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[EN] As some of you may have noticed, ipernity has been down for about two hours this morning. The outage was caused by an extraordinary load on one of our databases which caused a side effect on the whole website. We are now analysing the situation and going to take mesures against this problem for the future. We apologize for any inconvenience.

[NL] Zoals sommigen van jullie misschien gemerkt hebben lag ipernity eruit vanmorgen gedurende ongeveer twee uren. De storing werd veroorzaakt door een buitengewone belasting op een van onze databases wat weer leidde tot neveneffecten op de hele website. We zijn nu de situatie aan het analyseren en zullen maatregelen gaan nemen om dit probleem in de toekomst te voorkomen. Onze excuses voor het eventuele ongemak.

Translation courtesy of Soepkipje

New "Suggest a group" feature

We've just improved the process to suggest adding documents to groups.

In a few words:
-- group admins no longer need to use comments to make suggestions (no more spam!)
-- doc owners are notified of suggestions in their Activity page
-- doc owners no longer need to join a group before adding a suggested document
-- suggestions are centralized for each document on its main page

Here is how it works now:

[1] Group administrators can now suggest adding docs to their groups using the "suggest group" button above each document.

[2] Suggested groups are now listed on the right column. This list is shown for group admins and document owners only. Not for visitors. So group admins can cancel their suggestions (clicking the [x]) and doc owners can accept or not to add their doc to a group. Doc owners no longer need to join a group before adding a suggested document.

[3] Doc owners are notified of such suggestions in their activity page.

Activity page

New API methods

Developers, we've just added 16 new API methods, in particular methods related to Groups ;-)

Let's play! www.ipernity.com/help/api

After several months of hard work, we are proud to announce...

...the ipernity API ;)

Welcome, developers! The API gives you freedom to create new applications that are powered by ipernity functionalities: web services, device applications, gadgets...

We've done everything to make the ipernity API simple and fun to use, even if you're not an experienced programmer. Each API method is implements a specific function and is well documented. Better yet, you can try every API method live. The ipernity API is compatible with all programming languages. There are also several API Kits to get started quickly.

Several groups are dedicated to the API including the API users group where you will find help, and the API development group where you can monitor current and future developments.

Ready to dig in? Visit the list of available methods or look at some applications that use the API.
We'll send a bottle of Champagne to the first three cool applications ;-)

The ipernity API is in BETA. During the coming weeks, we will continue to add new methods. Do not hesitate to give us your feedback in the API development group..

Dear members, since anyone can now write his own program connected to ipernity, cool features extending your ipernity possibilities will be put at your disposal very soon. Applications will be referenced in our 3rd-party applications directory. The best ones will be promoted in that blog.

Don't forget to tell your favorites applications authors how much you'd love to see those services connected to ipernity!

Clap clap clap ;-)

Thanks to Christophe and Tristan from ipernity for their hard work.

Special thanks to Luke, Craig, Phill, José, Rosmen, Paolo, Christian, Joerg, Sascha, Paul, Cindy, sencay, Rita, Roel, Oscar, Javier, Zhang, from our translator community, who bring you the API documentation in 10 languages.

Thanks in advance to the API developers community for contributing.

And many thanks to all of you who support us every day ;-)


Your ipernity Team

* 31/10/2008 update * Contributions are now closed. Thanks to all for your participation.

[EN] Promote your photos on a giant screen in Berlin Ku’damm with Ford Fiesta!

In October 2008, Ford Fiesta gives ipernity members the chance to be promoted on the Ford Fiesta Mega-LED-Screen (104 m2!) in the middle of Berlin Ku’damm.

Look at that, wow!

If you would like to see your pictures there, simply join that ipernity group: This is now! and add your best photos.

The pictures should portray the theme "This is now" and be based on people, hobbies and favourite places and scenes.

Convince our expert jury with your share - snap the chance to win an original iPod touch®.

This is brought to you by the new Ford Fiesta and supported by ipernity!

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[DE] Berlin will dich sehen! Mitten im Jetzt.

Der Ford Fiesta ermöglicht es ipernity-Mitgliedern, ihre Fotos zu veröffentlichen.

Die besten Fotos werden im Oktober 2008 auf der Ford Fiesta Mega-LED-Wand (104 qm!) mitten auf dem Berliner Ku’damm gezeigt.

Wer seine Bilder dort sehen möchte, tritt einfach dieser Gruppe bei und sendet ihr seine besten Fotos zum Thema „Mitten im Jetzt“!

Die Bilder sollten das Thema anhand von Personen, Hobbys, Lieblingsorten und Szenen aufgreifen.

Überzeugen Sie unsere Experten-Jury mit Ihrem Foto – und mit etwas Glück gewinnen Sie einen original iPod touch®.

