Upload of Thumbnails?

[Marc Lamaison]

I thought I read eSyndicat was going to support the uploading of images for listing, like sponsored links. Perhaps a company logo vs a web screen cap.

Is this in the new version?

[Nick Collins]

Hi Marc,
We have no such functionality in our new version. There is possibility to create custom link field "File" storage type.

[Simon Gooffin]

yes, Nick means you can create additional field called thumb for example. It should be displayed on your suggest link and link display page.
Later you will modify your template to display this new field as an image.

Also I can assure you that we still plan to create thumb field type in our next versions.

[Loren]

yes, Nick means you can create additional field called thumb for example. It should be displayed on your suggest link and link display page.
Later you will modify your template to display this new field as an image.

Also I can assure you that we still plan to create thumb field type in our next versions.

How do you get it to display? Everything in place including thumb but still wont display?

[Cris Santos]

I need the exact same thing.
If I can get this done, i will get my eSyndicat directory immediately.

[Simon Gooffin]

How do you get it to display? Everything in place including thumb but still wont display?
just advise where you want to display it. on your link details page or directly in a listing. I will provide you with the code

[Loren]

On my links details page please Simon.

However, i would like to know how i can fix a few other things

ie characters after adding to the the box in admin, we talked about in this topic over the weekend..to no avail :cry:

http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2004&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I have the same problem with a few other boxes in admin, if you put more than the box size it does not display it. and shoves it outside the box.

Also, the default description field will not take html?

[Nick Collins]

On my links details page please Simon.
Please take a look at my latest post here:
http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1506&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Also, the default description field will not take html?
It mustn't do it by default. We think about it and will give you a solution as soon as find it.

[Greg]

Also, the default description field will not take html?

Nick and Loren, here's a pic (an example) of my "default description field".
Showing html added.
Show's on both display and details pages.

http://members.aol.com/javascriptcity/field.gif

This will also work for a custom field that uses a "textarea"
(you must use "textarea"
http://members.aol.com/javascriptcity/area1.gif

[Nick Collins]

Hi Greg, I have tested default description field and it didn't work properly...

[Greg]

That's odd. The pic I posted shows "I" can do it. And I didn't modify anything.
So I guess I'm just lucky. :)

[Loren]

Morning Greg, as i showed you with mine, i can't do it either...do you still have the old files in place because i could do it in version 1.1. If so that maybe the answer.

[Greg]

Hi Loren

Nope it's version 1.2 That's why I don't understand why it works for me?
I'm going to do another fresh install just to double check.

[Loren]

Gee that's brave! I wouldn't dare try installing it again. How about just posting up your relevant files, and we can compare?

[Greg]

Gee that's brave! I wouldn't dare try installing it again. How about just posting up your relevant files, and we can compare?
Just did a fresh install. Didn't touch anything, and could add html to all description fields (category, links and custom fields) that's with the GreenLeaf template. Also works with the other templates that have been updated.

I also tried it at the demo in a category description and it works.
So ... :blink:

[blaze2u]

Just did a fresh install. Didn't touch anything, and could add html to all description fields (category, links and custom fields) that's with the GreenLeaf template. Also works with the other templates that have been updated. I also tried it at the demo in a category description and it works. So ... :blink:

That is bizarre Greg!! I wonder why it only works for you? HTML won't work in any of my fields either. It does work in the admin area though -- meaning whenever I manage links, the field displays html properly and looks the way it's meant to look... but it just won't display properly within the actual link results page and it only shows the html code.

May I ask what version of MySQL you are using and php version? Maybe this has something to do with it? Maybe it compiles the info differently? I am using php 4.3.11 and mySql 4.1.18-standard.

[Greg]

That is bizarre Greg!! I wonder why it only works for you? HTML won't work in any of my fields either. It does work in the admin area though -- meaning whenever I manage links, the field displays html properly and looks the way it's meant to look... but it just won't display properly within the actual link results page and it only shows the html code.

May I ask what version of MySQL you are using and php version? Maybe this has something to do with it? Maybe it compiles the info differently? I am using php 4.3.11 and mySql 4.1.18-standard.

