Export and share photos with digiKam
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digiKam makes it possible to share photos in a variety of ways, and the application supports many popular photo-sharing services. In this article, we put digiKam's photo-sharing capabilities to practical use.
The digiKam application offers a variety of functionality through plugins. For example, the export functionality (which includes the ability to publish photos) is implemented via so-called Kipi plugins, and the application comes with a handful of plugins that support several popular services. To manage these plugins, choose Settings | Configure digiKam, switch to the Kipi Plugins section, then enable and disable the desired plugins.
Using the MediaWiki Export Plugin
As you would expect, digiKam comes with plugins that can be used to export photos to popular services like Flickr, SmugMug, and Facebook, as well as different web applications like Piwigo and Gallery. Additionally, digiKam features the dedicated MediaWiki Export plugin that makes it possible to publish photos to Wikimedia Commons [1]. Using the plugin couldn't be easier, but before you proceed, you should create a Wikimedia Commons account.
Once you've done that, select one or several photos in a digiKam album and choose Export | Export to MediaWiki. This step opens the export dialog window (Figure 1). In the Upload Settings section, select Wikimedia Commons from the Wiki drop-down list, enter your username and password in the appropriate fields, and press Log in. Under Information, specify the author's name and choose a license.
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