Unterstützt wird die Aktion vom neuen Ford Fiesta und von ipernity.

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[FR] Vos photos projetées sur écran géant dans le centre de Berlin !

En octobre, Ford Fiesta donne l'opportunité aux membres d'ipernity de projeter leurs photos sur un écran géant de 104 m2 situé dans le quartier commerçant de Ku'damm au centre de Berlin.

Pour avoir la chance d'être exposé sur cet écran, rejoignez ce groupe et ajoutez-y vos plus belles photos.

Les photos doivent s'inscrire dans le thème "C'est maintenant !" et mettre en scène des personnes, des passions, des lieux favoris.

Si vous convainquez notre jury d'experts, vous aurez également la chance de gagner un iPod touch® original.

Cette opportunité est offerte par la nouvelle Ford Fiesta et ipernity!

Dear friends,

As you know, we are still working on releasing the ipernity API. Almost 80% is done but it's time consuming and while working on this project, we cannot progress on other improvements and new features (remember we are only 2 programmers). So we decided to make a short coffee-break last week to complete one of our "secret" projects ;)... BitTorrent!

As from now, ipernity proposes a solution to share voluminous contents such as full-lenght personal videos or entire folders of thousands photos, using BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol and the new ipernity tracker.

For those who don't know anything about BitTorrent and how to use it, there are dozens of tutorials on the net. Of course, we won't let you down: Lea is writing a new FAQ entry and will put it online in a couple of days.

How does it work?

-- from ipernity, go to the upload page: you'll find a new "BitTorrent" section and your personal ipernity tracker URL. Keep this address in mind.

-- from your computer, open your BitTorrent client and make a .torrent of the file(s) you want to share, specifying your personal ipernity tracker. Then start seeding this torrent to make it active.

-- from ipernity, go back to the upload page, BitTorrent section, and import your .torrent file in your ipernity space

-- that's all!

Your .torrent file is considered as a doc in ipernity. You'll find it in "your docs" page, "others" section. Like all the other docs, it can be added to albums, posted in groups, faved, commented, tagged... and of course you can decide who can access your .torrent (friends, family or every members).

On the .torrent doc page, you'll find specific information: torrent status, seeds/leechers, name and size of source file(s)...

Authorized members who want to leech your content must download the related .torrent file and open it with a BitTorrent client. Of course you must keep your .torrent file active until at least one leecher completed the download.

We hope that solution will give you more ways to share personal videos and 100MB+ contents.

Innovative isn't it?

The ipernity team.

PS: if you are asking "Next steps?", here is the official answer for the next weeks: API, albums grouping and ordering, password access.... and more ;-)

Hello all

We need more volunteers to help us in completing translation of ipernity into:
- Portuguese (European)
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Finnish
- Galician
- Hungarian
- Polish
- Czech
- Japanese

We need members translating from English or French or Esperanto.

Requirements:
- mother-tongue in one of the targeted languages
- perfectly fluent in English or French or Esperanto
- aged 18+
- ideally, experienced in translation and a good practice of internet and social sharing sites.

We give PRO accounts to volunteers and honor them in our Thanks page.

If you want to participate, please contact us from this page.

And a big thank you to all of you supporting and helping us every day ;-)

The ipernity Team

PS: we are also thinking about Icelandic and Russian, if you are interested, please contact us too.

You'd love to work in the French Silicon Valley and to participate to a fantastic adventure on the internet?
The ipernity (dream) Team is growing! We are looking for:

Junior software engineer

Skills
- Linux environment + Open Source technologies
- PHP / PERL / JAVASCRIPT / AJAX programming
- HTML / XML / JAVASCRIPT standards and peculiarities
- ideally, C / C++ / JAVA
- ideally Flex / Flash / ActionScript

Professional background
- 0 to 3 years, involved in at least one substantial project of Linux/OpenSource web programming
- ideally, scalability/high-traffic aware

Academic background
- engineer college (or at least 4 years in IT university)

Profile
- endowed, impassioned, autonomous, rigorous

Type of contract
French permanent, full-time contract

Salary
To be determined, according to background, qualification and profile

Location
- Sophia-Antipolis, The French silicon valley located here.

Please, send your application + CV by email to communication [at] ipernity [dot] com

You'd love to work in the French Silicon Valley and to participate to a fantastic adventure on the internet?
The ipernity (dream) Team is growing! We are looking for:

ActionScript / Flash developer

Skills
- algorithmic, script programming
- very good level in ActionScript 1, 2 and 3 - Flash 8 and 9
- global knowledge in Web technologies: HTML, PHP, Javascript
- ideally, computer graphics skills

Background
- at least 2 years in Web programming
- experienced in Flash/ActionScript programming

Profile
- endowed, impassioned, autonomous, rigorous

Type of contract
French permanent, full-time contract

Salary
To be determined, according to background, qualification and profile

Location
- Sophia-Antipolis, The French silicon valley located here.