Hi blaze
I'm just testing on my local server now:
ApacheFriends XAMPP Mini for windows Version 1.2

* WindowsApache + MySQL +PHP + Perl

+ Apache 2.0.48
+ MySQL 4.0.15
+ PHP 4.3.4 + PEAR
+ Perl 5.8.0 (mini)
+ mod_php 4.3.4
+ SQLite 2.8.6
+ mod_auth_mysql (only experimental)

But I just went to the demo and added some html for a category description.
Go to this link at the demo.
http://www.esyndicat.com/demo/free-stuff/

Look at the category description at the top. You'll see:
html test greg
here's an image
esyndicat logo
Here's a link
blue line===========


I couldn't test it on a link (guess that's been disabled plus it's throwing up an error message

Here's what I added thru admin panel there.
html test greg


here's an image


http://www.esyndicat.com/demo/templates/GreenLeaves/img/logo.gif


Here's a link (http://www.esyndicat.com/demo/free-stuff/)


blue line<font color="blue">===========</font>

So :blink: Your guess is as good as mine.

[Loren]

It is strange, i had no problems in v1.1 . In fact i remember posting a whole post on it. What's even stranger is i also did a test on the demo, and it wouldn't work. Now you have managed it :tik:

So what makes Greg so special?? Apart from him being Greg of course :)

Its a damn mystery to me. Greg you said to me it could be my view-link.tpl or my layout. Well i changed over both to the green leaves and it didnt make a blind bit of difference. So it can't be that.

Granted the only thing that i did which may have been different and i don't know if blaze2u did it also, is that i didn't do a fresh install, i did the upgrade, and i did a file compare of all the tpl files and copied over the bits that were added. So there could be where the problem lays. I will have to try a new install myself. Dont know if i have the energy tonight...will see, let you know.

Still puzzled as to why the demo is now showing it???

[Greg]

I could understand that there may be a problem with your template or blazes or the upgrade, but for me to be able to add that to the demo and you can't get it to display I'm stumped :blink:

So what makes Greg so special?? Apart from him being Greg of course :)

Please :forgive: to me from now on. For I am "Him" :P

[Loren]

:forgive: oh masterful one! We are not worthy to be in your presense :forgive:

:]

[redeye]

I got it to work with a demo category

http://www.esyndicat.com/demo/image-test/

[Loren]

Okay...well here we have it... have reinstalled by doing a fresh installation...

http://www.spiritmindbody.co.uk/dir2/test/

rats on it... It blinking works now. So it must be something in my coding gonna have to sift through the lot. :cry:

[Greg]

Loren all was great until you added :]
:P

Of course it works for you redeye, for you are a disciple of mine. :D

Back to business. I'm going to upload the script to my remote and see what my results are. Sure hope it works. ;)

[redeye]

Yes o mighty one! :1st:

But .............

.......... that only works if you use html to place the image ........... am I right in saying that you can't upload an image directly into a created field?

So you can't just create a storage or text field and upload, you have to manually type in the html for each link?

[Loren]

As far as i know the upload still doesn't work, yet...for ever hopeful ;)

Seriously though i am sitting here mortified at the work needed to put this right. I am gutted, there are so many modifications i add, tweeks here and there, that i feel like just giving up :(

Why didn't it work properly the first time around? Was it the upgrade? Did it miss something, is it one simple thing or a combination of things, had i done something wrong, if i had then how comes both Nick and Blaze2u had the same probs...

Shssssh, i m going to bed..tackle it in the morning <_<

[redeye]

Well I've got 2 more days problem solving, then off to Europe on the bike for a fortnight. http://www.st-owners.com/forums/images/smilies/more_smilies/biker.gif

Hoping and praying that by the time I get back things will be sorted.

[blaze2u]

Mine is a fresh install -- but it still doesn't work. Not sure why either. The examples on the demos that both greg and redeye did can't be seen... there is a parse error that I see:

http://www.esyndicat.com/demo/image-test/

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_DOUBLE_ARROW, expecting ')' in /home/esyndica/public_html/demo/language/English.php on line 249

I am stumped now... maybe it has something to do with permissions? Perhaps something is not right on the permissions? Maybe I need to chmod 777 a certain directory or else maybe the config.php needs to be 777 or css style sheet? I chmod config to 666 due to security issues and style.css to 755, as I edit my style sheet locally and then upload it anyways. I'll check.....

