EE 1.5 Release Candidate 4 out

[Pekka]

Download from http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/EE_RC4.zip

What is new in 1.3 -> 1.5: http://photography-on-the.net/ee/whatsnew_1_5.html

In rc4_installers -folder you have two installers which you must open with web browser to run them:

full_15rc4.php is full database installer which will erase any old EE and start from clean table - all your old data will be lost.

to_rc4.php Is a incremental update script which lets you choose a version and it will then update it to RC4. Currently you have choices


* EE 1.22 (full install)
* EE 1.3 RC
* 1.5 Beta 4 with fix pack 1 (1st full install)
* 1.5 Beta 4 fix pack 2
* 1.5 Beta 5
* 1.5 Release Candidate 2
* 1.5 Release Candidate 3

A correct choice will preserve your data. Backup you database first. EE 1.22 users may set up EE backup (set preferences in backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php - use same connect data as in /add/connect.php) and use it for backing up the 1.22 database.

If you by mistake happen to choose e.g. Beta 4 full as current version and you really have RC2, only visible harm will be admin username and pass reset and some misc settings set to default. Choosing 1.22 or 1.3 when you already have 1.5 will produce errors - don't do it.

As always, those who update should backup the database and all custom files
* add/connect.php
* ee_commerce/mail.php and any custom templates.
* pagetemplates/ -folder
* yourinput/backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php
You can of course simply avoid uploading all above, but errors always happen.

All files should be replaced, EXCEPT add/connect.php, backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php. After you have replaced the files, add the old custom data to the new ones.

Delete installer folder after successful update/install.

Backup your old database just in case.

For those who update from lower than RC 2, please do the old security-action set:

* open analyze_repair editor and wait it to finish once.
* go into default photodata editor, select EACH menu item and SAVE it.
* go to photo order editor and just select EACH exhibition in turn.
* open analyze_repair editor and wait it to finish once.

After update from any version you must go to optimize menu and do first defragment and then optimize.

Manual is coming soon, meanwhile EE "newbies" should (please) read http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php to the letter in order to put EE safely on gear 1.

Backup your old database just in case.

Delete installer folder after successful update/install.

Please also check that after update that following folders are still chmod 777:

GALLERY/temp
GALLERY/ftp_temp
GALLERY/export
GALLERY/input/temp
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/test
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/ee_temp_upload
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_files

Also, make sure that translation files match in structure with eng

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Whats fixed:


* added filefunction URL wrapper setting to rethumbnailer, export and snippets (demo).
* fixed several problems in export.
* added panorama to powertools.
* added new field: media (add in SETTINGS_dropdowns.php).
* changed preferred order of photo header reading from IPTC/XMP (IPTC field 105 "headline" is now most important).
* when "display photo detail" is OFF photo detail switch will be hidden automatically.
* fixed uncookied n/a and wrong data reference problems.
* fixed problems with multiple category id 1's on same photo. Analyze repair has a detect and fix for systems affected by this.
* fixed sql bug with sizepath menu sorting (sort by menutext)
* still found one bug in EE backup's DB A -> DB B database backup set restore.
* fixed bug in IPTC header vs. default header settings.
* other small fixes here and there



Some problems still remain. On my list I have

* reported: internal ftp times out with multiple (more than 5) photos. Could not reproduce yet.
* index page needs optimizing
* media field needs to be added to default photodata settings.
* Imagick functionality is not yet tested
* manuals

Feature-wise 1.5 will not have anything more.

After 1.5 I'll work mainly with...


* Lightbox (connected to EE commerce and E-card system)
* EE commerce Pro selling system with sophisticated logging and administration
* New more timeout-tolerant ftp upload system.
* Replace size variables with better system (id's)
* More snippet features
* Templates for index page
* Re-resizer (update and add photos sizes).
* Custom viewerstyles and extension conversion per photo
* Email notifications
* E-cards
* external upload (guest upload)


...and at same time work with these smaller features:


* make keywords linked like categories are.
* some translation checks and additions
* manual input (almost finished, but I have put it into lower priority after all, sorry)
* read EXIF in photo editor
* pagination to photo order editor
* order formatter in all order editors
* messagelevels
* orphan file check/removal ftp utility
* Export: erase old files first
* database table prefix (multi-install)
* dead soldiers count
* more powertools
* virtual names for exhibition id's
* PHPBB integration
* inbuilt FULL EXIF
* group indexstyles
* more optimizing
* color group dialog lists (unused exhibitions) for clarity
* more features to EE Backup
* multiuser permission and admin systems
* Etc etc etc. The list is endless.

[Pekka]

Oh and couple of things.

You may need to re-enter your ftp passwords.

Default login data is:

user: admin
pass: pass

[ThatAdamGuy]

I have tried to install this 'fresh' but I'm getting the impression that this is not supported. I see no config file that I can update with mySQL info, and so on. Any suggestions?

[Pekka]

Clean install of EE 1.5 RC 4

1. download http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/EE_RC4.zip, open in in your home machine and upload whole directory structure to your server, in folder of your choice.

2. Set folder permissions:

These folders must have 777 permissions for EE to work correctly (GALLERY is path to your EE main folder):

GALLERY/temp
GALLERY/export
GALLERY/input/temp
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/test
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/ee_temp_upload
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_files

3. Open GALLERY/add/connect.php in text editor and replace
$servername = "localhost";
$databasename = "DATABASENAME";
$username = "USERNAME";
$password = "PASSWORD";

with your own data (which your ISP gave you)

Then edit same database data in GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php

connect_menu ("localhost", "DATABASENAME", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "100" );


4. Open the database installer into your browser:
http://www.yourdomain.com/GALLERY/rc4_installers/full_15rc4.php
(if you get an error page on this stage your add/connect.php has wrong info).

When database installer is run, EE is installed. Delete folder rc4_installers.

You can go to your editor
http://www.yourdomain.com/GALLERY/input/
with

username: admin
pass: pass

and continue from there by following document http://www.photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php to the letter.

[ThatAdamGuy]

Thank you very much for this! I will test this out tomorrow, er, later today :)

[c_by_sinus]

Clean install of EE 1.5 RC 4

Then edit same database data in GALLERY/backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php

connect_menu ("localhost", "DATABASENAME", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "100" );


Hi Pekka,
THIS text was VERY helpful to me for setting up EE. Now it is running.
Allow me two comments:

1) I guess, the path above does not exist, it is in fact:
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php

2) I was not aware, that I have to create first a Mysql-Database. I have never used or worked with such DBs and hence I did not know this. And finally, when I heard this from my service-man, than I did not know, must I create tables or not.

Except this two troubles (specialy point 2) the installation went fine. Now I will go ahead to the path-setup, but because I know, that you did explain this very good, I am not very anxious, that I cannot do this.

Thanks for a great program!
Markus

[Ed Rotberg]

Pekka,

I must be brain damaged or something. My version 1.5 beta 5 is running just fine, but tonight I worked up the courage to attempt the upgrade to RC4. It's been a while since I've had to do any sort of maintenance to my version 1.5 beta 5 - it's worked smoothly since I installed it.

I am running on a Windows 2000 server, running Apache version 2.0.48. I get the most amazing garbage when I try to run the install script. I will paste a portion of it below, and I hope it shows up properly.

Do you have any idea what I'm doing wrong here????

Thanks in advance,

= Ed =

The garbage is pasted below the dashed line (I hope it shows up properly)
-------------------------------------------------
"; print "
Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY {$n} in page '{$p}':

------------------------------
"; print mysql_error(); print "
------------------------------

If you encounter this error with unmodified EE source code please mail this error to EE developers with version number, detailed circumstances when it happened and preferably with a database backup dump. All reports helps improving EE to your satisfaction. Thank You."; print "

"; mysql_close (); exit; } return; } } set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); if (!function_exists("ee_addslashes")) { function ee_addslashes ($x) { if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==0) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==0)) { $x = addslashes($x); } if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==0) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==1)) { $x = stripslashes(addslashes($x)); } if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==1) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==0)) { $x = addslashes($x); } if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==1) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==1)) { } return $x; } } if (!function_exists("ee_stripslashes")) { function ee_stripslashes ($x) { if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==0) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==0)) { } if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==0) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==1)) { $x = stripslashes($x); } if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==1) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==0)) { $x = stripslashes($x); } if ((get_magic_quotes_runtime()==1) AND (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==1)) { $x = stripslashes($x); } return $x; } } $verz = "UNKNOWN (maybe no EE at all?)"; $testz = mysql_query( " SELECT ee_version FROM ee_settings " ); while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($testz)) { $verz = $row['ee_version']; } ?>
EE DATABASE UPGRADE: EE 1.22 or later to EE 1.5 RC 4
Database '' used.
EE reports current version number ''.