Please, send your application + CV by email to communication [at] ipernity [dot] com

ipernity is proud to enable the first social mashup of the brand new Google Translate API.

Members and visitors can now request "on the fly" translations of posts, comments, discussions, descriptions, iperMails... written in foreigner languages*.

Translation is made from/into 23 languages*. Of course, automated translation is not perfect but we are convinced it brings ipernity members and visitors a real added value for a global understanding.

Thanks to this new feature, ipernity becomes the first social internet media facilitating exchanges between people from various horizons ;-)

(*) Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish. Esperanto and Catalan are not yet supported by Google Translate. We'll add these languages as soon as we find translation services with free API use.

[EN] Thanks to your support messages and to PicLens team, ipernity now supports PicLens 3D wall viewing of complete docs streams, favorites, albums, keywords tags, docs posted in groups... 

How does it work?
1) install PicLens plugin for your browser
2) go back to ipernity, then go to a docs stream, album, group or favorites page
3) drag your mouse onto one photo thumbnail, you'll see a new arrow button at the bottom left...
4) just click it and enjoy!

[DE] Danke für Eure Unterstützungsnachrichten an das PicLens-Team. ipernity unterstützt nun die PicLens 3D Bilderwand Darstellung von ganzen Dokumentströmen, Favoriten, Albums, Stichwörter-Dokumente, Dokumenten in Gruppen ...

Wie funktionert es?
1) Installiere das PicLens plugin für deinen Browser
2) Komm zurück zu ipernity, gehe zu einem Dokumentstrom, Album, einer Gruppe oder Favoritenseite
3) Zieh deinen Mauscursor über ein Vorschaubild, dann siehst Du einen Pfeil in der linken unteren Ecke des Bildes...
4) Klicke darauf und genieße!

[FR] Grâce à vos messages de soutien et à l'équipe de PicLens, vous pouvez désormais parcourir en 3D avec PicLens, l'intégralité des documents publiés par un membre, ses favoris, ses albums ou encore les documents postés dans un groupe.

Comment ça marche?
1) installez le plugin PicLens pour votre navigateur
2) puis revenez sur ipernity, et rendez-vous sur une page de documents, d'un album, d'un groupe, de favoris...
3) passez votre souris sur n'importe quelle photo, vous verrez une nouvelle flèche en bas à gauche...
4) cliquez sur cette flèche et laissez vous transporter dans l'univers 3D de PicLens ! 

[EO] Danke al viaj subtenmesaĝoj al la PicLens-skipo, vi povas ekde nun trarigardi en 3D ĉiujn dokumentojn, kiujn difinita membro publikigis, liajn plej ŝatatajn bildojn, liajn albumojn kaj ankaŭ dokumentojn, afiŝitaj en grupo.

Kiel tio funkcias?
1) Instalu la aldonaĵon PicLens por via foliumilo
2) revenu al ipernity, kaj iru al dokumenta paĝo, al albumo, al grupo, al plej ŝatataj dokumentoj ...
3) ŝovu vian muson super iun ajn dokumenton kaj vi vidos novan sagon sube maldekstre ...
4) alklaku la sagon kaj ekvojaĝu en la 3D-universo de PicLens!

Translation courtesy of Paul

[中文] 由于你们对PicLens团队的支持，从现在开始大家可以浏览特定会员发表的所有3D文档——他最喜欢的图片、他的相册以及发布在群组中的文档。
怎样运行3D？
1） 请为你的浏览器安装PicLens
2） 返回ipernity，进入文档页面、或相册、群组、最喜欢的文档等页面……
3） 将鼠标移动到任何一个文档上，就可以在左下角看到一个新的箭头……
4） 点击箭头开始畅游PicLens的3D空间吧！

Translation courtesy of Zhang

[NL] Dankzij jullie ondersteunende berichten en het PicLens-team ondersteunt ipernity  nu PicLens 3D wall viewing van complete streams van documenten, favorieten, albums, trefwoordenlabels, documenten geplaatst in groepen....

Hoe werkt het?

1)  Installeer PicLens plugin voor je browser
2) Ga terug naar ipernity en dan naar een stream van documenten, album, groep of favorietenpagina
3) Sleep je muis over een fotominiatuur, dan zie je een pijltje linksonder in beeld....
4) Klik daarop en geniet!

Translation courtesy of Soepkipje

[IT] Grazie ai vostri messaggi di sostegno e al team di PicLens, potrete ormai visualizzare le immagini in 3D con PicLens, tutti i documenti pubblicati da un membro di ipernity, i suoi documenti preferiti, i suoi album o ancora i documenti inseriti in un gruppo.

