This is why I asked the question about the settings. I thought it might be an incorrect username. For the Server URL i put “http://picasaweb.google.com”.

Simple question. Where do I get the “User Id” I should put in the Picasaview settings?

Thanks for your help.

-1- I am not clear at all having read your instructions and reviewed all the comments why when I do a simple [picasaView] the vignettes for all the albums in my Publicly available Picasa only display vertically one at a time.

See: http://www.au-trescols.net/01/galeries/picasa-view/

How does one display them on the page in, for example, a 4×4 grid and with paging – exactly as occurs when displaying a single album? Perhaps a full concrete example of this on your site would be useful as this question appears to have been made several times.

-2- I have v.1.14 of your plugin and have tried the display of a “non-public’ album. (I am using WP 3.01 in multisite mode with Safari Mac).

If I copy the URL of one album i.e. http://picasaweb.google.com/trescols/SharonStone?authkey=Gv1sRgCP_wgYaLhaUG
- which does work after I have logged out of my Google account -

and I put the following in my content box:

[picasaView album='SharonStone' authkey='Gv1sRgCP_wgYaLhaUG']
invariably I get the error message:

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I have also tried using the main authkey that is indicated in my Picasa account settings; same error.

I note that in a Picasa album’s settings there are three options: Public, All users having the URL and Private. The above SharonStone example has been tried using both the last two options: always the same error message.

I would greatly value your advice on these two points.
Thanking you in advance
Regards

Martin