5 Gallery Folder Name and Gallery Location fields are now prepopulated from the path displayed in Step 1 of Shozam rather than from the gallery project file - WebGallery.xml.
Step 5 --> Generate tab: "Overwrite?" popup window that appears in Step 5 before generating the gallery is now more accurate and informative
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Now you can access View Gallery and View Files in Step 5 after you click Cancel in the "Overwrite?" alert window
Edition Upgrades: Upgrades now activate automatically; no need to require a special activation key

FIXES

Fixed a theme display "hide" issue

STABILITY

Handled instability when trying to generate gallery in a private folder under Windows Vista if not using "Run as Admin" mode

KNOWN ISSUE

Shozam does not run under Windows 7 (which is only in an early Beta test stage; expected release date is October 22, 2009)

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Shozam version 1.2.35 update is released

2009-05-14T06:56:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.35 update is now available for free download.

IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended you backup your gallery and then generate and upload allgallery files after installing this update.

2009.05.14 - Version 1.2.35

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IMPROVEMENTS

Improved compatibility of themes with Linux servers; sometimes theme background graphic was not displaying. (Changed theme folder image introbkgrd.jpg Capitalization (introBkgrd.jpg) for first them to make consistent with other themes.)
Improved compatibility with web servers that do not recognize correctly or transcode certain special characters. (Shozam now replaces `!@#$%^&()+~; _ - [ { ] } ‘ , ©=-_Øå®€'™ characters in the image filenames with “_”.)
Step 2 --> Map tab: Added dropdown options 0 to 19 in for zoom
Better map display: There will be new UI Map options available at Image/Gallery map and also at Step 2 View Map.
Better map display: Map zoom level will start from 0 and not 1 at Step 2 map tab.
Better map display: By default Map options will be Map/Satellite/Terrain on image/gallery map and at Step 2 View map to maintain consistency.
Better map display: Zoom for single gallery map will set nicely and map will appear (before giving error that 'sorry map is not available to show to this zoom level')
Better map display: Applied 3D control for maps at Image/Gallery and Step 2 View Map.
Better map display: Applied scale control for maps at Image/Gallery and Step 2 View Map.
Better map display: Zoom for Gallery map will set nicely to fit maximum markers unlike before set to 2 in all conditions

Better map based navigation in the gallery: Image map will now also show all markers as Gallery map will have same zoom as applied at Step 2. Only balloon will be on selected image.

Better map based navigation in the gallery: Removed pre/next links from image map.

Step 5 --> Tag tab: Easier entry of copy-and-paste text in the tag tab. (Replaced enter keystroke at Step 5 tag tab keyword textbox with space (“ “).)

Step 5 --> Generate tab: 'Overwrite existing gallery' alert popup should not come if Generate Modified files option is checked or there is no gallery present at Gallery location path. Step 5 --> Generate tab: New UI for gallery title and location to ensure Gallery path will always be in Sync. Gallery path textbox will have whole path of gallery unlike before to avoid errors due to confusions.

Gallery title displayed on generated pages and the page title tag (displayed in the browser window bar) will be now in sync even if you change title (in Step 5) for an existing gallery.

Improvement in 'generate modified files only' option: All html files will generate of that particular album if info checkbox checked/unchecked.

Better custom CSS support: Edit Customize theme will be accepted even if some property is not valid or not interpreting CSS (including comments and BLOCKED EXPRESSION.

Better custom CSS support: Properties will not be resorted by Shozam in theme.css file.

Detect any modifications in Gallery st Step 5 and prompt before allowing going to step 6.

Help URL’s verified and updated (Step 6 'Integrate with existing' links were broken after help server moved location)

Resolved issue for old version gallery having duplicated file names opening in Latest version.

EXIF checkboxes changes detected and generated required files.

Step 3: Made consistent text “Modify album pages” in context menu as well as on button

Removed issue from adding Bmp image and if source not available while generating modified gallery.

Added in warning message path for missing File /album name and image name on step 2 when file source is not available.

Resolved double dot issue on image map page.

Step 2 --> Other tab: Original link was not visible in image map page even if you include source image

Delete source image having special characters and apply watermark to existing gallery.

Info.htm file should not have extra space characters at info image path in info.htm file unlike before which was causing issue in Dreamweaver.

Step 6: aligned controls better in the UI

Updated License.rtf to 2004-2009.