Come funziona?
1) installate il plugin PicLens per il vostro browser
2) ritornate quindi su ipernity, in una pagina di documenti, in un album, in un gruppo, nei preferiti...
3) Passate con il mouse su qualsiasi foto e vedrete una nuova freccia in basso a sinistra.
4) cliccate qu questa freccia e lasciatevi trasportare nell’universo 3D di PicLens!

Translation courtesy of cristina and koolinus

[EN] PicLens is a cool plugin transforming your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for online photos and videos. See a demo here.

We'd love to make ipernity fully compliant with PicLens. It would give members and their visitors the possibility to view photos streams, photos albums, even photos posted in groups... on a 3D full screen black wall. Klass!

We implemented a basic RSS-based integration of PicLens, allowing for instance to view through PicLens the last 20 posted public photos of one member. You can try by installing PicLens plugin, then going on a "member docs" page, then dragging your mouse onto one picture, then clicking the arrow icon.

For a full integration, we need PicLens agreement. Please help us to convince them by sending them a small message in that sense ;-) * edit: please stop sending support messages to PicLens, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

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[EN] As from now, you can touch up your photos imported in ipernity: we now support Picnik photo editing features.

Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It's fast, easy, fun and free!

Time for a try!

PS: we asked Picnik for a better integration and for advanced features such as importing photos from Picnik to ipernity. * edit: please stop sending support messages to Picnik, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

[DE] Von nun an können Sie Ihre nach ipernity importierten Bilder aufbessern: Wir unterstützen jetzt die Bildbearbeitungsfunktionen von Picnik .

Picnik macht Ihre Bilder fabelhaft mit einfach zu benutzenden aber starken Bearbeitungshilfen. Justieren Sie erst nach Herzenslust, dann werden Sie kreativ mit Unmengen an Effekten, Schriftarten, Formen und Rahmen. Es ist schnell, einfach, unterhaltsam und kostenlos!

Zeit es auszuprobieren!

PS: Wir haben Picnik nach einer besseren Integration und nach erweiterten Funktionen wie das Importieren der Bilder von Picnik nach ipernity gefragt. * edit: please stop sending support messages to Picnik, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

Translation courtesy of Dominik

[FR] Vous pouvez maintenant retoucher vos photos importées sur ipernity : nous supportons désormais les fonctions de retouche d'image de Picnik.

Picnik vous permet de rendre vos photos plus attrayantes grâce à ses outils d’édition très efficaces. Peaufinez vos photos préférées, puis transformez-les avec des quantités d’effets, de polices, de formes et de cadres. C'est simple, rapide et gratuit.

C'est le moment d'essayer ;-)

PS: nous avons demandé à Picnik une meilleure intégration et la mise en service de fonctions avancées comme l'import de photos de Picnik vers ipernity. * edit: please stop sending support messages to Picnik, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

[EO] Ekde nun, vi povas retuŝi la fotojn kiujn vi alŝutis al ipernity: nu subtenas foto-prilaborajn funkciojn de Picnik.

Picnik permesas fari viajn fotojn pli allogaj pere de siaj tre efikaj prilaboriloj. Plibonigu la fotojn laŭplaĉe, poste iĝu kreema per abundo da efikoj, tiparoj, formoj kaj kadroj. Estas rapide, simple, amuze kaj senpage!

Tempo por provo!

PS: ni petis al Picnik pri pli bona integrado kaj pri aldonaj funkcioj kiel la alŝuto de bildoj el Picnik al ipernity. * edit: please stop sending support messages to Picnik, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

Translation courtesy of Lars

[IT] D'ora in poi potete ritoccare le foto caricate in Ipernity: ora supportiamo le funzioni di editing fotografico di Picnik.

Picnik rende favolose le vostre foto con strumenti di editing semplici ma potenti. Modificate a vostro piacimento, scatenate la vostra creatività con miriadi di effetti, caratteri, forme e cornici. E' veloce, semplice, divertente e gratuito!

E' ora di provare!

PS: abbiamo richiesto a Picnik una integrazione migliore e funzioni avanzate come l'importazione di foto da Picnik in Ipernity. * edit: please stop sending support messages to Picnik, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

Translation courtesy of Roberto

[NL] Vanaf nu kun je jouw naar ipernity geimporteerde foto’s retoucheren: Wij ondersteunen voortaan de fotobewerkingsfuncties van Picnik

Picnik maakt je foto’s fabelachtig met een gemakkelijk te gebruiken, maar krachtige bewerkingshulp. Justeer eerst naar hartelust en wordt dan creatief met een heleboel aan effecten, lettertypen, vormen en kaders. Het is snel, gemakkelijk, leuk en gratis!

