iPhoto, Safari and Snapfish

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iPhoto, Safari and Snapfish

My wife is trying to using Snapfish (www.snapfish.com) to share photos with others. When she trys to upload pictures using the QuickUpload tool Safari says it can't find the plug-in. We keep getting the getting the message:

"The page “Snapfish: Upload Pictures” has content of MIME type “application/x-photocenter-upload”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed."

Snapfish doesn't provide any help or assistance. Any ideas.

Thank you!

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.3), iPod 30GB Video

Posted on Jan 4, 2006 9:04 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 4, 2006 9:19 PM in response to christophercallender

Hi christopher,
Did you download the plugin and follow the instructions to install it first?
Here is the page with the instructions:
http://www.snapfish.com/helpuploading#quickuploadmac
Since I don't have an account there I cannot get to the download page for the uploader plugin.

Lori

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Answer 2

Jan 5, 2006 11:19 AM in response to lori_diloreto

Thank you. I did and it installed the Photo Center Plug-in V2 with no problem. I think it is mislabled under MIME type on the Internet Plug-in page.

The Safari error message says that is is looking for content of MIME type “application/x-photocenter-upload” but the MIME type installed, or as indicated on the Internet Plug-in page is "application/x-photocenter-upload-V2".

Do you know how to change the Internet Plug-in page to have it locate "application/x-photocenter-upload-V2" instead of "application/x-photocenter-upload"?

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Answer 3

Jan 5, 2006 1:07 PM in response to christophercallender

Christopher,
You are right. It's not working. I don't know if it is the site, or Safari that is to blame.
I can tell you that this site does not integrate with iPhoto. You will find it very hard to navigate your iPhoto Library folder in the finder to find the photos you want to upload. You would have to share>export the images to a new folder on your desktop and then upload from that folder. Not a good and easy way to upload.
May I suggest you sign up for a different Online photo gallery site that is better integrated with iPhoto.
Shutterfly has an Smart upload program that you can download. You then drag images from the iPhoto Library into the top window of the smart upload program to upload them.
Flickr has an iPhoto plugin in that works directly with iPhoto.
ClubPhoto has a program available called PictureSync.app (it is actually not affiliated with clubPhoto but works with clubPhoto and other photo sites.You select all the images in iPhoto and run the software.
Good luck and sorry I couldn't help you with Snapfish. You might want to email them and tell them the problem.

You can use PictureSync to directly upload selected images in iPhoto to Flickr, Fotki, Zoto, SmugMug, Vimeo, You Tube, Photobucket, Webshots, 23, Buzznet, Club Photo, Textamerica, Foto Time and Real PhotoVideo.

PictureSync

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Answer 4

Jan 13, 2006 10:24 PM in response to lori_diloreto

All -

Thank you for your help. Snapfish answered my inquiry and solved the problem.

Christopher

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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:26:04 -0800
From: service@snapfish.com Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: RE:Mac OS 10.4.3, Safari, Snapfish and Internet Plug-ins [#5385370]
To: christopher_callender@yahoo.com
Hi,

Sorry for the slow response time.

This is a bug we recently discovered. The patch should be going out
soon.

Thanks,

Wayde
Snapfish Customer Care

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