If you are unsure which fix pack you have installed for 1.5, select fix pack 1.
CHOOSE CAREFULLY AND DO DATABASE BACKUP BEFORE UPDATING.
This updater works only on untampered EE installations.

--- SELECT CURRENT VERSION --- 1.22 1.3 (RC) 1.5 Beta 4 with fix pack 1 (1st full install) 1.5 Beta 4 fix pack 2 1.5 Beta 5 1.5 Release Candidate 2 1.5 Release Candidate 3
"; function ee_install ($query,$name,$report="1") { $update = mysql_query($query); if ($report == "1") { ee_error ($update,$query,$name); } if ($update) { print "" . $name . "OK"; } if (!$update) { print "" . $name . "ALREADY EXISTS"; } return; } if ($version == "122") { function check_id($table,$id) { $row = $table . "." . $table . "_id"; $check = mysql_query( " SELECT $row FROM $table WHERE $row = '$id' " ); if (!$check) { print "

" . $row . " ...... NOT FOUND!" ; print "ERROR: INSTALL ABORTED"; exit(); } if ($check) { print "

" . $row . " ...... OK" ; } } $test = mysql_query( " SELECT ee_version FROM ee_settings " ); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($test)) { $ver = $row['ee_version']; } if ($ver == "1.22") { print " "; } else { $v = "1.0"; $test2 = mysql_query( " SELECT ee_version FROM ee_settings " ); if ($test2) { while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($test2)) { $v = $row['ee_version']; } } $today = date("Y-m-d"); print "No action taken. You have version " . $v . ". This updater works only on EE 1.22.

"; //print $features; exit(); } function borg ($assimilate) { $feeder = mysql_query( " $assimilate "); if (!$feeder) { echo("

" . mysql_error() . "

[Pekka]

Ed,

That looks like the server fails to run PHP code (or just sees it as html) which may mean misconfiguration of server. It may also be a damaged file, so first thing I'd do is to download the installer again.

[Ed Rotberg]

Ed,

That looks like the server fails to run PHP code (or just sees it as html) which may mean misconfiguration of server. It may also be a damaged file, so first thing I'd do is to download the installer again.

Pekka,

I re-downloaded as suggested and tried again with the same result :(

I'm not sure what to think. My server obviously runs php as I've been running version 15. beta 5 (and earleir version going back to 1.4) for quite some time now.

I've tried to open the installer (to_rc4.php) by dragging it onto Internet Explorer, by navigating to the file from the Open dialog, and by programming a link to the file in an html page. Nothing seems to work. I either get a helper app to open the source code, or I get the output that I quoted above.

I copied the entire EE_RC4 folder to the Apache htdocs root before trying to run it. Am I supposed to follow some other procedures? The really good news is that none of this has affected the operation of my current 1.5b5 gallery. If you'd like to see with your own eyes that it runs php just fine, here is the link:
http://www.edrotberg.org/gallery

FWIW, I'm running PHP 4.3.5. I think I gave the Apache version in the prior post. If you have other specific questions or would like access to the system, I'd be happy to arrange that for you, since I own the server and it sits in my home. :)

Thanks in advance.

= Ed =

[johannareb]

When I click test now to test the ftp connection I get an error msg:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ftp_connect() in /customers/oppenbok.com/oppenbok.com/httpd.www/test/fetchsettings.php on line 2053

under Test report. So I have no idea if it is working or what is wrong. What should I do?

[Pekka]

When I click test now to test the ftp connection I get an error msg:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ftp_connect() in /customers/oppenbok.com/oppenbok.com/httpd.www/test/fetchsettings.php on line 2053

under Test report. So I have no idea if it is working or what is wrong. What should I do?

You don't have PHP ftp module installed on your server. Change ftp engine to "EE Internal FTP" on that same page.

[johannareb]

OK, it is working. BUT now to a stupid question:
How do I install ImageMagick or Imagick? It has to be installed on the server, right? Not only on my computer? I understand nothing of the manuals ans readmes I find when I have downloaded the programs.
I really want this to work, I like this gallery system a LOT! Thankyou.

[Ed Rotberg]

Pekka,

As I stated in my last post, I still have not gotten the installer to work, even after re-downloading a couple of times. Is there anything else you can think of that I might try? I'd really like to get up-to-date as I'm using the gallery more these days.

I believe that I've given version numbers for Apache and PHP in my previous posts.

Thanks in advance,

= Ed =

[Pekka]

OK, it is working. BUT now to a stupid question:
How do I install ImageMagick or Imagick? It has to be installed on the server, right? Not only on my computer? I understand nothing of the manuals ans readmes I find when I have downloaded the programs.
I really want this to work, I like this gallery system a LOT! Thankyou.

Imagemagick must be installed on web server EE runs in.
Download and installation info is at http://www.imagemagick.org/www/download.html

[Pekka]

Pekka,

As I stated in my last post, I still have not gotten the installer to work, even after re-downloading a couple of times. Is there anything else you can think of that I might try? I'd really like to get up-to-date as I'm using the gallery more these days.

I believe that I've given version numbers for Apache and PHP in my previous posts.

Thanks in advance,

= Ed =

Sorry Ed, I've been very busy with home stuff and photography and also my computer burned with heat and when rebuilding it got big problems with faulty hardware at the same time, plus many other bad luck issues when rebuildng the system. So I may have missed a lot of replies :(

I'm sure the problem you have is in how you unpack the zip file. Or in how you upload the files to server. The ZIP is packed with Winzip 8 which is the most used zip packer in the world. You can either unpack it at home and then upload the files, or upload the zip and unpack it in server. How have you done it? If you can PM me your ftp info I can get in an do the installation from here, perhaps that'll reveal something.

Apache 2 and older PHP's do not match well, but if your older EE runs then newer one should not have any problems.

[johannareb]

Thank you for IM-answer, I will try. But actually, I was wrong about ftp working. I changed to internal ftp and got OK at test page, but when I upload to exhibition the image stays in the UPLOAD folder and does not move or copy to the folder I created and CHMOD 777 via my FTP-program. According to EE it is working but this is not the case - unfortunately! Have not had the time to search for answer in manual and in forum, but since this is a quite new version, maybe the questions has not been asked before. SO thankful for all help!
www.oppenbok.com/test

(And why is the image url pointing to an other than the one I stated in path setup?)

[Pekka]

Thank you for IM-answer, I will try. But actually, I was wrong about ftp working. I changed to internal ftp and got OK at test page, but when I upload to exhibition the image stays in the UPLOAD folder and does not move or copy to the folder I created and CHMOD 777 via my FTP-program. According to EE it is working but this is not the case - unfortunately! Have not had the time to search for answer in manual and in forum, but since this is a quite new version, maybe the questions has not been asked before. SO thankful for all help!
www.oppenbok.com/test

(And why is the image url pointing to an other than the one I stated in path setup?)

What you seem to have is path setup problems. Please read very carefully the document http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php and especially the chapter "4. PATH SYSTEM SETUP". It may be tedious but it will let you understand the settings and components of the whole upload system.

Also, you have

//print count($allowedexhibs); ?>

on top of some pages and that does not belong there. Perhaps you could upload the files again, looks like file corruption.

[johannareb]

I have checked and double checked according to the manual all about ftp and paths. I run the test in EE ftp home server and I get OK on everything except:
CHECK IF EE HOME DIRECTORY: FAILED Reason: unknown

I have put EE in a subdirectory called test and under ftp path to EE root I wrote /www/test which I have seen is correct in other steps of the test I run at the same page. Please, what do I do wrong?? I have the impression that this is where I make a mistake, but what mistake? Thankful for all help.

[Pekka]

I have checked and double checked according to the manual all about ftp and paths. I run the test in EE ftp home server and I get OK on everything except:
CHECK IF EE HOME DIRECTORY: FAILED Reason: unknown

I have put EE in a subdirectory called test and under ftp path to EE root I wrote /www/test which I have seen is correct in other steps of the test I run at the same page. Please, what do I do wrong?? I have the impression that this is where I make a mistake, but what mistake? Thankful for all help.

Please check the ftp path using ftp program and PWD command. There may be several apparent paths in system but only one those is the correct one which physically contains EE folder.

Also, check that your "ftp path to EE root" is not same as test address (e.g. "/var/www/test"), it must point to EE's index folder.

[kummy]

i have a problem in FTP server setup, when i test, the details show me:

FAILED Reason: ftp_login(): Authentication failed, sorry

what's wrong with that? i 've checked that my server has PHP ftp module installed. i'm sure that my username and password is right.