Tijd om uit te proberen!

PS: We hebben Picnik om een betere integratie en om geavanceerde functies gevraagd zoals het importeren van foto’s van Picnik naar ipernity. * edit: please stop sending support messages to Picnik, we are currently working with them - Thanks to all for your help ;-) *

Translation courtesy of Soepkipje

[EN] As we told you last week: "...we've improved many "underground" things... and a few visible things that we'll speak about later." It's now time to talk about the first visible improvements (others are coming very soon):

1. You can now rearrange your docs stream!
How does it work? By simply changing the posted date. You can edit this date document by document (through one doc page), or using the DocManager.

2. We changed the sharpening algorithm to make it smoother. Older photo thumbnails will be automatically regenerated in a few days. You'll understand better by reading Alan's post.

3. You can now permanently link the originals outside ipernity. We previously provided temporary links.

and for very soon...

HD video, watermarking...

[DE] Wie wir Ihnen letzte Woche bereits sagten: „wir haben viele ‚versteckte‘ Dinge verbessert ... Und viele sichtbare Dinge, über die wir später sprechen wollen.“ Jetzt ist es Zeit, über die sichtbaren Dinge zu sprechen (und es werden sehr bald weitere Folgen):

1. Sie können Ihre Bilder nun neu anordnen!
Wie es funktioniert? Durch ganz einfaches Ändern des „Veröffentlicht“-Datums. Sie können dieses Datum entweder Dokument für Dokument oder über den DocManager ändern.

2. Wir haben den Schärfungs-Algorithmus etwas weicher gemacht. Ältere Vorschaubilder werden in ein paar Tagen automatisch neu generiert. Um dies Besser zu verstehen, lesen sie Alans Beitrag.

3. Sie können die Originalbilder nun auch von außerhalb ipernitys dauerhaft verlinken. Bisher haben wir nur temporäre Links bereitgestellt.

Und sehr bald ...

HD-Videos, Wasserzeichen ...
Translation courtesy of Dirk

[FR] Nous vous en parlions la semaine dernière : "...nous avons amélioré de nombreuses parties cachées du service ... et quelques éléments visibles dont nous parlerons plus tard." Il est temps de vous annoncer les premières améliorations visibles (d'autres suivront très bientôt) :

1. Vous pouvez désormais changer l'ordre d'apparition de vos documents !
Comment ça marche ? En changeant simplement la date d'import. Vous pouvez modifier cette date document par document (à partir de la page principale d'un document), ou en utilisant le DocManager.

2. Nous avons modifié l'algorithme de netteté (sharpness) pour produire des images plus douces. Nous allons appliquer cet algorithme aux photos déjà publiées dans quelques jours. Vous comprendrez mieux en lisant l'article d'Alan.

3. Vous pouvez désormais utiliser des liens permanents sur les originaux en dehors d'ipernity. Nous fournissions auparavant des liens temporaires.

et pour très bientôt...

Vidéo HD, watermarking (marques en filigrane apposées sur les photos)...

[NL] Zoals we vorige week reeds bekend maakten "wij verbeterden vele verborgen delen van de service ...en enkele zichtbare delen, waarover we het later zullen hebben". Het is nu tijd om al een paar zichtbare verbeteringen aan te kondigen:

1. U kunt nu zelf de volgorde van uw dokumenten bepalen !
Hoe werkt dat : verander eenvoudig de datum van invoer. Je kunt zo dokument per dokument behandelen of gebruik maken van de Docmanager.

2. Het algorithme van de scherpheid (sharpness) is gewijzigd om zachtere foto's te tonen. De reeds bestaande dokumenten, worden binnen enige dagen gegenereerd. Voor meer duidelijkheid , zie Alan's bijdrage.

3. U kunt nu ook permanente links voor uw dokumenten, buiten Ipernity toepassen. Wij leveren de tijdelijke links op voorhand.

En voor héél binnenkort:

HD Video, Watermerken........ Translation courtesy of Dany

[IT] Come vi abbiamo detto la settimana scorsa: "... abbiamo migliorato molte cose "sotterranee"... ed alcune visibili di cui vi parleremo in seguito." E' giunto il momento di parlarvi dei primi miglioramenti visibili (altri arriveranno molto presto):

1. Ora potete riordinare le vostre foto e documenti!
Come funziona? Semplicemente modificando la data di caricamento. Potete modificarla documento per documento, o usando il DocManager.

2. Abbiamo cambiato l'algoritmo di sharpening (affilamento, nitidezza) per renderlo più morbido. Le miniature delle vecchie foto verranno automaticamente rigenerate nel corso dei prossimi giorni. Capirete meglio leggendo questo articolo di Alan.

