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PhotoXhibit

I am currently working on an update for WordPress 2.7+, compatibility for earlier versions will be limited do to the lack of time I have to make it work in all versions of WordPress and the need to provide you with a secure and easy to use plugin.

My comments sections has gotten way out of hand and I have not been able to keep up with the issues. Please direct any bugs to my google code page where I will monitor any plugin issues. A forum will be put in place for any other issues but will not be in place till I have this plugin ready for public use.

If you are interested in testing the newest version, please drop me a line via the contact form and I will point you to where you can download the code and give you any other instructions you may need.

If you are getting a hanging error when trying to add a gallery, please use the code at the following link [http://pastebin.com/f5a51e4b3] and overwrite all the code in the /photoxhibit/common/inc/px.php file. There is an issue with some servers with a php function that helps with foreign characters and this code helps

Please note: I have not been able to get this plugin updated for Wordpress 2.6+, I have been working on getting it updated but I have had very little time.  I am sorry for any inconvenience.

PhotoXhibit, formally Benjamin Sterling Galleries, was born out of the fires of so many not-so-great gallery/image manager plugins for WordPress.

This plugin uses photos from your Flickr, Picasa, and/or SmugMug accounts as well as allows you to upload and build Albums to help you build inviting Photo Galleries on and through out your site.

Features:

  • Independent gallery creator for post, pages, and sidebar
  • The ability to create a gallery based of some of the most popular JavaScript based gallery plugins
  • Ability to customize each gallery’s appearance with a styles editor
  • Ability to grab your photos from Flickr, Picasa, and/or SmugMug
  • An easy to use interface for adding photos directly to a post or page from Flickr and SmugMug (Picasa and Albums coming soon)
  • Easily create and upload Albums with a single thumbnail or two different size thumbnails
  • Easily turn features on and off via the options tab

The following list of jQuery plugins are used in PhotoXhibit to help you build out your galleries:

Examples

Here are some examples of what the plugin will dump out:

Requirements

  • Till I have an alternative built in, “allow_url_fopen” must be turned on on your server for the Gallery Builder to work for the services other then Local and Album I have decided to go complete JSONP for all outside service calls.
  • JavaScript must be turned on
  • Flickr and SmugMug requires an API key for the advanced stuff, I am working to removing this requirement, but you will need it in the mean time I resolved this need.

FAQ

Visit the ever growing FAQ page

Known Issues

  • Opera chokes on some of the jQuery UI stuff
  • IE6 and IE7 are now having issues when building a gallery and you click the next button
  • The Lightbox plugin has the path for the images used hardcoded into the js, so if you going use it, give it the full url to the image Fixed as of 2.0.10
  • Some themes use the_excerpt() on category, archive, tags and search pages and code will be echoed out for these pages for the posts that have a gallery on it. Check out the FAQ on how to get around this.

Updates

V2.1.4 - 04.02.2008: v2.1.4 has changes that will now show your images on category, archive and search pages.

V2.1 - 03.23.2008: v2.1 has a ton of new fixes and changes, please view the change log for the full list

V2.0.10 - 03.04.2008: v2.0.10 added the ability to turn off the sliding effect when building a gallery, added the code to start translations, and some other minor additions.

V2.0.8 - 03.01.2008: v2.0.8 has fixes for the “Locally” service, incorrect path for jquery, checks to make sure GD library is installed and added back in the alt text editor for galleries.

V2.0.7 - 02.29.2008: v2.0.7 has some code updates for jQuery and jQuery UI which in turn fixed issues with Opera.

V2.0.6 - 02.28.2008: v2.0.6 has fixes for the Album Manager not working for some people and pulling from the albums in the gallery builder not working.

V2.0.5 - 02.26.2008: v2.0.5 has fixes to the gallery edit, gone completely JSONP for service calls do to servers not supporting certain functions.