[Pekka]

i have a problem in FTP server setup, when i test, the details show me:

FAILED Reason: ftp_login(): Authentication failed, sorry

what's wrong with that? i 've checked that my server has PHP ftp module installed. i'm sure that my username and password is right.

Try the EE's internal FTP - it may give more thorough error messages.

[kummy]

Try the EE's internal FTP - it may give more thorough error messages.

done...everything is fine now... :lol:

[nailzzz]

When i finished FTP Setup and press TEST:

UPLOAD TEST IMAGE 'ee_test0.jpg': FAILED Reason: ftp_put(): Type set to I

help me please

[c_by_sinus]

After 1.5 I'll work mainly with...


* Lightbox (connected to EE commerce and E-card system)
* EE commerce Pro selling system with sophisticated logging and administration
* New more timeout-tolerant ftp upload system.
* Replace size variables with better system (id's)
* More snippet features
* Templates for index page
* Re-resizer (update and add photos sizes).
* Custom viewerstyles and extension conversion per photo
* Email notifications
* E-cards
* external upload (guest upload)


Hi Pekka,
I hate to ask, really (and finally, I know, where you are just now ;)

The above list covers all, what I need, in fact specially the first two.

Do you have a ROUGHLY timeline for this? I ask because I must manage my photos (I guess, like you: pressure from here and there).
Because I love EE, but covers not all my important things, it would be very helpful, when I would know for example "This comes about last quarter of 2004" or "this comes about sommer 2005" or so.

That would be enough information to decide, what to do.

Of course, you can also say "I can not say it, let's see", but even this would be a good information for me.

Thanks Pekka, for all the work. I will stay with EE, but maybe I have to let running another system parallel. Just now I do not know, I hope, I can get some hints from you for your timeline.

Have a good time!!
Markus

[Cyclist]

That's something I would like to know as well. I am going to adapt EE to my needs but if there will be the final version just around the corner I might wait for that before changing anything. Can you give already some rough information about the final version, Pekka or is it too early to say anything about it right now?

[Big Ryg]

...and at same time work with these smaller features:
(shortened for brevity)

* PHPBB integration


Today I received an ultimatum from my ISP to upgrade to PHPBB 2.0.1.1 "or else" and my question centers around my ignorance of what I'm really running in regards to EE1.5 RC4. Given the quote above from Pekka, can I assume that EE 1.5 RC 4 does not utilize PHPBB and that my ISP simply sent a message blast to all of its customers running .php extensions? Or is there something that I need to do to upgrade? For ex: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=240636

I didn't install anything on their servers outside of what was in the intructions for the EE 1.5 RC4 install. Can someone please confirm whether or not I need perform an upgrade to PHPBB 2.0.1.1 if all I'm running is EE 1.5 RC4? Sorry for very dumb question!

[Pekka]

Today I received an ultimatum from my ISP to upgrade to PHPBB 2.0.1.1 "or else" and my question centers around my ignorance of what I'm really running in regards to EE1.5 RC4. Given the quote above from Pekka, can I assume that EE 1.5 RC 4 does not utilize PHPBB and that my ISP simply sent a message blast to all of its customers running .php extensions? Or is there something that I need to do to upgrade? For ex: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=240636

I didn't install anything on their servers outside of what was in the intructions for the EE 1.5 RC4 install. Can someone please confirm whether or not I need perform an upgrade to PHPBB 2.0.1.1 if all I'm running is EE 1.5 RC4? Sorry for very dumb question!
No, EE 1.5 RC 4 has absolutely nothing to do woth PHPBB. There is no PHPBB integration in EE yet. Upgrading PHPBB is wise because it has had so many security bugs.

If you have not installed PHPBB on your site then just ignore the ISP's message.

[mjreagle]

After following installation instructions, and attempting to run the full_15rc4.php file I get an Internal Server Error (500).

Upon looking at my error logs I have a [error] Premature end of script headers: full_15rc4.php

If you run the script through my hosting providers cgi-script syntax checker it produces "Unterminated <> operator at /usr/home/web/users/myUserIDnumber/html/gallery/rc4_installers/full_15rc4.php line 2. http://netadmin.prohosting.com/netadmin/images/spacer.gif"

I would appreciate any and all help!!!!!

FYI: I have APACHE on a linux server

[fobturbo]

Has anyone had any problems with transferring picture files over a certain size to their photos/normal directory? Seems like whenever I try to transfer pictures 3 megs & larger each the Editor.php returns a blank page.

[lost]

I am having the exact same problem. As a temporary workaround I resized the pictures before uploading. But this is a pain as I dont have Photoshop anymore (dont ask).

[dzilk]

When i finished FTP Setup and press TEST:

UPLOAD TEST IMAGE 'ee_test0.jpg': FAILED Reason: ftp_put(): Type set to I

help me please

I am having this same problem. All five of the test images fail in the same way. It started after my ISP upgraded their servers. Everything ran fine up til then.

Any suggestions?

[jojo]

I'm trying to install Exhibit Engine 1.5, and all goes well until I get to step # 6. My server returns the error: "The requested URL /gallery/install.php does not exist." I checked the server and sure enough, the file is missing. I went back to the unzipped files on my pc, and install.php doesn't exist there either. I tried downloading and extracting EE_RC4.zip again, but I still can't find the file. Where can I get a copy of install.php?

Thanks.

[Pekka]

I'm trying to install Exhibit Engine 1.5, and all goes well until I get to step # 6. My server returns the error: "The requested URL /gallery/install.php does not exist." I checked the server and sure enough, the file is missing. I went back to the unzipped files on my pc, and install.php doesn't exist there either. I tried downloading and extracting EE_RC4.zip again, but I still can't find the file. Where can I get a copy of install.php?

Thanks.

The installer files are in rc4_installers folder, so if you do a new install (no previous EE) use

/rc4_installers/full_15rc4.php

See http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=192221#post192221

[jojo]

Although I get the message that my upload completes successfully, I'm seeing a couple of error messages after my upload completes:

msg 1229 | internal ftp: local: WARNING! NO MICROTHUMB RESIZEMETHOD DEFINED IN PATH EDITOR.
YOU WILL SEE A BROKEN IMAGE LINK FOR THIS MICROTHUMB

msg 1228 | internal ftp: local: WARNING! NO THUMB RESIZEMETHOD DEFINED IN PATH EDITOR.
YOU WILL SEE A BROKEN IMAGE LINK FOR THIS THUMB

On the Path Editor screen (EDITOR_path_setup.php), the drop-down box under Resize Method is set to None for Size Paths, Thumb Paths, and Microthumb paths. When I click the drop-down box, None is the only option so I can't change it to anything else. Is there some other place that I should be defining the thumb and microthumb resize methods?

[Pekka]

Although I get the message that my upload completes successfully, I'm seeing a couple of error messages after my upload completes:

msg 1229 | internal ftp: local: WARNING! NO MICROTHUMB RESIZEMETHOD DEFINED IN PATH EDITOR.
YOU WILL SEE A BROKEN IMAGE LINK FOR THIS MICROTHUMB

msg 1228 | internal ftp: local: WARNING! NO THUMB RESIZEMETHOD DEFINED IN PATH EDITOR.
YOU WILL SEE A BROKEN IMAGE LINK FOR THIS THUMB

On the Path Editor screen (EDITOR_path_setup.php), the drop-down box under Resize Method is set to None for Size Paths, Thumb Paths, and Microthumb paths. When I click the drop-down box, None is the only option so I can't change it to anything else. Is there some other place that I should be defining the thumb and microthumb resize methods?

Before resize methods options are visible you must have either GD or Imagemagick set as "installed" for EE: This is done in graphics modules setup page, e.g. do the GD2 test and if all is ok click the green link to make EE use it. If you have both IM and GD installed in EE, you can choose which graphics engine to use in resize methods editor (and for the thumbs in path editor).

See "Manual" in editor for more detailed info.

[Oeht]

I really would like to try the new engine (updating from 1.22), but one question (so far):

Do I have to replace all the files in my www-directory, i.e. are all php-files new? I'm asking because I did some (little) manipulation on some files and translated quite some text into Dutch. Would be a waste to throw it all away...

[Bluelens]

I don't know what is going on, but every time I try to install EE beta I get problems. The files seem to load up fine but when it gets to "input/backup/slow_restore.php" things go badly. The transmission locks up and I can't FTP into my server for a few minutes. Any idea what could be causing that problem. The files before that work fine and the files after that (when I can upload again) seem to transfer fine.

I even tried to copy the info in the file and paste it into adifferent, new file and upload that with a different name but no dice.

[lost]

Just a thought but it could be a corupt file. I would redownload EE and replace the (possibly) bad file.

[Bluelens]

Just a thought but it could be a corupt file. I would redownload EE and replace the (possibly) bad file.