3. Ora potete avere dei link permanenti agli originali dei vostri documenti fuori di Ipernity. Precedentemente vi fornivamo solo dei link temporanei.

e molto presto...

Video in HD (Alta definizione), watermarking (possibilità di aggiungere elementi in filigrana alle foto)...
Translation courtesy of Roberto

[en]

Hello friends,

ipernity is back at 18h20 (GMT+2) after 8h of hard work. We have prepared this maintenance since two weeks and we did our best to make it as short as possible. We've improved many "underground" things (storage system, database replication, ...) - and a few visible things that we'll speak about later.
Again thanks for your patience.

We wish you a great weekend.

[fr]

Bonjour les amis,

ipernity est à nouveau opérationnel à 18h20 (GMT+2) après 8h de dur labeur. Nous avions préparé cette mise à jour depuis deux semaines et nous avons fait notre possible pour la faire aussi courte que possible. Nous avons amélioré de nombreuses parties cachées du service (le système de stockage des documents et la réplication de base de donnée) - et quelques éléments visibles dont nous parlerons plus tard.
Encore merci pour votre patience.

Nous vous souhaitons un très bon weekend.

[it]

Ciao amici,

ipernity è tornata online alle 18.20 (GMT+2) dopo 8 ore di duro lavoro. Avevamo preparato questa manutenzione da due settimane ed abbiamo fatto del nostro meglio per far sì che fosse il più corta possibile. Abbiamo potenziato molte funzionalità "sotterranee" (sistema di memorizzazione, replicazione dei database, ...) - ed alcune cose visibili di cui parleremo in seguito.
Grazie ancora per la vostra pazienza.

Vi auguriamo un bel fine settimana.

[de]

Hallo Freunde,

ipernity ist nach acht Stunden harter Arbeit seit 18:20 Uhr (GMT+2) wieder online. Diese Wartungszeit war seit zwei Wochen eingeplant – und wir haben uns bemüht, sie so kurz wie möglich zu halten. Wir haben viele Dinge „unter der Kühlerhaube“ verbessert (Dateisystem, Datenbankverwaltung) – und außerdem ein paar sichtbare Dinge, die wir Euch später erklären werden. Nochmals vielen Dank für Eure Geduld.

Wir wünschen Euch ein wunderbares Wochenende.

[nl]

Beste vrienden,
Ipernity is terug operationeel sinds 18u20 (GMT+2)na 8 uur van ononderbroken inspanningen. Gedurende twee weken hebben we deze op punt stelling voorbereid. 
Vele "verborgen" delen van onze service werden verbeterd (het opslagsysteem van dokumenten, database replicatie) en een paar andere meer zichtbare elementen , waar we later op zullen terugkomen
Nogmaals hartelijk bedankt voor uw geduld.
En wensen U een schitterend weekend.

[eo] 

Saluton amikoj,

Ipernity revenis je la 18h20 (GMT+2) post 8 horoj da intensa laboro. Ni preparis tiun prizorgadon dum du semajnoj kaj ni faris ĉion eblan por igi la laborojn kiel eble plej mallongaj. Ni plibonigis multajn "subsurfacajn" aferojn (konservan sistemon, dinamikan kopiadon de la datumbazo, ...) - kaj kelkajn videblajn aferojn, pri kiuj ni parolos poste.
Dankon pro via pacienco.

Ni deziras al vi grandiozan semajnfinon.

[sv]

Hejsan vänner,

ipernity är tillbaka 18:20 (GMT+2) efter åtta timmars hårt arbete. Vi har förberett detta underhållsarbete i två veckors tid och har gjort vårt bästa för att göra avbrottet så kort som möjligt. Vi har förbättrat mycket i det fördolda (lagring, databaskopiering..) samt några synliga saker som vi kommer att berätta om senare.

Tack igen för ditt tålamod!

[EN] Dear members,
We are currently doing invisible things to make some new exciting features possible. The service needs to be temporarily cut off for maintenance operations.
We apologize in advance for this inconvenience.
Thank your very much for your understanding. See U in a bit ;-)
The ipernity Team. 

ipernity will NOT be available during 5 hours tomorrow Saturday the 17th of May 2008

GMT+10: Sydney time
from 05:00 pm to 10:00 pm

GMT+8: Beijing, Taipei
from 03:00 pm to 08:00 pm

GMT+3: Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki... time
from  10:00 am to 03:00 pm

GMT+2: Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, Rome... time
from  09:00 am to 02:00 pm

GMT+1: London, Dublin, Lisbon... time
from  08:00 am to 01:00 pm

GMT-4: New-York, Toronto... time
from 03:00 am to 08:00 am

GMT-6: Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires... time
from 01:00 am to 06:00 am