STABILITY FIXES

Handled program stability issues for the following scenarios:

Step 2 --> Video tab: Preview click when Video file is Invalid/ Implemented same for audio/image preview (testcase 15569)
Step 2 --> Video tab: Select Preview from context menu for invalid video/image file (testcase 15636)
Step 2 --> Video tab: Previewing video (also from context menu) while video file is invalid or source deleted
Step 2 --> Audio tab: Previewing audio while audio file is invalid or source deleted
Step 2 --> Image tab: Previewing image from Context menu while image file is invalid or source deleted
Step 3 --> Options tab: Previewing audio while audio file is invalid or source deleted
Step 4: Load custom theme that has comments in the CSS file
Step 4: Load custom theme that has expressions in the CSS file
Step 4: Load custom theme that has a property added with no set value
Step 4: Load custom theme that has invalid text as a property
Step 4 --> Customize tab: Delete button when particular theme is already open or access denied
Step 4 --> Customize tab: Preview button when access is denied
Step 4 --> Customize tab: Save as button when access is denied
Step 4: About theme button when access is denied
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Generate gallery right after a source image is deleted
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Generate gallery opened from Step 1 after gallery was manually deleted or moved to another location
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Confusing Gallery Title with Gallery location
Step 5 --> Generate tab: Gallery location path mismatched with Step 1 Gallery location path
Deleting existing Gallery folder while it’s open in Shozam.
Deleting Source image while added video in single image gallery.
Deleting all Source images of particular album having single album before generating gallery.
Deleting all Source images of particular album having two or more albums before generating gallery.
Duplicated albums generation after deleting all Source images of particular album having multiple albums before generating gallery.
Access to path issue for My Shozam Themes folder.
Access to path issue for Gallery folder.
Generate Gallery when theme folder is not accessible.

KNOWN ISSUES

These are existing issues that are known:

Video files will not play *locally* in any browser other than IE 5; once uploaded it will play great in all browsers. Same for Original (source) file.
If internet connection not available or some other net issue occurs, map file will give JavaScript error on page.
If an existing gallery (created with an ealrier version than 1.2.35) has duplicated file names and if you open gallery in any later versions (including 1.2.35), due to duplicated file names Shozam will remove one image and it may generate twice the remaining image.
Due to security Windows Vista users not logged in with full administrator account privileges can only run Shozam if launched with “Run as Administrator” .

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Shozam version 1.2.34 update is released

2008-12-19T20:16:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.34 update is now available for free download.

2008.12.19 - Version 1.2.34

Changes:

Help links and help buttons open windows of different sizes, to accommodate the two type of layouts for the help pages.

New help link in Step 6 providing information on how to integrate with an existing website (links to FAQ page)

Trial version includes a couple of popups providing helpful information in Step 1 and Step 3

Minor text change in Step 3 of Shozam

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Shozam version 1.2.31 update is released

2008-10-11T00:23:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.30 update is now available for free download.

2008.10.10 - Version 1.2.31

Fixes: Generate "modified files only" feature vastly improved and now requires far fewer files to be generated. When modifying large galleries, the time required to process, generate and upload your gallery files is decreased by 50-90%, leaving you more time to have fun!

[Technical detail: this version update changes the structure of the gallery project file - WebGallery.xml that is generated in the root of the gallery folder. Galleries are forward compatible but not backwards compatible. This means galleries created by versions older than 1.2.30 can be opened and converted to the new format. Galleries created by this version cannot be opened by Shozam using versions older than 1.2.30. If you have a special need to use an older version of the program, we recommend you backup your gallery project files.]

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Shozam version 1.2.30 update is released

2008-10-07T04:12:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.30 update is now available for free download.

2008.10.06 - Version 1.2.30.0

Fixes:

Generate "modified files only" feature vastly improved and now requires far fewer files to be generated. When modifying large galleries, the time required to process, generate and upload your gallery files is decreased by 50-90%, leaving you more time to have fun!

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Shozam version 1.2.29.0 update is released

2008-06-09T19:05:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.29.0 update is now available for free download. Particularly users of versions #.26 through .28 should upgrade to this latest version.

2008.06.09 - Version 1.2.29.0

Fixes:

Issue in version 1.2.28.0 related to Vista permissions.
Issue in version 1.2.28.0 related to licensing of the upload module.

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Shozam version 1.2.27.0 update is released

2008-05-06T18:15:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.27.0 update is now available for free download.

2008.05.06 - Version 1.2.27.0

Fixes - this release mainly fixes issues reported by users related to the previous release

NOTE: Fixing map issues in existing galleries requires re-generating all HTML files. For this you can uncheck the "generate modified files only" in Step 5. This will also reprocess and re-generate all image files, which is not neccessary. Another option is to re-generate (all) HTML files only. For this, just change the View Type for the Gallery Map following the steps below:
> Start Shozam
> Step 1 --> choose to modify existing gallery
> Step 3 --> choose to modify an album (does not matter which)
> Step 2 --> select the the Map Tab --> deselect all thumbnails
> Click the View drop-down selector and select a different type
> Generate gallery (you can keep "generate modified files only" checked)
> Follow the steps above again and change the View Type back and re-generate (optional)
> Upload

11122: Fixed issue where Shozam did not run on Windows Vista. Ticket: 3C1-0FAB185D-3662
[Technical detail: Issue was triggered by the change of version format from four number groups to three. Fix relies on changing back to the longer version identification. The significance of each number is now as follows: 1) Major version, 2) Minor version, 3)Update release number, 4) Typically not significant.
10972: Expanded previous Map fix to display all markers on the main map of the gallery. Now this happens not only in new galleries but also in existing galleries, created by previous versions of Shozam
[Technical detail: Added support for trimming the XML for an existing gallery, making it compliant with the new format required by the changes to the map section]
11128: Fixed issue where the map label appeared on existing galleries.
[Technical detail: Fix above also fixes this issue]

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Shozam version 1.2.26 update is being repaired

2008-05-02T19:35:00Z

We have discovered several issues with the latest version 1.2.26 update released a couple of days ago.