Well, I thought that too. I downloaded the file from four different computers and got the same issue. It is really odd. I also have my hosting company involved in this to see if they are having issues as well. The whole thing is odd though. I can upload any other file from the download but that one.

[Pekka]

Well, I thought that too. I downloaded the file from four different computers and got the same issue. It is really odd. I also have my hosting company involved in this to see if they are having issues as well. The whole thing is odd though. I can upload any other file from the download but that one.

That file is like any other php file. Nothing special there. Very strange.

[lost]

Try a different FTP client.

[Bluelens]

Well, after dropping the hosting company and going with a different group things worked just as they should. Won't go into details here on the trials and tribulation of trying to get EE up, but siffice it to say, I am much happier now that I can actually play with it.

Oh well.

Now to learn all the nitty gritty of the EE.

[Oeht]

I really would like to try the new engine (updating from 1.22), but one question (so far):

Do I have to replace all the files in my www-directory, i.e. are all php-files new? I'm asking because I did some (little) manipulation on some files and translated quite some text into Dutch. Would be a waste to throw it all away...

Please? I'd really like to use the upload options coming with 1.5

[Pekka]

Please? I'd really like to use the upload options coming with 1.5

Yes, if you update 1.22 to 1.5 you'll have to replace all php files. You can download dutch language files from http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50662

[digital_satori]

Hi everyone! My first post here... I'll try to get everything detailed so it's clear.. :lol:

I'm using:

EE Version: 1.5 RC4
MySQL version (reported by MySQL server): 4.1.9-log
PHP version: 4.3.11
FTP tests all work out
ImageMagick tests give me less than 5Kb on tests using +profile "*"


My Problem:

I am on the index page and see 5 random thumbs of the 28 pictures I have in 1 gallery, and I click on a thumb. It averages about 74 seconds before the mid-sized JPEG shows up on screen. Selecting the larger-sized JPEG from the drop-down list, I wait almost another 74 seconds for it to appear with its watermark.

Answers to your first questions:

1) Yes, I have optimized the indexes. Here is a total count I have:





8 size paths (only 2 used), 8 thumb paths (only 1 used), 8 microthumb paths (only 1 used)
7 photographers (only using one)
8 cameras
13 lenses
11 lights
13 categories
8 workflows
I have defragmented, optimized, performed a backup, and restored, and the performance is still at 75 seconds to render a photo.

2) I have the paths set up correctly... I upload a picture, and then have them thumbed, microthumbed, resized to a directory /normal (this is default) where the picture is resized to 475 using longest edge with only 25% compression, and to /big using 640 longest edge, watermark and 50% compression.
** note here: when I perform in the UPLOAD TO DATABASE (EDITOR_upload.php) screen an upload, the picture is listed. I click on it, hightlight the two resize methods, and look at everything, then press "Upload" at the bottom of the screen.
While using an FTP program (ws_ftp) I do not see the pics in the /big folder, but checking with my server host's sitemanager program, I actually *see* the pictures there. So, the resized pics are truly there.**
The pictures I upload *all* have spaces that convert to _ and, from reading previous posts, it seems that this is no longer an issue for EE.

3) I *am* uploading the ORIGINAL files in all their ~2MB glory, and having the resizing done from the ORIGINAL. Could *this* be my problem? I think I answered my own question above in 2).

All FTP paths are correct, all needed image-editing modules are correctly identified, and all of this still leaves me waiting ~75 seconds each for a 475x356 picture and 640x480 larger version to load.

Please help me, as I am at my wit's end on this one, and the "do-it-myself" thing is very quickly getting old! :) I did my reading before posting to see if the answer was out there, and I'm quite sure I have no idea what the problem is!

Thank you!

Josh

PS: if you want to *test* what's happening, please send me a message, and I will direct you to my site.

[Pekka]

I got your email, too and browsed your gallery. There is a counter in html source in photo page which shows:

IMAGE CONTACT (WITHOUT RETRIEVE): 75.040s<br>

Go to misc settings and set Global Setting "When image file is not found" to setting 1. Maybe your server has a firewall or some misconfiguration which makes getimagesize() function in PHP very slow.

[digital_satori]

I got your email, too and browsed your gallery. There is a counter in html source in photo page which shows:

IMAGE CONTACT (WITHOUT RETRIEVE): 75.040s<br>

Go to misc settings and set Global Setting "When image file is not found" to setting 1. Maybe your server has a firewall or some misconfiguration which makes getimagesize() function in PHP very slow.

Okay...for those of you wondering about the outcome: it was resolved and my EE runs nicely. The global setting *was* at 1, but you should, in most cases, have this setting to 1 anyways. Anyways here is the resolution:

I sent Pekka my login info, and he browsed the misc. settings, and found:

It was a misc setting

"Panorama Tools crypted for jpa files if available"

I set it off and the pages load pretty fast now. Server speed is ok.

This setting checks if there is a .jpa version of the image and will attempt to use Panorama Tools Java applet to display it. Because you do not have .jpa files there it took some time to time out this selection. That is not how it is supposed to work - I'll have to check why it takes so long to do the decision to use jpa or not. Technically speaking: the timeout comes from PHP function fopen() in FALSE state. Could be also because CGI installation of PHP in your server. I tested the same setting in my server and it does not slow things down more than .1 seconds.

Again, a server issue, most likely, and not an EE issue. And, not to miss the point, *I* had a hand in the problem because I selected a setting I shouldn't have. :cool:

[begin shameless plug] Please go and check out my site, if you will. :) [/end shameless plug]

Josh

[andysmart]

After install manipulation try to login with admin, pass, and get an error:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /..<SKIPED>/www/ee/input/editor_loginpage.php: 36)
in //..<SKIPED>/www/ee/input/editor_loginpage.php on line 135

I cant understand where my bug.

[Pekka]

After install manipulation try to login with admin, pass, and get an error:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /..<SKIPED>/www/ee/input/editor_loginpage.php: 36)
in //..<SKIPED>/www/ee/input/editor_loginpage.php on line 135

I cant understand where my bug.

I have attached a zip which has fixed code. Open it and upload the files to your input folder (replace two files). Let me know if this fixed the problem.

[andysmart]

Thanks a lot.
Yours update helps me!

[tmweb]

Hello pals!

Wanted a solution for my photo gallery searched on google and found yours to be the best! Now I have your latest 1.5 RC4 installed. But unfr. have a problem with the speed and image downloading:(


Was very excited for the features of the gallery but these problems got me down :

1) Almost every minute while I am in control panel, login screen appears and asks for password

2) I have my own VPS with 10GB space and Feodora installed, Apache 1.33 PHP 4.3.10, all imagemagick gd2 and etc.. all my sites are fast, but this one www.ashgabat.us/gallery (http://www.ashgabat.us/gallery) where i have my gallery works terribly slow... the publicly visible part is good, but when I am in panel (/input) it is very very slow

3) I am new to your gallery... I have created an excibition, and from Upload to Database uploaded 2 images, and they seem to be in DB(as seen when I login into gallery)... but there is only a placeholder for them on the main page http://www.ashgabat.us/gallery


I see that images are being uploaded into UPLOAD directory, but they are not moved into my /photos/ directory. And I realized I have this error too:

FAILED Reason: ftp_chdir(): Can't change directory to /home/ashgabat/public_html/gallery/outputstyles: No such file or directory

I saw some people alsa have this problem, I have that directory which it mentiones about and I pass all other ftp test points..


Plizzz help me with it.. Pekka from your posts I saw that you logged in into others accounts and see the problems there... if you need I can give you my shell or ftp account .. Please help... just send me your email

[tmweb]

maybe a dumb question, but I couldn't find answer: how do you change deafault admin password?

[neil_r]

maybe a dumb question, but I couldn't find answer: how do you change deafault admin password?

In the misc settings under the Editor settings tab

N

[tmweb]

In the misc settings under the Editor settings tab

N

Yeaa thanx I already figured that yesterday... 10x.

[Pekka]

Hello pals!

Wanted a solution for my photo gallery searched on google and found yours to be the best! Now I have your latest 1.5 RC4 installed. But unfr. have a problem with the speed and image downloading:(


Was very excited for the features of the gallery but these problems got me down :

1) Almost every minute while I am in control panel, login screen appears and asks for password

Sorry for late reply,

Do you mean it asks a pass every time you click on a command in editor? This is a cookie problem.

Or does it ask password sometimes? This might mean someone else logins to editor, too (only one admin can be in at a time).

