Issues after upgrading PP 5.31 to 5.62

Zigw · January 23rd, 2007, 03:31 PM

Hi Chuck,

We just upgraded PhotoPost from 5.31 to 5.62. The upgrade itself went smoothly, but I've noticed a few issues with new functionality. I'm not sure if this is the correct forum, so please accept my apologies up front if it isn't.

Here are the issues:

1. EXIF data in showphoto not shown by default (require clicking a link). We use PhotoPost for galleries of test images for a camera review site, so EXIF data is very important to most of our readers. Is there a way to enable it permanently?

2. In showphoto, when viewing full-sized images using Next Image or Previous
Image links on the top, or clicking on thumbnails with << < > >> symbols on
the bottom, the image size stays the same (full-sized). However when I select the new "more" links to see more thumbnails, clicking on the additional thumbnails displays medium sized images.

3. Can we get rid of the user info cell on the left hand side of the Photo Details table in showphoto? We only have one member (postadmin), so the link to postadmin's gallery returns thousands of images, which may eat up unnecessary bandwidth.

4. Image name is no longer visible when viewing medium and large images in showphoto, as our color scheme renders the image name in black on black. The image name in PP 5.31 used to be on a gray background in the table which contained the image. Now it appears to be outside the table. Is it possible to go back to the old scheme?

5. The last row in the right side column of Photo Details appears to be longer than the others when viewed in IE6. See attached screen shot.

6. In member view, the "more" link on the 2nd table of random images in the Photos section has no effect. We're not really concerned with this one, but thought you'd might like to know.

Thanks,
Zig

Chuck S · January 23rd, 2007, 04:01 PM

1. This is AJAX now and how this works now.

2. Please explain cause if I click a thumbnail on the more block it brings up the medium image.

3. You need to edit your showphoto template and remove that stuff.

4. You might need to look at your specific CSS. I think your css colors here are your issue

5. I seem to remember something about this and thought it was fixed will have to do a search and see what I come up with no doubt a colspan issue in the showphoto template and easy fix

6. Please let me know what you mean by this in member view?

Zigw · January 23rd, 2007, 04:43 PM

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1. This is AJAX now and how this works now.

That's too bad. So there is no way to enable it? We really miss this feature.

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2. Please explain cause if I click a thumbnail on the more block it brings up the medium image.

That's the issue. If I'm viewing full-sized images, it should continue with full-sized, not switch to medium.

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3. You need to edit your showphoto template and remove that stuff.

OK, I'll look into that.

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4. You might need to look at your specific CSS. I think your css colors here are your issue

Yes, I think you're right.

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5. I seem to remember something about this and thought it was fixed will have to do a search and see what I come up with no doubt a colspan issue in the showphoto template and easy fix

Thanks.

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6. Please let me know what you mean by this in member view?

When in member.php?uid=x, if one clicks on the Photos link, there are 3 tables showing recent, most popular and random photos. The random photos table has a "more" link, which works once, but not again for the second random image table.

Thanks,
Zig

Chuck S · January 23rd, 2007, 08:54 PM

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

There is not ajax on the members profile that I am seeing

There is no way to go backwards on the exif thing unless you code something yourself. We support the code as it is written by the developer.

As far as the next prev images they never passed a medium or large size every they have always been a link to the photo period and hense if you click it your taken to that photo. If the photo has a medium size it should and is correctly shown.

Zigw · January 24th, 2007, 07:29 AM

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There is not ajax on the members profile that I am seeing

Well, there is a more link for the random images table. See screen shot below.

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There is no way to go backwards on the exif thing unless you code something yourself. We support the code as it is written by the developer.

That's a shame. Perhaps an option in a future release?

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As far as the next prev images they never passed a medium or large size every they have always been a link to the photo period and hense if you click it your taken to that photo. If the photo has a medium size it should and is correctly shown.

If I use Previous Image, Next Image or the thumbnails without using "more", it will show the next image in the large size if that's what I'm currently viewing. As soon as I use "more", it switches to medium sized.

Chuck S · January 24th, 2007, 07:55 AM

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That's a shame. Perhaps an option in a future release?

As always you may place suggestions in the suggestions forum

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If I use Previous Image, Next Image or the thumbnails without using "more", it will show the next image in the large size if that's what I'm currently viewing. As soon as I use "more", it switches to medium sized.

Your not passing large in the url nor is the AJAX designed to pass that variable. There is no way to pass large to the ajax currently possible in the future although no one has requested such a thing.

As far as random images yes you are right I missed that in profile but I have tested this and I can keep clicking and trying it. Keep clicking and see what happens but wait a few secs before you try again.

Zigw · January 24th, 2007, 08:25 AM

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As far as random images yes you are right I missed that in profile but I have tested this and I can keep clicking and trying it. Keep clicking and see what happens but wait a few secs before you try again.

Only works once for me with IE6. I just tried with Firefox, and I do get more images with it, so it seems to be browser dependent.

Thanks,
Zig

Chuck S · January 24th, 2007, 08:42 AM

HMMHMM interesting indeed what version of IE?

Zigw · January 24th, 2007, 08:52 AM

I've got auto update on, and don't see any pending IE6 patches, so it should be the latest version: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519

I haven't tried IE7.

Zigw · January 25th, 2007, 08:48 AM

Chuck,

Any idea why the welcome message is now displayed in black (5.62) instead of white (5.31)?

Our default.css has:

.welcome {
background: ;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

Thanks,
Zig

Chuck S · January 25th, 2007, 09:39 AM

ah I am using IE 7

Are you using a standalone install? If so black should be fine cause the tddetails color is white for instance I am quoting the default.css

Please post links so we can provide more indepth responses as to what we might thing your issue would be. Looks to me based on your picture above your using an altered stylesheet

WB · January 25th, 2007, 02:49 PM

Chuck:

Thanks.

We figured it out about the text color. Looks like 5.62 doesn't have some class defs in the relevant tables that were there in prior versions, like class="menubarnb", for example.