My progress and questions

[Keith W]

Re: http://www.manosextendidas.org/GALLERY

I have downloaded, then uploaded, EE1.5, B4, FP1.

I have reviewed the info on the other Fix Packs to get me to EE1.5, B5, FP2 but believe they are not necessary just to make a "simple" exhibition run. Therefore, I have chosen not to install them at this time but to concentrate on getting B4, FP1 working. Once that works correctly, I'll add the others.
1. Is this an acceptable or desireable course of action?

My server does not have the FTP module installed in its PHP, therefore I must upload photos manually. I have created 3 sizes, created files for them, uploaded them, and the path analyzer shows that they are correct. I have manually added them to what I call "Trial Exhibition" and the index.php page looks correct. However, when I click on the title "Trial Exhibition" or on one of the microthumbs displayed, NOTHING happens.
2. What might be some causes of this, and how do I fix them?

In one of the editors, it says something like, "Click here to get the URL which people should go to to view the Exhibiton. When I click there, nothing happens.
3. What might be the cause?

I can not find nor run "version.php".
4. Where is it and how do I run it?

In the US, Thursday is Thanksgiving day. I am thankful that Pekka has developed what I believe will be a great photo exhibition application, once I get it running correctly.

And I am thankful for the help that Pekka and others have/are providing.

[Pekka]

Keith W wrote:
Re: http://www.manosextendidas.org/GALLERY

I have downloaded, then uploaded, EE1.5, B4, FP1.

I have reviewed the info on the other Fix Packs to get me to EE1.5, B5, FP2 but believe they are not necessary just to make a "simple" exhibition run. Therefore, I have chosen not to install them at this time but to concentrate on getting B4, FP1 working. Once that works correctly, I'll add the others.
1. Is this an acceptable or desireable course of action?


There is very important data integrity issue fixed in beta 5, so I suggest to install it.

My server does not have the FTP module installed in its PHP, therefore I must upload photos manually. I have created 3 sizes, created files for them, uploaded them, and the path analyzer shows that they are correct. I have manually added them to what I call "Trial Exhibition" and the index.php page looks correct. However, when I click on the title "Trial Exhibition" or on one of the microthumbs displayed, NOTHING happens.
2. What might be some causes of this, and how do I fix them?

Add some more photos. This may be the known 7-photo rule issue (MySQL showing extreme slowdown with too little datain database).

In one of the editors, it says something like, "Click here to get the URL which people should go to to view the Exhibiton. When I click there, nothing happens.
3. What might be the cause?

Same cause as above, I suppose.

I can not find nor run "version.php".
4. Where is it and how do I run it?

It should be there in 1.5 beta 4 fix pack 1 zip. It's not important file, though.

If photo pages still do not open, mail me (pekka AT photography-on-the.net) URL to your input folder and I'll investigate. It is always possible that there is some data bug in manual input system - I have not tested it much as it is adapted from 1.3 where all worked ok.

In the US, Thursday is Thanksgiving day. I am thankful that Pekka has developed what I believe will be a great photo exhibition application, once I get it running correctly.

And I am thankful for the help that Pekka and others have/are providing.

Happy Thanksgiving!

[Keith W]

Thanks for the info, Pekka.

I added a few more pictures; 13 in all, I believe.

But the real solution seemed to be running "optimize EE database." I did that, and now it works as designed, for the most part. (I still need to refine a few things.)

The biggest problem now seems to be inserting and deleting photos. (I must use "manual" method.)

Thaks again for a fine product, and for your support.

[Pekka]

Keith W wrote:
Thanks for the info, Pekka.

I added a few more pictures; 13 in all, I believe.

But the real solution seemed to be running "optimize EE database." I did that, and now it works as designed, for the most part. (I still need to refine a few things.)

Nice, you're becoming an certified "EE guru" in no time!

The biggest problem now seems to be inserting and deleting photos. (I must use "manual" method.)

This is something that will be addressed in future releases. I really hate having all these PHP module requirements and I will work on getting around that. I've already tested some replacement code for servers which do not have ftp module in php. This is relatively simple to do when passive mode is not needed (passive mode protocol is more complex to reproduce, but it will come eventually too). It's there all in http://war.jgaa.com/ftp/rfc/rfc959.txt :)

Thaks again for a fine product, and for your support.

:)