[Greg]

Go to the main page of the demo.
http://www.esyndicat.com/demo/

Same thing. :huh:

[blaze2u]

Well, I have tested and did a brand new fresh install with no mods -- and to no avail. The html is not working within form fields. I just don't know why it is working for you Greg. This bug has got to be server related... much like the google page rank thingie.

[Nick Collins]

Hello guys! I am not sure if it's a bug as we didn't make possibility to use html code in description area specially. Simon has already known about this issue... we will try to make something with it.

[Greg]

Hello guys! I am not sure if it's a bug as we didn't make possibility to use html code in description area specially. Simon has already known about this issue... we will try to make something with it.

Then why does it work for me?
I just uploaded to my remote host and I can do the same as I've shown above. Also look at the link I supplied for the demo (once someone gets the time to fix it the demo). :rolleyes:

[Loren]

And me, i can now also do it with my fresh installation, same server same database, only difference not the upgrade. The main v1.2

[Nick Collins]

Really strange, Loren as you rewrote all files from eSyndiCat Pro 1.2 archive except includes/config.inc.php during upgrade. Please compare file sizes on your server with files from our archive in admin directory (I mean your updated version).

[Loren]

Had a look Nick, but to be honest there would be a difference anyway as one is basically empty and unconfigured and the other well and truly configured. So here is what i am done so far to assertain where the problems lie.

I copied all my mysql files to the new directory, and it changed back to not displaying the image again in description. So i figured it must be something in one of my files that is different. So i reinstalled again, and i am systematically going through copying each database file from my main directory to the new directory to see which file causes the problem. I may not gleen very much from this labourous exercise but its worth a try. If only i find some error, someone may give me a clue to what file/s we should be looking at.

I have done so far the files i think would be the prime targets.

_links
_config
_categories

All seems well so far, no revertion back, only another 23 to go :wallbash:
will let you know how i fair later on, as the hubby wants me to do his invoices now...arrrgh :threat: and its on a diff login of my lappy :rolleyes:

[Loren]

:yahoo:

I found it!! I found it!!

After a whole day, i finally found the critter that is causing the problems, and believe me i have been through every file, switching and swoping in order to see where the problem lay.

I narrowed it down to Includes/config.inc.php and even though i had copied over all my data files, it doesn't always update it in this file, and looks like it does in admin, but when you re do them, does it save it to it. Anyway, I systematically went through admin, and narrowed down to this little blighter! :threat:

Page Navigation and Listings: (Edited)
Settings:
"Use esc_tags for link textarea fields" Disable it! Whats it for anyway? Always wondered :unsure:

Finally, i can sleep well knowing that everyone who has this problem can now have their html back, and that Nick didn't work that one out! :P

:]

Or maybe he did but just didn't tell us...hmmmmm <_<

[Cris Santos]

hey, how come I don't have that option in my Link details page?

[Loren]

Mainly because i gave you the wrong name it's in

Page Navigation and Listings sorry been a hell of a day :D

[Cris Santos]

As some would say, You Rock!
Thanks for that.
Although I've still got the image upload problem which was the original reason i came to this thread for...
How did you get it to work?
I followed the instructions as per the thread Simon quoted here. Nothing.

[Loren]

Cris it does not work

Greg suggested making a field called logo, but text area, thats why we were having all these problems because we bar Greg couldn't do it. Now we can you can create that field, logo as a text area, and instruct your editors for now, to put something like this in that field.

<img src ="http://www.theirsite.com/imgs/theirimgs/logo.gif"> basically it just pulls the imgs from their site. Probably better in the long run, saves your bandwidth :)

[Greg]

:yahoo:

I found it!! I found it!!

After a whole day, i finally found the critter that is causing the problems, and believe me i have been through every file, switching and swoping in order to see where the problem lay.


Congrats Loren :good: I know you've been trying to figure this out for quite awhile.

I knew that it was the "includes/config.inc.php" all the time. :] (yeah right)
I just wanted you to keep your mind occupied. :P

[Loren]

:yahoo:

I found it!! I found it!!

After a whole day, i finally found the critter that is causing the problems, and believe me i have been through every file, switching and swoping in order to see where the problem lay.


Congrats Loren :good: I know you've been trying to figure this out for quite awhile.