GMT-7: Los Angeles, Vancouver... time
from 00:00 am to 05:00 am

[FR] Chers membres,
Nous travaillons actuellement dans l'ombre pour préparer la sortie prochaine de nouvelles fonctions. Le service doit être temporairement coupé pour des opérations de maintenance.
Nous vous présentons nos excuses pour la gène occasionnée.
Merci de votre compréhension et à très vite ;-)
La Team

ipernity ne sera PAS disponible pendant 5 heures demain samedi 17 mai 2008
de 09 à 14 heures (heure de Paris)

[EN] Good news: we are now ready to translate ipernity into those following languages:
-          Swedish
-          Norwegian
-          Finnish
-          Greek
-          Galician
-          Hungarian
-          Polish
-          Czech
-          Japanese

We need members who could help us in translating from English or French to one of those languages.
* update * translators from Esperanto welcome!

Volunteers requirements:
- mother-tongue in one of the targeted languages
- fluent in English or French or Esperanto
- aged 18+
- ideally, experienced in translation and a good practice of internet and social sharing sites.

We offer a one year PRO account to volunteers (sometimes more), and their name on our Thanks page!

We also need more translators for:
-         Portuguese (European and Brazilian)
-         Danish

If you want to participate and to help us opening new doors to ipernity for more diversity, please contact us by iperMail!

[EN] You use to take pictures/videos with your cameraphone?
Publish them with one click in your ipernity space, using Shozu application ;-)

How to do this?

1) Go to your ipernity Preferences page, "Upload & blog by email" section
You'll find an email address like something@doc.ipernity.com. Keep it with you.

2) Go to www.shozu.com and create your account.

3) Add ipernity in your sites list ("MyShozu" tab / "Add a site" button).
Name for this site: ipernity
To email addresses: something@doc.ipernity.com (the email given in step1)

4) check if ipernity is your "one-click site" (otherwise click on "change one-click site")

That's all for the web settings. You must now install Shozu application on your cameraphone.

5) Open a browser on your mobile phone and go to this site:
m.shozu.com
Then click download Shozu, select your mobile and install Shozu application.

6) Close your browser, launch Shozu for the first time on your cameraphone, then sign-in (with login information you gave in step 2)

That's all!

As for now, when you take a picture/video with your cameraphone, you'll be automatically proposed to publish it in your ipernity space!

Have fun!

Unfortunately iphones are not yet supported by Shozu :-((

[DE] Nutzen Sie ihre Handykamera um Fotos/Videos aufzunehmen?
Veröffentlichen Sie diese über die Shozu Software mit einem Klick in Ihrem ipernity ;-)

Wie geht das?

1) Gehen Sie über "Mein ipernity - Einstellungen" in den Bereich "Hochladen und per E-Mail bloggen."
Dort finden Sie eine Email Adresse ähnlich something.doc.ipernity.com. Notieren Sie diese.

2) Gehen Sie auf www.shozu.com und erstellen Sie einen Account.

3) Fügen Sie ipernity zu Ihren Sites hinzu ("MyShozu" - "Add a site")
Name for this site: ipernity
To email addresses: something@doc.ipernity.com (die Email Adresse aus Schritt 1)

4) Prüfen Sie, ob ipernity Ihre "one-click site" ist (falls nicht, klicken Sie auf "change one-klick site")

Das sind alle nötigen Internet Einstellungen. Sie müssen nun die Shozu Software auf Ihrem Kamerahandy installieren.

5) Öffnen Sie einen Browser auf Ihrem Handy and gehen Sie auf folgende Seite:
m.shozu.com
Dann klicken Sie "Download shozu", wählen Ihr Handymodell aus und installieren die Shozu Software.

6) Schließen Sie Ihren Browser auf dem Handy, starten die Shozu Software zu ersten Mal und melden sich an (mit den in Schritt 2 von Ihnen erstellten Anmeldeinformationen)

Das war schon alles!

Von nun an, wenn Sie mit Ihrem Kamerahandy ein Foto/Video machen, wird Ihnen automatisch vorgeschlagen, dieses in Ihrem ipernity zu veröffentlichen.

Viel Spaß!

Leider werden iPhones noch nicht von Shozu unterstützt :-((
Translation courtesy of dominik.herz

[FR] Vous prenez des photos ou des vidéos avec votre téléphone mobile?
Publiez-les en 1 clic sur votre espace ipernity grâce à Shozu ;-)

Comment faire ?

1) Rendez-vous dans vos Préférences sur ipernity, section "Télécharger et bloguer par email"
Vous trouverez une adresse email de type something@doc.ipernity.com. Mémorisez-la quelque part.

