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[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) After a well-deserved summer break, the ima team is back and would like to thank all users who have enriched ipernity with pictures and other contributions during the summer and holiday weeks. In addition, we would also like to thank those who have internally maintained operations and were available to help with any disruptions or questions. We would also like to thank our IT service provider Qwellcode, who quickly repaired another unforeseen s…

We have just made a couple improvements on the photo page to ease navigation: display of arrows previous / next on the right and left edge of the page; starting up the light box view when clicking on the photo. Please note that we have added more color schemes in Gray tones. What do you think? The ipernity Team EDIT: adjustments have been made ( more info here )

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Copyright violations have again becom…

Our Club members have now access to this new great possibility: customizing the color scheme of their pages , for themselves and for their visitors. Drag your mouse onto your home page banner, you'll see a new "Color scheme" button ;) Would you prefer Blackcurrant? Of course, a touch of your personalized color will be added to all your pages. For instance here...…

1. It's spring now! Seasonally fitting, we now welcome all visitors to our website with the spring pictures you provided. Thank you for your support! You can watch all the current spring pictures as a slideshow on YouTube . 2. Positive news - We are keeping the membership contributions stable Last year, the expenses for the servers we rent from Amazon Web Service (AWS) increased. (We will provide you with exact figures at the IGA.) Nevertheless, the ima team has agreed not to in…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) We have eliminated the blue underlining of links, which some users found annoying. This means that we no longer follow the recommendations for barrier-free web design, but we do achieve a clearer overall impression. 2) Following the desire voiced by some members, the mouse-over effect of the top right drop down menu, which is underneath your member name, has been removed. You must now actively click the button to open the menu. 3)…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! Today we may present the new ipernity homepage for testing. We thank all those who have contributed to its realisation. Above all, we would like to thank the photographers who contributed the pictorial material. The entire collection can be seen here: www.ipernity.com/doc/team/album/1049798 During activation, there may be brief interruptions or slowdowns in operation tonight. We ask for your understanding and wish you a happy Easter! Your…

[EN] We notice again and again that e-mails to your registered e-mail address are not delivered, or end up in the spam folder, where they are overseen. So we try this additional way to send you important information. 1) There is important news about our first Ipernity General Assembly . 2) Please support our project Help with ipernity reprogramming Your ima team [FR] Nous notons encore et encore que les e-mails envoyés à votre adresse e-mail déposée ne sont p…

Version française : Veuillez faire défiler vers le bas ⬇️ Deutsche Version: Bitte nach unten scrollen ⬇️ [EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1 . In the meantime, we have further increased the attractiveness of ipernity for visitors from the web. Details can be found in a summary under the last Club News . This includes valuable tips on how to make better use of the keywords. 2. Now you can really advertise ipernity everywhere: Among bloggers, in forums, in social ne…

[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…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! Today, we would like to address two topics that have been of great interest to you in recent discussions. 1) Being responsible for a balanced budget, the ima team is not allowed to spend money that is not in the bank. Therefore, we cannot assign any more software development orders in 2018. In the short term, it's not possible to integrate a display of individual memory consumption or a donation button into the website, nor to fix any bugs. A…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The first pass to remove invisible content from the ipernity database has been completed. 14.6 TB of residual data (5.8 million files) from more than 10 years of operation were deleted. At the current exchange rate (USD/EUR = 1.13), this corresponds to an operating cost saving of EUR 6,944 per year from January 1, 2019. 2.2 TB of data from orphaned accounts that are harder to identify, are yet to be deleted. This can save a further EUR 1,037 i…

Photo credit: Landschaft im August - Landscape (cc) Marcel [EN] Try out our brand new lightbox with WIDER photos! You can launch the lightbox from individual photo pages by clicking on the photo, or from any page where this button appears: Of course, the size of a displayed picture depends on its original size and on the max size its author allows you to see. This is a good occasion to remind you that you can check up your settings for your own photos here .…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity 1) We have heard your urgent wish to specify the reprogramming of our website in more details! A corresponding elaboration will be presented to you in the next Newsflash on March 01, 2019. 2) Furthermore, we would like to fulfill the repeatedly expressed wish not to limit our request for financial support of the project to a 5-year offer. We have calculated shorter running possibilities, which we will offer you today in addition and will also s…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1. Website update: Improved album listing when uploading Until now, if you wanted to put a photo into one of your albums, it was often difficult to find this. This was because your albums were previously displayed based on the order in which they were created, with the most recent albums on top (see the following illustration, left-hand). In addition, the list was limited to fifty albums. This limit was expandable, but it was cumbersome. The di…

Quick update / Petite mise-à-jour

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) After having fixed the card and skrill payment issues just very recently, we are happy to confirm that the financial side of Ipernity has significantly stabilized. We already lowered the operation costs considerably and aspire to lower them further until the end of the year. 2) The latest bug, concerning the Google translator, has also been fixed. 3) Already, many existing club members have renewed their membership. However, some people h…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The maintenance of the servers at Amazon Web Service (AWS) last Wednesday did not interfere with ongoing operations. 2) The cleanup of invisible content as well as oversized audio and video files from old Guest Accounts is completed. Approximately 1.25 million files were deleted. As a result, 3.5 Terabytes of S3 memory was released at AWS. The expected annual budget relief is 1,750 EUR . 3) The ima team has decided to pass some of…

[EN] Hello all! Some maintenance operations are in progress and may cause temporary problems such as blank/broken images or unavailability of our downloading service. Everything should be OK again within the next hours. We apologize in advance for this inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding. [FR] Bonjour à toutes et à tous ! Des opérations de maintenance sont en cours et peuvent causer quelques perturbations temporaires comme des images cassées/blanches ou encore une indisponibilité…