I knew that it was the "includes/config.inc.php" all the time. :] (yeah right)
I just wanted you to keep your mind occupied. :P

Not the cleverist thing to say to me my dear, because you chose a day my sense of humour went on holiday, where i should have been, flying off to very sunny Italy today with my sisters for my nieces wedding on Sat! Instead i am stuck here bladdy battling with this friggin script trying to launch my site for June 1st...so you better not have kept that bit of information from me :angry: I certainly didn't need my mind keeping occupied, i have tons of stuff to be getting on with...I have even got a new web design commission, and somehow gotta squeeze into all in...Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.... Now my petal do not jest with me...i have a capricorn streak you know butt butt :tik:

:offtopic: Speaking of which your in luck i haven't ripped your head off for saying that, as today i vented quite nicely...as i was arriving home, I saw a lad throw down a scrunched up paper bag outside my house, he was with a group of boys, and i was so annoyed...i hate litter bugs... so i yelled out my car window...Young man pick up your rubbish, he ignored me, and the younger of them smurked at me...bad thing to do with me...so I chased after them in my car, slammed to a halt in front of them and yell, go pick your rubbish up now and put it in the bin! He did bless him, and i said thank you..and drove back to my driveway. Nutter hey! %)

[Greg]

LorenSpeaking of which your in luck i haven't ripped your head off for saying that
:tik: Don't worry I won't bother you anymore.

[Loren]

Did i say you bothered me??? Ha Haaaa!!!


You might even get a response emails sometime soon ;)

[Nick Collins]

:offtopic:
Hey Greg and Loren! You are good people both! Don't quarrel with each other!!! :no-no:

[Loren]

Oh Nick we are not quarrelling! LOL We are pals :)

[karen]

Strangely enough I was able to get html to display correctly after disabling the esc_tags.

[karen]

Strangely enough I was able to get html to display correctly after disabling the esc_tags.

[Loren]

Just testing to see if i can get to the end of this thread!

[Cris Santos]

Cris it does not work

Greg suggested making a field called logo, but text area, thats why we were having all these problems because we bar Greg couldn't do it. Now we can you can create that field, logo as a text area, and instruct your editors for now, to put something like this in that field.

<img src ="http://www.theirsite.com/imgs/theirimgs/logo.gif"> basically it just pulls the imgs from their site. Probably better in the long run, saves your bandwidth :)


Loren - thanks.
I've been waiting for over a week now to get my Pro script to work and frankly am very disappointed with the slow return being given by the eSyndicate people...I am getting extremely angry at all this and, like you, have a timeline to launch this directory. Unlike you, however, mine has already passed, so I am a little emotional at the mo!! %)

So, I'm trying to fix my problems alone. Problem is I don't know PHP, so its a bit of a feeler in the dark...

Image Uploads
I understand the above instructions you gave me. infact its what i prefer for bandwidth reasons.

I created an extra field called "File". I placed it as a "text" field in phpmysql. So that bit is sorted. Instead of "logo" i called it "file".
But i don't understand how to manipulate the submission form. At the moment i have a button called "File" for people to upload their image. How can i add uploading instructions by the "File" button to show in the form?

And instead of having a button called "File" I should have a text-field for submitters to input their image link. How do I do that?

If somebody can give me instructions maybe I can do this alone, instead of sitting around picking my nose while I wait for the eSyndicate people to get themselves sorted.

Thanks
Cristina

[Loren]

Hi Cris...by the way did i mention this was my second dead line time for wanting to launch! LOL The first was May 1st :)

I suggest if you don't want anymore headaches until the upload file problem is fixed, imho it would be better that the editors put their own html code wrapped around their image file location. All you would need to do is provide them with the html tags code for those who wouldnt know how to do this as an example, not placed in the field but maybe in guide for submission. People on the net are not entirely stupid, and if they know that they can put html in they will use it to their own artistic advantage.

If you don't turn that button off, you will not get any nice effects in description or any other fields which are text area that you create.

As for problems being solved, I am sure the intention was there from the esyndicat developer to have this upload button feature working the first time around, why it doesn't could be just a simple thing, but have you tried looking for a problem?...well i have a few times now and the above was the hardest so i can appreciate the complexity of this script which may or not be a factor created within or outside of it..and yes it is very frustrating but there is a solution for the time being and Simon or Nick will get around to solving the problem, i am sure.

Good luck however you wish to proceed :)