vb3 problems with integration missing images in header
 

I'm missing images in the header. I read the FAQ about that, but the solution to make absolute references in the vb header is unacceptable. I use relative images on purpose. The SSL layer means if you use absolute references then when you switch from and out of https:// you will get those annoying popups. Isn't there a way to inject into the header a
<base href="http://www.domain.com/forums/" />
to make this all work seemlessly?

We autorewrite normal VB url's only.

If your making references to images using relative urls of course they will not show and hense we state to make them full url's. I don't get how you think thats unacceptable as its normal practice when trying to show images from outside a directory structure that they exist under.

We code to the default vb3 install and there is no way for us to consider or support the thousands of customer variations in html hense it is the customers responsibility

Now I see no missing images in your install when I look at it and also please note you are integrating with a beta product we do not support at this time. If you give me something to work with here maybe I can make a suggestion but since I see no missing images or a specific issue but since your talking about some sort of popup you must be dealing with somebody else's code as nothing we do has popups.


Now I will not post your url here since you did not but I see no missing images.

First I wanted to mention that I didn't mean to be rude. Someone was waiting for me and I didn't preview first or I would have replaced the word unacceptable.

I hear you. But I do think a fair number of people use SSL and don't want their images absolute, so you may come across this issue in the future.

I mentioned when signing up that I planned to buy 2-3 copies if I could get it to work with my configuration. The first domain which is on 3.07 didn't work so I locked up that directory and put pp on a domain running the vb beta. If you think there's a solution to this issue I'll buy a second copy (assuming I can work out the kinks on the the live version. I have had a couple of issues but I think it's related to paths, EXIF and watermarks.) Then if that works I have a third domain which I'll want to add in a couple of weeks.

Again my wording was bad. By popup I meant the box IE "pops up" when some of the content on the page is SSL and some isn't. Do you know which box I mean?


Thanks. I do appreciate that.

As I said, the first install is hidden since it didn't work, but I can email you a url, username and password if you need it.

But in truth I think we can work it out if you think there's a way to get that <base href> into the header?

I think would would need to open a specific thread on any issues you have if you want help so we dont get lost in the maze of trying to support 4 different issues in one thread.

If your problems are paths watermarks and exif those are all user configuration issues which require simply answers most time the answer is to set the proper paths to jhead and or the watermark and select the proper settings of who gets watermarked etc.

Now the only other suggestion I can make on your image thing is this. If you refuse to follow the age old answer of providing full urls to images and such the only thing you can do is also copy those images into a folder of the same name under the photopost install so they will display

No prob. I haven't had time to debug that, but I didn't expect it to be critical.

It's not stubbornness. I have lots of hacks and apps and special code on the other site and absolute paths have broken things for me in the past.

If there's no way to inject a base href then I suppose that's the way to go. My initial idea was to create a symbolic link, but unfortunately you have an images directory under the photopost directory as well so those would conflict.

Hmm, I guess putting the base href in the headtag template won't work either....

You can alter the header-inc.php tag and try adding a specific url to the autorewrite code we do but thats above and beyond our program or support since we can only support our code.

Take for instance you have a directory named newimages under the forums directory you could do this adding the code in bold as an example.

Thanks, I'll look into it tonight.