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Duplicatr 1.1

Monday, October 23rd, 2006 at 9:07 PM

It’s been quite some time since I’ve worked on Duplicatr, my Flickr metadata mirroring project, so here’s an significant update for those that are making use of the code. This version adds a number of highly requested features:

• Mirroring of 500+ photos
• Fetching information about photos added since the last run
• Tag-based filtering
• Simplified installation and execution

Download
Duplicatr version 1.1 can be downloaded here, and a link to the most current version will always stay in the sidebar at left.

Installation
1. After downloading the package, unzip it using your preferred utility (I recommend The Unarchiver for Mac OS X, and 7-Zip for Windows — both are free) and save the files in a convenient directory in your web folder.

2. Open duplicatr_config.php with an available text editor and fill in the details for your MySQL database and credentials. Note that you must already have a database created, which can be done with any number of utilities or directly from the command line using the mysqladmin program that comes prepackaged with MySQL.

3. Also edit index.php and fill in your Flickr ID (or email address) and desired tags. Following the example in the code, you can add as many tags as you like. This may be useful if you intend to have only photos with a specific tag appear or be searchable on your site. If you don’t need this feature, they are commented out by default and won’t be used for filtering.

4. With the database ready and Duplicatr in an accessible place, visit www.your-domain.com/duplicatr/install.php, or whatever the path to install.php may end up being in your case. The install script will create the necessary tables and inform you of its results. Once completed, you can delete the install.php and go directly to index.php to kick off the duplicating!

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