2) I have my own VPS with 10GB space and Feodora installed, Apache 1.33 PHP 4.3.10, all imagemagick gd2 and etc.. all my sites are fast, but this one www.ashgabat.us/gallery (http://www.ashgabat.us/gallery) where i have my gallery works terribly slow... the publicly visible part is good, but when I am in panel (/input) it is very very slow

Editor area should not be any slower - maybe it is related to the login problem above. VPS has resource limiters which restrict memory and CPU usage - editor will try to use more PHP RAM than normal pages - maybe Virtuozzo slows it down.

3) I am new to your gallery... I have created an excibition, and from Upload to Database uploaded 2 images, and they seem to be in DB(as seen when I login into gallery)... but there is only a placeholder for them on the main page http://www.ashgabat.us/gallery


I see that images are being uploaded into UPLOAD directory, but they are not moved into my /photos/ directory. And I realized I have this error too:

FAILED Reason: ftp_chdir(): Can't change directory to /home/ashgabat/public_html/gallery/outputstyles: No such file or directory

I saw some people alsa have this problem, I have that directory which it mentiones about and I pass all other ftp test points..


Plizzz help me with it.. Pekka from your posts I saw that you logged in into others accounts and see the problems there... if you need I can give you my shell or ftp account .. Please help... just send me your email

Yes I can take a look, PM me the neccessary login info and URLs.

[tmweb]

Thank you for your reply.

It was the problem with the paths, I followed your manual's instructions and they didn't work, so I just changed pathed according to the directories that were being created in my main EE folder....

The problem with the admin wasn't about cookies, i understand now : it is because we both (2 admins) were logging in the same time :) I will send my pass info to your email, so that you can also have a look if there is anything wrong - and please can you add Watermark ability, so that there is a copyright watermark on the pictures I upload.

Thanks a lot! You have a greate photoalbum - I am now, one of your great fans

[digital_satori]

I'm having an issue with the paypalcart.php, photo.php and order.php system not working at a "good" speed.

I have an exhibition up, and all the photos linked to the paypalcart.php template. I click on the "Click here and choose ordering method" text, and choose the only-available option, PayPal. Here is the problem at this stage: I have been counting an average of 15 seconds load time after clicking on PayPal in the dropdown box, and a tad longer ~17 seconds for re-loading after selecting a different size option, once the page finally loads.

I've been to others' sites and seen it load fast, so I know it's localized to me.

Do I need to zip up the 3 files and let someone look at them? Is there some "tweak" I've missed? Can the problem really only be localized to those 3 files? Is there some setting I'm missing?

To recreate the problem for yourself, go here: My Conundrum (http://digitalsatori.com/gallery/order.php?photo=131&u=18%7C0%7C...)

Click on the dropdown box, select the PayPal option, and wait...
then, try selecting a different size in the new dropdown box that appears

That should do it for my questions right now... :D

Josh



edit: I still have no resolution on this problem. I have been trying to trace the paths involved that use the paypalcart.php, and I've only got a vague idea as to how/why the page comes up so slowly. If anyone has ideas, would you please post them? It'd be cool to figure out what I am doing wrong.. or what I have done.

Even having re-installed the out-of-the-zipfile original php's of order, paypalcart and photo, I'm still getting the long wait time. The link is above. Input is appreciated.

[CappuccinoDavid]

Do you have to have ImageMagick on the server before EE will work??

[Pekka]

I'm having an issue with the paypalcart.php, photo.php and order.php system not working at a "good" speed.

I have an exhibition up, and all the photos linked to the paypalcart.php template. I click on the "Click here and choose ordering method" text, and choose the only-available option, PayPal. Here is the problem at this stage: I have been counting an average of 15 seconds load time after clicking on PayPal in the dropdown box, and a tad longer ~17 seconds for re-loading after selecting a different size option, once the page finally loads.

I've been to others' sites and seen it load fast, so I know it's localized to me.

Do I need to zip up the 3 files and let someone look at them? Is there some "tweak" I've missed? Can the problem really only be localized to those 3 files? Is there some setting I'm missing?

To recreate the problem for yourself, go here: My Conundrum (http://digitalsatori.com/gallery/order.php?photo=131&u=18%7C0%7C...)

Click on the dropdown box, select the PayPal option, and wait...
then, try selecting a different size in the new dropdown box that appears

That should do it for my questions right now... :D

Josh



edit: I still have no resolution on this problem. I have been trying to trace the paths involved that use the paypalcart.php, and I've only got a vague idea as to how/why the page comes up so slowly. If anyone has ideas, would you please post them? It'd be cool to figure out what I am doing wrong.. or what I have done.

Even having re-installed the out-of-the-zipfile original php's of order, paypalcart and photo, I'm still getting the long wait time. The link is above. Input is appreciated.

What you have there is that in your EE the Uncookied system is not running ok, so variables are not passed properly.

Try this:

1. go to server info editor and purge all uncookied data.

2. Download http://photography-on-the.net/ee/uncookied_make_table.zip , unpack it and upload the script to your EE and run it from your browser.

Let me know if this helps.

[Pekka]

Do you have to have ImageMagick on the server before EE will work??

No. You can work with GD2, too. It does not have sharpening or watermarking as Imagemagick does, though (in next EE GD2 will have those, too).

[CappuccinoDavid]

Do you have to have ImageMagick on the server before EE will work??

Don't what to sound dump but what is GD2?

[Pekka]

See my previous reply, you do not need IM.

If you WANT to use IM, and it not already in your server (ask server support) the installation instructions and download page are in http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Only root user can install it.

[Pekka]

Don't what to sound dump but what is GD2?

GD2 is a graphics library that is included with PHP 4 and PHP 5. It is used for image manipulation stuff like resize. Other popular graphics libraries are ImageMagick and Netpbm.

[CappuccinoDavid]

Oh btw thanks and the program is great I really like it...

Maybe later I'll add the paypal to it.

[marjo]

I'm ba-ack! I think this imagemagic thingy will work out, but now I'm back with another silly newbie question (like my boss likes to tell me, there are no dumb questions, just a bunch of inquisitive idiots... I know)

Anyway...


This new version of EE came with a black header of some sort which contains a table with links. Would it be inappropriate to change those links? I would be happy to put them elsewhere on the page/site. And if it would be OK, where do I go to change the links?


Thanks so much for all the help!

[Pekka]

I'm ba-ack! I think this imagemagic thingy will work out, but now I'm back with another silly newbie question (like my boss likes to tell me, there are no dumb questions, just a bunch of inquisitive idiots... I know)

Anyway...


This new version of EE came with a black header of some sort which contains a table with links. Would it be inappropriate to change those links? I would be happy to put them elsewhere on the page/site. And if it would be OK, where do I go to change the links?


Thanks so much for all the help!

Yes you can edit those as you like.

The global header.php is in gallery root.
IF there is header.php file languages/xxx/header.php it will be used instead.
IF you add anything in misc settings header text area, it will be used instead.

[kufel]

Pekka: I run my own webserver based on fedora core3 . I have PHP, Imagemagick (it oasses the test), GD seems to be there but it DOES NOT pass the test...
This is all I get

http://199.43.182.211/EE_RC4/list.php?exhibition=1&u=1|3|...

Any clues where I should look for the solution??
Thanx!!!

[digital_satori]

What you have there is that in your EE the Uncookied system is not running ok, so variables are not passed properly.

Try this:

1. go to server info editor and purge all uncookied data.

2. Download http://photography-on-the.net/ee/uncookied_make_table.zip , unpack it and upload the script to your EE and run it from your browser.

Let me know if this helps.

Hey Pekka,

Thanks for the input.

Following your directions, it did not work, and I still have the problem.

I am receiving this error message:

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /www/d/digitalsator/htdocs/gallery/SCRIPT_uncookied.php on line 62

I have left the update script in the ../gallery/ folder so you can run it and see if you think that the tables might not be updating correctly.

I left two pictures in the ee_commerce template so you can recreate the problem, if needed:

http://digitalsatori.com/gallery/photo.php?photo=94&exhibition=4&u=1|7|...

http://digitalsatori.com/gallery/photo.php?photo=94&exhibition=4&u=1|6|...

My hunch is that I might have to manually update my database tables. :)

Thanks for your input and helping me...it is greatly appreciated.

[digital_satori]

Pekka: I run my own webserver based on fedora core3 . I have PHP, Imagemagick (it oasses the test), GD seems to be there but it DOES NOT pass the test...
This is all I get

http://199.43.182.211/EE_RC4/list.php?exhibition=1&u=1|3|...

Any clues where I should look for the solution??
Thanx!!!

Hey Kufel,

I took a look at your site and browsed the setup, and I found that, when I right click on one of the "photos" it gives me this path to your photos:

www.yourserver.com/path/normal/_J3M6739_1_resize.JPG (http://www.yourserver.com/path/normal/_J3M6739_1_resize.JPG)


What this tells me is that you need to go into the FTP settings and make sure that your paths are set up correctly.