2) Rendez-vous sur www.shozu.com et créez votre compte.

3) Ajoutez ipernity à la liste de vos sites (onglet "MyShozu" / bouton "Add a site").
Name for this site: ipernity
To email addresses: something@doc.ipernity.com (l'adresse email notée lors de l'étape 1)

4) vérifiez que ipernity soit bien votre "one-click site" (sinon cliquez sur "change one-click site")

C'est tout pour le paramétrage côté Web. Vous devez maintenant installer l'application Shozu sur votre téléphone mobile. 

5) Ouvrez une fenêtre de navigateur sur votre téléphone mobile et rendez-vous à cette adresse:
m.shozu.com
Puis cliquez sur "download Shozu", choisissez votre mobile puis installez l'application Shozu.

6) Fermez votre navigateur, lancez Shozu pour la première fois sur votre téléphone, puis identifiez-vous (avec les informations que vous avez fournies à l'étape 2)

C'est tout !

A présent, lorsque vous prendrez une photo / une vidéo avec votre téléphone mobile, il vous sera automatiquement proposé de la publier dans votre espace ipernity.

Amusez-vous bien !

Les iphones ne sont pas encore supportés par Shozu :-((

[IT] Hai l'abitudine di fare foto/video con il tuo cellulare?
Pubblicale nel tuo spazio su ipernity, usando il programma Shozu ;-)

Come fare?

1) Vai alla tua pagina delle Preferenze su Ipernity, sezione "Carica e blogga via email"
Troverai un indirizzo email del tipo qualcosa@doc.ipernity.com. Conservalo.

2) Vai a www.shozu.com e crea il tuo profilo.

3) Aggiungi ipernity nella tua lista dei siti (tab "MyShozu" / bottone "Add a site").
Name for this site: ipernity
To email addresses: qualcosa@doc.ipernity.com (l'indirizzo email conservato al passo 1)

4) Controlla se ipernity è il tuo "one-click site" (altrimenti clicca su "change one-click site")

Questo è tutto per i settaggi della parte web. Ora devi installare il programma Shozu sul tuo cellulare.

5) Apri il browser sul tuo cellulare e vai a questo sito:
m.shozu.com
Poi clicca download Shozu, scegli il tuo cellulare e installa il programma Shozu.

6) Chiudi il browser, lancia Shozu per la prima volta sul tuo cellulare, autenticati (con le informazioni di login ricevute al passo 2)

Tutto qui!

Ora, ogni volta che farai una foto o un video con il tuo cellulare, ti verrà automaticamente proposto di pubblicarlo nel tuo spazio ipernity!

Buon divertimento!

Sfortunatamente gli iphones non sono ancora supportati da Shozu :-((
Translation courtesy of Roberto Ballerini

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but they aren't supported by Italian telephony providers too ;-)))))))

[ES] ¿Usas tu teléfono móvil con cámara para tomar fotos? Pues ahora puedes publicarlas en tu cuenta ipernity sin pasar por el ordenador.

¿Cómo lo hago?

1) Ve a tu página de preferencias de Ipernity, sección "Sube ficheros y bloguea por correo electrónico"
Encontrarás una dirección parecida a cualquiercosa@doc.ipernity.com. Tenla a mano, luego la usaremos.

2) Desde tu ordenador ve a www.shozu.com, y crea una cuenta allí

3) Añade ipernity a tu lista de sites (Pestaña "MyShozu" / "Add a site").
Nombre de éste sitio (quizá aparezca en inglés): ipernity
Dirección de correo (quizá también aparezca en inglés): loquesea@doc.ipernity.com (esa dirección de correo que cogiste en el paso 1 del comentario)

4) Comprueba que ipernity es tu "one-click site" (si no es así pulsa en "change one-click site" para que lo sea)

Todo lo que hacer en el ordenador está hecho. Ahora ve a tu teléfono móvil (siempre con cámara) y sigue los pasos siguientes. Comentar, mejor hacerlo con el navegador nativo que con otros navegadores como Opera Mini.

5) Abre el navegador de tu móvil y ve a éste site, escribiendo la dirección correspondiente:
m.shozu.com
Pulsa sobre "Download Shozu", selecciona tu modelo de teléfono móvil e instala la aplicación cuando se descargue.

6) Cierra el navegador de tu teléfono, abre Shozu por primera vez en tu teléfono (busca en la carpeta de Aplicaciones o similar), e inicia sesión con la información que diste en el segundo paso de éste how-to.

Eso es todo, amigos.

Desde ahora, cuando tomes una foto o un video con tu móvil, podrás sublrla a ipernity con este estupendo programa.

¡Que te diviertas!

iPhone no es soportado de momento :-(
Translation Courtesy of Macram