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1. bonitapang
   Member

   Hi,

   is it there a standard step by step i must take when creating posts with gallery?
   Currently, I sometimes do the following.
   1. upload pictures via direct ftp
   2. while waiting for upload to complete, I create/edit my posts to include "svgallery=filename" and publish the entry.
   3. THEN after that, then i go to manage gallery files and create gallery files for the file.

   Funnily when I view my site, the gallery for that post will not display and error message like below is displayed instead.

   "SimpleViewer requires Macromedia Flash. Get Macromedia Flash.

   This is a WPSimpleViewerGallery

   var fo = new SWFObject(”http://www.chanlegacy.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-simpleviewer/viewer.swf”, “viewer”, “500″, “640″, “7″, “#000000″);
   fo.addVariable(”preloaderColor”, “0xffffff”);
   fo.addVariable(”xmlDataPath”, “http://www.chanlegacy.com/wp-content/photos/20070709a/gallery.xml”);"

   Is there a requirement that I MUST finish upload and creating the gallery files before even including the "svgallery=filename" line into my posts?

   Appreciate some enlightenment.

   Posted 3 years ago #

2. bonitapang
   Member

   Oh No, 1 more problem.

   When I view my site via homepage directly, the galleries are showing, but when i click via the calender or archives search or categories search , all the galleries do not show up. (try from 28th June until current).

   any idea why?

   Posted 3 years ago #

3. Markus
   Administrator

   As you wrote, the galleries are showing up correctly when I access them from the Homepage and id does also work fine for me with the standard theme using the calendar. Try switching to the standard theme and if it is working with it, you will have to change the theme you use.
   It does not matter if you first publish the post and then create the thumbs, however user will see an error if the thumbs etc have not yet been created in the time inbetween.

   Posted 3 years ago #

4. bonitapang
   Member

   Hi Markus,

   apparently it has nothing to do with the theme. I swopped several different themes and the problem is the same.

   I can view the gallery when it appears in frontpage, but the moment i try to see the SAME post via category search, archives or calender, i wil get an error message.

   pls help!

   Posted 3 years ago #

5. Markus
   Administrator

   Sorry, then I cannot help you because I cannot reproduce this on my testpage...

   Posted 3 years ago #

6. bonitapang
   Member

   Really weird....

   like if you click this link
   http://www.chanlegacy.com/?cat=27
   or
   http://www.chanlegacy.com/2007/06/16/

   the gallery will not show, but when you click on the title that is displayed along with the error, and it leads you to
   http://www.chanlegacy.com/2007/06/16/meet-godparents/

   then it is ok.

   Has it got to do with my permalinks?

   Also, may i ask why does the manage galleries page in wp not listing the files in numerical or alphabetical order? My files are all by dates, e.g 20070701, 20070702, but the listing is all jumbled up, plus I will uploading 4 years worth of files, assuming 1 a day, it makes the files harder to locate. Maybe in future versions can consider a "sorting" option?

   And may i ask if there is a bulk edit option? for eg i change a theme, and i want to bulk update the background/text/frame color. but there is no such option, so I had to do them ONE by ONE. Thank goodness I am only dealing with 30 files currently, can't imagine the work should i choose to change a theme or color after i finish uploading nearly 3000+ files! Can you help?

   Posted 3 years ago #

7. Markus
   Administrator

   Do you really have the same problem with the Word Press default theme? I think that this is because your theme calls the_excerpt() instead of the_content() to show the post in archive.php.
   Please change this and let me know if it works then - then I will look into this excerpt issue.

   Yes, I also thought about sorting the directory but did not find the time to implement that yet - however it will follow soon. Bulk editing is not planned yet, but maybe it will also follow, who knows...

   Posted 3 years ago #

8. bonitapang
   Member

   you are right!

   I don't have this problem with the default theme.

   And i went to the archives.php and search.php and change it from the_excerpt to the_content and VOILA! problem solved!

   THANKS!!!!! and appreciate your prompt reply with my every posts. :)

   Posted 3 years ago #

9. Markus
   Administrator

   Thanks, I am doing my best :)

   Try out the development version, it now also sorts the directory list: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-simpleviewer.zip

   Posted 3 years ago #

10. bonitapang
    Member

    hi markus,

    i deactivated the plugin, downloaded your zip file, unzip, ftp it over to overwrite old files, then reactive the plugin,

    but when i went to the manage galleries, i could not see any option to sort the directory.

    is there something i am missing out?

    Posted 3 years ago #

11. Markus
    Administrator

    No, there is now new option to sort the directory - the only thing that has changed is that the list of galleries is now sorted by the foldername.

    Posted 3 years ago #

12. bonitapang
    Member

    oooohhh i see! didn't notice that, but yes, now i see the well sorted list. :)
    tks markus!

    the simpleviewer issue is solved, but my site is facing new issues now, which i hope it was not due to the change from "excerpt" to "content".

    I posted it at the following,
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/128043?replies=3#post-595986

    any chance you can take a look to confirm that it is NOT caused by the change i made in the php files?

    tks!

    Posted 3 years ago #

13. Markus
    Administrator

    Yes, changing it from the_excerpt to the_content does not have an influence on the bahaviour of the search. However I don't know why it is not working correctly. In those situations I would suggest to use the default theme - if it is working fine then you should look into the template you are using, otherwise you know that you should search somewhere else :)

    Posted 3 years ago #

14. bonitapang
    Member

    i just did, changed to default theme. all the other pages all reflecting default theme now.

    it is only the homepage, search results for keyword and categories that still bounces back to a "non-existence" cutline theme page and a deleted page!

    how come? i am exasperated.

    Posted 3 years ago #

15. Markus
    Administrator

    That's really strange - I have now idea why this happens. Maybe someone on the Wordpress.org forums knows how to solve your problem.
    Good luck!

    Posted 2 years ago #

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