As a general "walkthrough" I suggest going to this page and follow it, step-by-step, right on through: http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php

And then make sure you perform the deletion of:

Delete installer folder after successful update/install.

Please also check that after update that following folders are still chmod 777:

GALLERY/temp
GALLERY/export
GALLERY/input/temp
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/test
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/ee_temp_upload
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_files

....of course, all of this info can be found at the very beginning of this thread.

Basically, I see that the paths are not set up correctly, and I figured you could save yourself a bit more headache by following the steps in the link above!

Good luck...and if you need more help, please come back! I look forward to seeing what pics you've taken. :)

Josh

[kufel]

Thanx Josh!!! 10 years of dealing professionally with MicroStuff puts instincts to a sleep....of course after fixing the paths (and setting the password for ftp account too...:) )it works.
http://199.43.182.211/EE_RC4/index.php

Butterflies only so far.

I don't have time to play with it at the moment, but if someone could point me - Exiff data: it knows about ISO800 but does not know about 1DMkII... any idea why?

Thanx.
Pekka: wonderfull stuff!!

[kufel]

(not only the camera, a lot of stuff is missing, lens, photographer etc...)

[Pekka]

EE can try to guess camera, lens and photographer on upload (for EXIF/XMP and IPTC data), but you need to insert them into database first. There is an editor for each "item". If you want to have defaults for an exhibition, use default photodata editor.

[CappuccinoDavid]

Hey Pekka what about paypal I see its a DEMO right now will anything change soon? I look around but I didn't see any post on it or I miss it. And what about backup how do you change the Target.

btw the program (eE) works like a charm, thanks... ;)

[CappuccinoDavid]

Oh I see what it is now (paypal) matter of fact I have it up and running now...
Have you ever used Shutterfly?? All I have to do is figure out the backup and I'll be set.

[tim]

One VERY VERY important step is left out of the documentation. Where it says "Open EE's server info in editor" it should give a URL - by trial and error I found that the url is

http://myserver.com/input

Maybe this is written somewhere, but it NEEDS to be on this page (http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php).

I've been in software development for years, I have my own servers on the net, so i'm not a noob, and I was about to abandon EE for coppermine/gallery because of this issue.

The documentation also assumes that you're installing EE on a hosted unix machine. I'm setting it up on my home Windows box to test it out before I decide which system to use, the documentation should probably account for that usage too. For example, I have no ftp server on my machine, but I guess I don't need it because I can just copy and paste files into the correct directory. I guess i'll work that out as I read the documentation.

[jeronimo]

Althoug the test say's exif is active on my server; it does not show up completeley under my photo's.
Shutter time is displayes as well as some other, but not my camera or lens.
Is this because I point out what camera I use for the shoot?
And then under al the data it shows the name of my camera correct.

- this is how it looks -


PHOTOGRAPHER: jeronimo (http://jeronimo/)|
SHOOTING DATE: 03/30/05, Wednesday |
LENS:Canon 70-200 f/2.8L (http://lens.php/?lens=6&exhibition=1)@ 26mm (41mm in 35mm film SLR) |
SHOOTING MODE: Program AE |
METERING: Evaluative |
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/30s |
APERTURE: f/3.5 |
ISO: 200 |
LIGHT SOURCE: Available light |
FLASH: yes |
SUPPORT: Handheld |
WORKFLOW:Basic workflow (http://workflow.php/?workflow=1&size=default&exhibition=1&photo=22)|
COUNTRY: n/a |
LOCATION: Unknown |
CATEGORY: All (http://www.landmarks.nl/jeronimo/list.php?u=42|0|...) |
CAMERA: Canon EOS D30 (http://camera.php/?camera=2)|
FILENAME: PICT0033.JPG |
IN GALLERY: First exhibition (http://www.landmarks.nl/jeronimo/list.php?exhibition=1&u=44|0|...) |
CURRENTLY BROWSING: SORT BY: publish order (asc), CATEGORY: All



http://www.landmarks.nl/jeronimo/graphs/separator.gifhttp://www.landmarks.nl/jeronimo/graphs/separator.gif
MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA




What's wrong?

[Pekka]

One VERY VERY important step is left out of the documentation. Where it says "Open EE's server info in editor" it should give a URL - by trial and error I found that the url is

http://myserver.com/input

Maybe this is written somewhere, but it NEEDS to be on this page (http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php).

I've been in software development for years, I have my own servers on the net, so i'm not a noob, and I was about to abandon EE for coppermine/gallery because of this issue.

Complete manual is not done yet. There is a post "Clean install of EE 1.5 RC 4" in http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=29266 which has that explained.

The documentation also assumes that you're installing EE on a hosted unix machine. I'm setting it up on my home Windows box to test it out before I decide which system to use, the documentation should probably account for that usage too. For example, I have no ftp server on my machine, but I guess I don't need it because I can just copy and paste files into the correct directory. I guess i'll work that out as I read the documentation.

If you want to use manual upload, please download and install update in http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=30778 . When the fix in in place, you'll need to have have uploadee photos in upload folder (they are used for filename and EXIF/IPTC/XMP reference so they can be any size and quality). Upload with "SPECIAL: no ftp or resize automation (manual file upload)" ticked on (bottom of upload page). When upload is done, EE reports the folders and filenames used, and you can copy relevant files there.

I use also Windows XP for EE developement, and it is quite easy to set up Imagemagick and ftp for it. I use now Cerberus FTP Server, but basically any free server will do.

[tim]

Thanks Pekka, i'll have a go later on.

[sctajc]

Just installed 1.5 but when uploading just one photo of just 362kb I get the message "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted at (null):0 (tried to allocate 1024 bytes) in /home/httpd/html/gifte000/html/gallery/admin/RESIZE_gd.php on line 44"

At the top of the uploading screen it states I am limited to 2mb/batch. How do I increase to limit.

Cheers

[marjo]

Still struggling... Imagemagick works now and I have set the permissions and am able to upload images, however they do not show up on the webpage. I have set ftp path and the image resizing methids and paths. Instead I get emply white box with red X. If I go look (thru my webpage interface) at the folder where the images were uploaded to, they are there and look ok. But I cannot see them on the page! What could I have done wrong? Woud be soo happy to get this working!!!

[Pekka]

Just installed 1.5 but when uploading just one photo of just 362kb I get the message "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted at (null):0 (tried to allocate 1024 bytes) in /home/httpd/html/gifte000/html/gallery/admin/RESIZE_gd.php on line 44"

At the top of the uploading screen it states I am limited to 2mb/batch. How do I increase to limit.

Cheers

The batch limit is for HTTP upload and it is set in php.ini.

The PHP memory limit is another setting in php.ini and GD uses that RAM. If you can't raise the PHP memory limit, then use smaller size originals (remember that if you upload JPEG for resizing it must be opened to uncompressed image in memory).

[Pekka]

Still struggling... Imagemagick works now and I have set the permissions and am able to upload images, however they do not show up on the webpage. I have set ftp path and the image resizing methids and paths. Instead I get emply white box with red X. If I go look (thru my webpage interface) at the folder where the images were uploaded to, they are there and look ok. But I cannot see them on the page! What could I have done wrong? Woud be soo happy to get this working!!!

I replied you in PM. You have .net there when it should be .com.

[marjo]

Got it! Duh! Feel a bit silly for the .net blindness, but glad that was the problem and not something enormously complex... Pekka Thanks, you are pretty fantastic! I iwll get back whenther is something there to share with the world :)

[wookie]

I ran across you gallery while surfing and loved it. I'm trying to install it myself, but I seem to have the same problem as marjo. I've gotten through everything, but I'm getting that empty white box with red X when I try to preview with photo editor or photo browser. Could you please elaborate the comment (You have .net there when it should be .com.) you made to marjo?

[Pekka]

I ran across you gallery while surfing and loved it. I'm trying to install it myself, but I seem to have the same problem as marjo. I've gotten through everything, but I'm getting that empty white box with red X when I try to preview with photo editor or photo browser. Could you please elaborate the comment (You have .net there when it should be .com.) you made to marjo?

The problem is usually as follows:

Path URL (http address) does not point to same location as ftp path (ftp server/address).

In that case EE will upload photos just fine (if the ftp path is on server), but as the http path tries to retrieve the images from different folder EE gives it a "rex X" because it is not there. Often this happens when server has several www root folders (e.g. "public_html" and "www") and those a mixed in same path.

[korjung]

Pekka,
Thanks for the good program. I have a question.
I'd like to insert my personal banner on the lower right hand corner of the 'Exhibition INDEX' page under the phrase "Gallery pages created by Exhibit Engine (http://photography-on-the.net/ee/) 1.5 RC 4".
I couldn't find which page to edit. Can you tell me which html or php I need to modify?
Thank you in advance.