There are two main issues related to this version 1.2.26.

1. Some users on Vista cannot run the program correctly. This is due to Vista permission requirements and the functionality was affected in this release. Installing the previous version of the program will rectify this situation. You can install this from the regular location, as we have pulled out the new faulty update:
http://community.shozam.com/files/

2. Some user report that some of their images are not being generated correctly after installing the latest update. Pages get generated but red Xs get displayed in the browser where images should have appeared. This seems to be a permanent corruption in the sense that installing the previous version of Shozam will not correct the issue. We are still investigating the cause of this and the best fix for it. As a last resort, users should install the previous version of Shozam, delete the affected images and then add them back to the gallery.

We appreciate you patience as we work on resolving the pending issues and are sorry for inconveniences caused to the affected users. Thanks to the users reporting the issues and assisting our fixing efforts through the Shozam Helpdesk. We currently expect all to be sorted out by early next week and provide a new clean program update at that time.

Shozam version 1.2.26 update is released

2008-04-30T21:53:00Z

Shozam version 1.2.26 update is now available for free download.

2008.04.30 - Version 1.2.26

Improvements

10973 Improved interoperability with Microsoft FrontPage. Fixed issue where Shozam Slideshow Page displays tiny 31px x 31px images.
[Technical detail: Issue was caused by FrontPage with Server Extensions enabled on the server as FrontPage would edit gallery pages without any explicit command to do so or any notification to the user that it has done this. Fix includes specific code on the Slideshow pages instructing FrontPage to not touch those files.]
Knowledgebase: http://helpdesk.shozam.com/Customer/KBArticle.aspx?articleid=3
Forums: http://community.shozam.com/forums/p/639/3364.aspx
Forums: http://community.shozam.com/forums/p/496/3358.aspx
10972 Improved Gallery Map functionality. Fixed issue where Map does not display all markers on the main Gallery Map. This fix affects only newly created galleries.

[Technical details: Changed the assumption of showing the gallery map with only one particular marker as it is given to global gallery map. Default changed to show all the markers of maps in the gallery. If user does not selected any image in the album, then Shozam will disable all the controls, except the View selector which allows user to select the type of view for the Gallery Map.]
Forums: http://community.shozam.com/forums/p/949/3305.aspx

Fixes

10974 Improved program stability. Fixed crash which happened under some situations when user in Step 3 clicks on an album while Shozam is still loading other albums.
[Technical detail: implementation was changed as in the case of user clicking Next/Prev buttons.]
10381 Improve page layout artifacts and cross-browser compatibility. Fixed issue where on longer gallery pages (like when having many PayPal Buy buttons, which extend the height of the gallery page) the page footer does not go all the way to the bottom of the page when viewing the page in Firefox and Safari. Rather, it overlapped with page content (or the Buy buttons). Ticket: 232-0F248F19-881 (other support tickets related to this issue as well)
[Technical detail: Adjusted a CSS class from "height =..." to "min-height =..." to support both Firefox and Safari browsers along with IE.]
Forums: http://community.shozam.com/forums/p/903/3147.aspx

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Shozam version 1.1.0.25 update is released

2008-04-03T17:48:00Z

Note this version update has been available for some time but not officially announced until now. You can check to see if you have the latest version by starting Shozam on your computer and looking at the version number displayed in the Shozam window title bar.

Shozam version 1.1.0.25 update is now available for free download.

2008.01.18 - Version 1.1.0.25

Fixes

10353 Program freeze at times when uploading large galleries (support ticket 203-0F104D91-93BC)
10365 The Other tab in Step 2 of the Trial Express edition did not display.
10366 Issue in image maps; sometimes last location would override all other locations

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Shozam version 1.1.0.24 update is released

2008-01-04T00:43:00Z

Shozam version 1.1.0.24 update is now available for free download.

2008.01.03 - Version 1.1.0.24

Fixes

10230 Shozam now accepts 6-digit affiliate numbers (support ticket 274-0EFBBC01-94AF9921)
9921 Fixed stability issue with VideoWidget (support ticket 06C-0ED10D5B-4B52)
10129 Fixed issue with gallery upload (support ticket 22F-0EE9A8B6-6159)

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Shozam at Imaging USA

2008-01-03T02:22:00Z

Shozam will be on exhibit at Imaging USA, the world's largest photography conference, in Tampa, FL. We are excited to be a part of this event and demonstrate Shozam to the uninitated. If you're planning to attend Imaging USA, stop by the exhibition and see us, KOMOTION, at booth #1823; we would love to meet you!

Imaging USA, January 6-8, 2008, at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL.