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Testing if I can embed my own video and audio, now that the 'Insert a media' button/tool works again. First a video of mine... Then some " witch drumming ", again adding my own audio recording via 'Insert a media' button/tool... Both works alright! But what is really surprising is that the blog editor source code shows them as "images", boosted with class="embed" tag! =O Obviously there on the server side is some magic done to turn them into video and…

Peto kaj deziro Karaj geamikoj de Esperanto Mi estas ĉe Ipernity ekde 2008 kaj daŭras. En la komenco, multaj esperantistoj venis tien. Ipernity fariĝis en granda krizo antaŭ 3 jaroj, kolapso estis tuja. Rezulte, multaj Ipernity kaj bedaŭrinde multaj esperantistoj foriris. Nur 5 klubanoj restis. Dank 'al la financa subteno de multaj membroj, Ipernity estis ŝparita. Miaopinie ĝi estas denove vivanta komunumo. Kion mi aparte ŝatas - ĝi ne estas profitodona kompanio laŭ franca juro…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) For playing video or audio files, ipernity has meanwhile been upgraded to modern, secure HTML5 elements. However, at this time, files embedded in blogs do still need Adobe Flash Player. 2) While this modernization went off without a hitch, another one had an unexpected side effect: In the blog editor, the “Insert a media” option no longer gives access to your content. Until this bug is fixed we recommend an alternative method . We apolog…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The implementation of subscription options for users with high storage requirements has been completed. Instead of individual 100 GB boosts, as originally planned, a newly created Plus subscription with 250 GB included storage space will be provided : This was easier…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity, Exactly one year ago in a Newsflash, the ima team proposed a new subscription structure . With your help, it has been continuously improved and designed to be practical. Today the implementation has taken a big step forward. The "Basic" button on the subscription page is now active : Please note: Downgrading is only possible at the end of a subscription period. Th…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! For the final realization of the Basic subscription and the Trial subscription (see: summary of subscription options ), it was necessary to adjust the existing booking and payment processes accordingly. All these options are now fully implemented, tested and active . The following applies: 1) A new subscription can only be booked by holders of a Guest account. 2) First of all, only the 3-month free Trial Standard subscription can…

Über Wald- und Bergradler

angeregt durch eine Diskussion unter diesem Bild: www.ipernity.com/doc/lillianvirginiamountweazel/49294534

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) A few days ago, ipernity was exposed to a massive attack by Russian spam bots, who managed to overcome the Google Captcha authentication. Despite immediate countermeasures, some intruders managed to open accounts from which iper mails with links to pornographic content were sent to members. But at no time was any personal data or private contents compromised by this bot attack . Please delete any messages delivered to your personal address wi…

Instructions on how to add a picture in picture notes. A. Go to image which you want to add as a note on another image. Choose 'See all sizes' from 'Actions' menu to get the code . Select the size you want. 500px wide image is recommended. Skip this if you wish to add text only onto the note. B. Go to image where you wish to add a n…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) In addition to the language options in the main menu, we have enabled Esperanto for group management again . This allows our Esperanto speaking members to continue editing the descriptions and rules of existing groups. 2) The seed capital for the reprogramming of ipernity has grown gross to 19,740 EUR meanwhile. Of this, 3,389 EUR are donations and 16,351 EUR are bonds from the community. After deducting 700 EUR bank fees, this brings the…

People often wonder how the images become picked to ipernity Explore . And here I try to figure it out and explain, as well as I can. The very first thing one needs to understand is that Explore is more or less an overview on what is popular during last few days. However, popularity is a tricky concept. One should keep in mind that what is popular may not match with any subjective or shared understanding on what is quality . If number of ipernity members like images of fences, or more p…

Fifty years ago – August 15-17, 1969 – “three days of peace and music” at Woodstock in the tiny New York town of Bethel that had expected “no more than 50,000 people” [1] marked an epochal spiritual and cultural moment in global history when more than 400,000 people came together to enjoy music and spread peace and love among each other despite soaking rains, cramped space, and scarce provisions of food and water. Even though the crowd wa…

I saw this rather interesting news shared on social media, and thought it may interest also peeps around here: ➽ Camera sales are falling sharply by Om Malik So, supposedly phone cameras are taking over. Whether this is a bad or good thing depends on the point of view. Someone could call that as a "progress", and some may see it as a "paradigm shift". Or it can be even a "philosophical revolution". We all can't be masters of photography and professionals, but that should not stop…

I always try to find new ideas for photography, and pixelation is one of them. Here's a very inspiring artist. Daniel Rozin makes "mirrors" from somewhat any materials and surfaces, and gives a new perspctive on pixelated images. One possibility then is to try find a software that produces different shape of "pixels", other than just squares or dots.

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The number of new club accounts created in the first 8 months of 2019, now +74, already exceeds the total number of new club accounts created in 2018 (+62). The number of active club accounts even increased by +82 from 1,298 to 1,380 since the beginning of the year. This makes us very optimistic. 2) In addition, members of the VIEW Fotocommunity are currently interested in finding a new home for their photo hobby due to the closure of…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The removal of more than 200 abandoned member accounts with group administrator functions, mentioned in the discussion about the last Newsflash, caused many administrations to be automatically reassigned by the ipernity software. If you don't want to take over such a task, you can leave the group and join it again immediately. 2) This action, as well as our offer to reorganize abandoned groups, which has already been claimed more than thirt…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Lately there has been a proliferation of copyrighted third party content presented as own creation. Please be reminded, the Terms of Service prohibit the use of content that violates copyright protections. To protect the best interests of our website and photographers, IMA reserves the right to delete content found to be in violation of copyright laws with or without prior notice. To avoid this inconvenience or embarrassment we strongly rec…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The display of shooting positions has meanwhile been migrated from GoogleMaps to OpenStreetMap. This map is free of charge and has even better accuracy than GoogleMaps. In contrast to earlier times, the exact address and GPS coordinates are now also displayed. You can copy them directly into other applications, such as Google-Earth. 2) For the GEO-positioning of photos we have to use Google's fee-based service until further notice, because…

Getting back the original photos An important advantage of ipernity compared to social media sites like Instagram is that always the original file is stored at ipernity and you can get it back if needed. On Instagram for example uploaded photos are always downsized to a maximum height of 1350 pixel and a maximum width of 1080 pixel. When uploading photos to Instagram taken with a modern camera, therefore the resolution typically is reduced to a tiny fraction of the original resolution, while…