[kufel]

Just a wish: could the gallery just read what's in EXIF instead of guessing that the picture was taken with 24-85mm @ 400mm focal length? Other than that: Pekka, you're da man!!!!

[JustJerk]

If anyone cares - the install worked perfectly on "POWWEB" servers.

[Photoeye]

If anyone cares - the install worked perfectly on "POWWEB" servers.
The install works like sharm on EACH one well configured server! :)

[fotonyc]

I am a recent user of EE (just a few days) and wanted to thank Pekka for a great program and also the support in this forum. The operation of the program is great but the real plus is of course the output. I think it shows that the design was done by a photographer and tailored to the needs of photographers in general.

Looking forward to the future enhancements.

Nabil
http://fotonyc.net/Gallery/

[Mike Philippens]

Clean install of EE 1.5 RC 4

4. Open the database installer into your browser:
http://www.yourdomain.com/GALLERY/rc4_installers/full_15rc4.php
(if you get an error page on this stage your add/connect.php has wrong info).
I get a 500 Server error at this stage.
I'm absolutely positive that my DB Connect stuff is correct. I copied it from the same file of my previous install, which worked perfectly. When I check in PHPMyAdmin, the database is there. Since I unzipped it on my webserver, all the files and directories seem to have the right access priveleges. What am I missing?

[Pekka]

I get a 500 Server error at this stage.
I'm absolutely positive that my DB Connect stuff is correct. I copied it from the same file of my previous install, which worked perfectly. When I check in PHPMyAdmin, the database is there. Since I unzipped it on my webserver, all the files and directories seem to have the right access priveleges. What am I missing?

If you have nano pico or vi on shell check that php files look ok (text) and that add/connect.php does not contain any extra characters - did you edit it with notepad or similar? When you directly run add/connect.php (http://www.your.com/gallery/add/connect.php) you should get a blank page when all is ok there.

Other option is that you will need to unzip locally and upload the files. Perhaps server zip is not doing right stuff after all.

[Mike Philippens]

Other option is that you will need to unzip locally and upload the files. Perhaps server zip is not doing right stuff after all.
That works! Seems like the server-zip doesn't work properly.
Thanks & keep up the good work!

[Matt-]

Hi all,

Thanks once again for writing and suporting an amazing solution.

I am having some serious issues getting EE running under Fedora. I've strictly followed the installation instructions, and get stuck when trying to create the database structure. This is a clean install.

When I access /gallery/rc4_installers/full_15rc4.php, the page comes up and it's obvious that MYSQL connectivity is working (if I change any of the variables in add/connect.php the page no longer appears).

However when I click on the 'proceed with installation' button, the page refreshes but nothing happens. If I check the database structure, the database is still empty:

mysqlshow -u root -p gallery
Enter password:
Database: gallery
+--------+
| Tables |
+--------+
+--------+

There is nothing in /var/log/mysqld to show anything untoward.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Matt.

[Pekka]

I suspect that you have PHP 5 and in your php.ini you have a setting

register_long_arrays = Off

for EE 1.5 this must be on

register_long_arrays = On

This setting can also be changed in htaccess, see https://helpdesk.islandhosting.com/help/htaccess.php#php . Next EE version will handle both settings.

[Matt-]

I suspect that you have PHP 5 and in your php.ini you have a setting

register_long_arrays = Off

for EE 1.5 this must be on

register_long_arrays = On


That fixed it - thank you so much for your help.

[Maurice]

Hi,


I use your script now for 3 days and it's up and running.
I think it's fantastic, but i have a couple of questions.

*1- i've setup an commerce account ( by mail) under the pic appears a X with the text CLICK HERE AND SELECT YOUR ORDERING METHOD, where's the picture and how do i find the correct url for the pic?

*2- I setup a commerce paypal, everything works fine but i've one problem.
The currencie is in dollars and i want it in Euro's, on the site i changed it to euro's but when you come by paypal it's in dollars, how do i change it?

*3- Where must i put the metatags for the keywords?

I'll hope you guys can help me out....


Greetings maurice
http://www.toetdigitaal.com (http://www.toetdigitaal.com/)

[oopss]

where can I read license and price for personal use this version ?

[NoClue]

I can ftp into my server with numerous ftp programs. The ftp module is installed in PHP. I tried php mode and internal mode. Internal mode just churns away and never returns a success or failure. PHP mode shows:
FTP SERVER NAME:localFTP SERVER:localhostCONNECTION (ftp address):OKLOGIN (username and password): FAILED Reason: ftp_login(): Authentication failed, sorryUPLOAD TEST IMAGE 'ee_test0.jpg': FAILED Reason: ftp_put(): You aren't logged in

I've tried different browsers, ftp settings in EE - everything I can think of. Should I have configured an other setting in EE before I test ftp. I am a bit confused about paths.


TIA


Lance

[Pekka]

See http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=96336 What does socket test say?

If you want me to check your EE settings, PM me how to access your editor.

[NoClue]

Thanks very much.

Pasted is the output. I'll pm you access.




Lance


Function "fsockopen()" exists.

CREATE A SOCKET TO www.google.com PORT 80:
Socket to remote port 80 appears to work ok.
server: www.google.com

* stream_type =>socket
* unread_bytes =>0
* timed_out =>
* blocked =>1
* eof =>

CREATE A SOCKET TO ftp.funet.fi PORT 21:
Socket to remote port 21 appears to work ok.
server: ftp.funet.fi

* stream_type =>socket
* unread_bytes =>0
* timed_out =>
* blocked =>1
* eof =>

CREATE A SOCKET TO LOCALHOST PORT 21:
Socket to local port 21 appears to work ok.
server: localhost

* stream_type =>socket
* unread_bytes =>0
* timed_out =>
* blocked =>1
* eof =>

INTERNAL FTP:

Resource to localhost created (for problems see error messages above).

[jetli91]

Hi,

I have successfully upgrade from 1.3 to 1.5RC4. My FTP server is up and working fine. Now I'm having issue with testing Imagemagick

Original size: 769x513
Warning: exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/thlphoto/public_html/gallery/input/EDITOR_graphics_modules.php on line 780

Warning: exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/thlphoto/public_html/gallery/input/EDITOR_graphics_modules.php on line 781


Could it be because of this message from "server info" page?


Imagick Pear

IMAGICK WRAPPER MODULE IS NOT INSTALLED ON THIS SERVER.

ImageMagick

EE HAS FOUND IMAGEMAGICK OR GRAPHICSMAGICK FROM SAVED PATH.

IMAGEMAGICK STATUS IS: ON
TO MAKE SURE THAT IMAGEMAGICK REALLY WORKS, AND TO SET ITS STATUS AND PATH FOR EE, PLEASE RUN THE TEST PAGE


Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

Hieu

[superchief]

Hello,

I am (trying to be!) a new user of EE. but am having difficulties. Due to problems getting the ftp server working, I downloaded the ftp fix for manual upload. After manually uploading all the files to correct directories (including the input/UPLOAD directory) and then doing the upload, I now have files recognized by the database as being in the exhibition but only generic icons show rather than photos in photo browers (or when looking at the public page). All files seem to be in correct locations and all paths seem to be defined correctly. This is on a windows server.

As for the problems with ftp, my host (windows) requires a domain name along with the username ( like "HOST\username" rather than just "username") and EE seems to lose the backslash???

Can anybody offer any advice?

[superchief]

Another problem I have is the error message I get when trying to copy files from one gallery to another using the "Copy, Move, or Delete Photos" tool:

The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a
complete set of HTTP headers.

I must have misconfigured something(s)...

[Pekka]

Another problem I have is the error message I get when trying to copy files from one gallery to another using the "Copy, Move, or Delete Photos" tool:

The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a
complete set of HTTP headers.

I must have misconfigured something(s)...

See http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=111933

[superchief]

Thanks Pekka, the Copy, Move, Delete of photos between exhibitions now works with the script update. Thanks also for your efforts with EE, this is an impressive peice of work.

Is there any information on the ftp issues that you could point me at?

Thanks.

[Adrian]

Thanks also for your efforts with EE, this is an impressive peice of work.

Is there any information on the ftp issues that you could point me at?

Thanks.

If you think EE 1.5 RC4 is good, have a peek at what he's been up to in EE2.0.

It'll blow your socks off! :D

[superchief]

I managed to get EE 1.5 RC4 set up and seemingly working fine with a selection of photos that I organized into several groups and exhibitions. Now I am trying to load additional photos to exhisting and new exhibitions but the new photos do not show up.

The new thumbs and microthumbs all show up fine everywhere, but none of the new "big" photos show up - I get "This photo is momentarily unavailable". Other (original) photos DO show up in same exhibitions (both old and new exhibitions). I am using manual upload. All files seem to be in correct directories (the old photos work fine in same dirs).

Anyone have any ideas on where to look?

Thanks.

[xenon2000]

I suspect that you have PHP 5 and in your php.ini you have a setting

register_long_arrays = Off

for EE 1.5 this must be on

register_long_arrays = On

This setting can also be changed in htaccess, see https://helpdesk.islandhosting.com/help/htaccess.php#php . Next EE version will handle both settings.

I have just been going through the code and updating a few lines to work with it off. Which it seems you have already done for the next EE version.

I was wondering if you had any updates on when EE 2.0 Freeware was going to be released?

[ridbus]

max questions? I received the message below. What is the email of the "EE developers", so that I can send details?
Thanks, ridbus

Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY group_links in page 'index':

------------------------------
User 'robertia_admins' has exceeded the 'max_questions' resource (current value: 50000)
------------------------------

If you encounter this error with unmodified EE source code please mail this error to EE developers with version number, detailed circumstances when it happened and preferably with a database backup dump. All reports helps improving EE to your satisfaction. Thank You.

[Pekka]

max questions? I received the message below. What is the email of the "EE developers", so that I can send details?
Thanks, ridbus

Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY group_links in page 'index':

------------------------------
User 'robertia_admins' has exceeded the 'max_questions' resource (current value: 50000)
------------------------------

If you encounter this error with unmodified EE source code please mail this error to EE developers with version number, detailed circumstances when it happened and preferably with a database backup dump. All reports helps improving EE to your satisfaction. Thank You.

"max_questions" is a soft limit which your server admin has set for your username in MySQL database engine. Ask them to raise the limit.

[Makro]

Hi Pekka,

I have been trying to install the EE 1.5 RC 4 but am getting an error when I try to add another RESIZE METHOD as listed below (step 3 in this install guide http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php)

Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY add_resizemethod in page 'resizemethodeditor':

------------------------------
Out of range value adjusted for column 'ee_resizemethod_id' at row 1

Software versions are:-
EXHIBIT ENGINE 1.5 RC 4
Apache/2.0.58 on XP Prof with PHP/5.1.2 Server at localhost Port 80
MySQL version (reported by MySQL server): 5.0.21-community-nt
PHP version: 5.1.2
Database in use: ee

Also if I try to add an exhibition or do anything else I get the MYSQL error.

I have read all the previous post in this thread but did not find any similar query.
Thanks for your help
Cheers
Mak

[Pekka]

Hi Pekka,

I have been trying to install the EE 1.5 RC 4 but am getting an error when I try to add another RESIZE METHOD as listed below (step 3 in this install guide http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/setup_upload_system.php)

Exhibit Engine MySQL error!
ERROR FROM QUERY add_resizemethod in page 'resizemethodeditor':

------------------------------
Out of range value adjusted for column 'ee_resizemethod_id' at row 1

Software versions are:-
EXHIBIT ENGINE 1.5 RC 4
Apache/2.0.58 on XP Prof with PHP/5.1.2 Server at localhost Port 80
MySQL version (reported by MySQL server): 5.0.21-community-nt
PHP version: 5.1.2
Database in use: ee

Also if I try to add an exhibition or do anything else I get the MYSQL error.

I have read all the previous post in this thread but did not find any similar query.
Thanks for your help
Cheers
Mak

Technical explanation is that MySQL 5 server in strict mode does not allow empty auto-increment column insertions. See http://forums.belution.com/en/sql/000/096/91.shtml

The fix (other than replacing all autoincrement insert fields ' ' with NULL or remove the auto-inrement row and empty value from such insert statements) is to disable STRICT mode in mysql server.

[Makro]

Hi Pekka,

Thanks soo much for your prompt reply. It solved my problem.

Cheers
Mak

[amiroo]

Here's my experience with 1.5RC4:

Full install: I clicked the button but Nothing happens! It stays still on the same page.

Index.php: INSTALL ERROR: DEFAULT LANGUAGE 'eng' NOT AVAILABLE

[zdDog]

Yep, me too

what php and mysql version is necessary?

[Crashoran]

EDIT: nevermind it's working :)

[Crashoran]

Actually, can you look at the error message when you click the thumbnail?

http://www.nickmoore.net/gallery/

To my understanding, thumbs & microthumbs seem to be working fine, but normals arent.

[Crashoran]

Ok. for some reason the 'viewerstyles" folder didnt upload

[philbyuk]

hi tried installing ee 1,5 on my own machine..installed iis5,php4 and MySQL however when trying to run http://localhost/gallery/setup.php i get...
DATABASE INSTALLER 1.22

SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU SEE A CONFIRMATION BOX

Unable to connect to the photo database server at this time
PLEASE PRESS REFRESH ON YOUR BROWSER TO TRY AGAIN.

PAGE: setup.php

Why do you get this error? Maybe because:

The database server has not been activated for you domain
your username/password is wrong.
The database server in offline for some reason.

If you get this error, contact your server administrator and check if MySQL is indeed running on your server. This error message can also mean that the MySQL server is overloaded - can easily happen in shared hosting where 250 sites fight for one CPU and same system resources or there are just too many visitors for the server to handle.


anyone any ideas?

mysql is running (but i dont know if setup is pointing to it correctly? i just put mysql in for the database?) and so is iis
php works ok when i run the php info test

[jzimmer]

Hi All,

Thanks for the info about installing EE, but I must be thick headed. I have tried to understand how to go about doing this with a Ubuntu LAMP server at my house, but I feel like I'm pounding my head against the wall. I'm not able to get Apache to see the Gallery folder so I cann't start the install. I don't know if I have a database setup by default or not. I'm completely lost. What I need are step by step on how to install and config EE that any Joe on the street can follow. Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Jzimmer

[rpolitsr]

Hi Pekka and friends.

I am new to php and MySQL

I have worked with small asp examples and Access databases in my computer’s IIS. I am using Windows XP Professional in Spanish on a Dell Dimension 4600 that works fairly well.

It seems that I’m lost in the galaxy now :(

I installed php and MySQL. The server runs the typical helloword.php and I managed to create a new empty database (scheme?) and assigned a user and a password.

For the EE installation I started here:

Clean install of EE 1.5 RC 4 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=192221&postcount=4)

I followed the instructions on steps 1 to 3 and opened

http://localhost/gallery/rc4_installers/full_15rc4.php as instructed in step 4.

It seems that the page loads normally in the browser (IE7); it displays ‘ready’ in the bottom line but the page remains blank with no warnings or error messages.

That is it. I have not idea of what is wrong.

There is some help for me?

Thanks in advance.

[UweB]

Hi,
i've got another idea...
why don't you try out one of the ready made packages of (Apache, MySQL,PHP,FTP...) instead of installing everything on your own.

I use one of those ready packages which guarante in a way that everything is setup correctly and plays well together. You can try XAMPP @ http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html but here is a list of many others from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WAMPs

This is of course only if you don't really must use IIS... and because most webhosters do have a similar combination of the above tools and software.

regards

[KoloheBoy]

Setting up the FTP, I'm not able to log into the ftp server setup, I'm getting a HTTP 405 Not Acceptable

/input/EDITOR_ftp_servers.php?exhibition=1&lang=eng

[ae86trueno]

I'm trying to install EE, at the moment testing on my PC
IIS 5.1, PHP 5.2.6, and MySQL 5.0.51b installed on my PC
I can setup other stuff fine (Wiki, Forum)
But when I try to setup EE 1.5 RC4 I'm stuck at installation.
So far I've got to:

and if I click proceed with installation it sort of just blink and does nothing. I check the database and it still empty database. Did I miss something here?http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/eeinstall.jpg

[trufy]

and if I click proceed with installation it sort of just blink and does nothing. I check the database and it still empty database. Did I miss something here?http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/eeinstall.jpg


If you have this problem, maybe your in php 5 and you have to change this setting in the php.ini.

register_long_arrays = Off

for EE 1.5 this must be on

register_long_arrays = On

This setting can also be changed in htaccess, see https://helpdesk.islandhosting.com/h...access.php#php

[mdivicino]

If you have this problem, maybe your in php 5 and you have to change this setting in the php.ini.

register_long_arrays = Off

for EE 1.5 this must be on

register_long_arrays = On

This setting can also be changed in htaccess, see https://helpdesk.islandhosting.com/h...access.php#php

Hi, I've the same problem... and I try to change the php.ini as suggested... it doesn't works.

For the link you put for the htaccess now is not yet avalaible....

Please help me!
Thanks in advance!