V2.0.4 - 02.23.2008: v2.0.4 has a large amount of fixes that should make the overall experience better. I removed the need to have a SmugMug API and working on removing the need to have a Flickr API. Have a look at the changelog for the full list of changes.

Download Link

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/photoxhibit/

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The following images are absent:

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February 18th, 2008 at 8:21 am | Link

When I upload file into album, I get the following error:

SWF DEBUG: startFile(): File Reference found. File accepted by startUpload event. Starting upload to /wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/photoxhibit.php?option=upload&aid=1 for File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 92008. Total: 92008
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadError: HTTP ERROR : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. HTTP Status: 406.
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete.
Error Code: HTTP Error, File name: aveo-3-door-01.jpg, Message: 406

February 18th, 2008 at 8:24 am | Link

Kela,
Thanks for the heads up on the images and the error. The error is something I have not seen before so I will need to investigate. Have you tried different images?

February 18th, 2008 at 10:38 am | Link

Kela,
I think I am seeing what the issue is, I will get it fixed for rc3.

February 18th, 2008 at 11:22 am | Link

Benjamin Sterling,

Thank you! When do you plan to release RC3? I would like to get it for testing as soon as you will release it…

February 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am | Link

I most likely will release it tomorrow with the current list of bug fixes.

February 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm | Link

I shall wait…

February 18th, 2008 at 12:13 pm | Link

Where is the live demo of the gallery itself and screenshots?

February 18th, 2008 at 3:34 pm | Link

Jed,
No screenshots, I am still working on those docs, but there is demo install at http://galleries.benjaminsterl.....xhibit.php with a log in of UN: test PW: test. The only thing that is not working on the test site is the upload, I had to lock that down but I am working setting up a better demo. Everything else is working tho.

February 18th, 2008 at 3:42 pm | Link

Select the gallery style
Fatal error: Call to undefined function encodeURIComponent() in /home/www/web63/web/blog/wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/common/inc/px.php on line 703

I get something like that at “build gallery page”. Trying to build Flickr based gallery.

February 19th, 2008 at 6:35 pm | Link

Have photoXhibit installed and active, but I’m not able to add an album. Getting an Ajax error (There was an ajax error with a status of error and thrown error of undefined). Also, getting that error when I try to edit the Album Basics options.

Or use the “Locally from Database” option. Ajax error (There seemed to be an error in the execution of the URL provided; please select another one and try again. If problem presists, please submit a bug.)

I’m using Wordpress Version 2.3.3

February 19th, 2008 at 8:16 pm | Link

Michal/Cassie,
Sorry about those errors, they were fixed in the final release of 2.0 but wordpress would not update their plugin system, they have now so can you update your install and let me know if the problems are still there?

February 19th, 2008 at 9:30 pm | Link

Unfortunately the problem above persists.

February 20th, 2008 at 4:00 am | Link

Michal,

open photoxhibit.php and uncomment the following line:

//require_once(dirname(__FILE__).’/common/inc/encode.php’);

(line 62)

February 20th, 2008 at 4:09 am | Link

Thanks Kela, it fixed this error i mentioned above. Still while trying to build flickr based gallery i get:

There seemed to be an error in the execution of the URL provided; please select another one and try again. If problem presists, please submit a bug.

February 20th, 2008 at 4:55 am | Link

Build Gallery — click Add All link reloads page and all images disappeared:

http://files.myopera.com/Stena.....shot-1.jpg

February 20th, 2008 at 5:38 am | Link

It is impossible to edit gallery

February 20th, 2008 at 6:26 am | Link

Good idea but now gallery contains too many bugs. It is impossible to use gallery at all even for beta-testing :(

February 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am | Link

One more: while deactivating the plugin, I recieve

Warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, ‘px::unintall’ was given in /****/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 164

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /****/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php:164) in /****/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 390

February 20th, 2008 at 6:54 am | Link

Under Build Gallery/Gallery Options, I get this error beside “Select the gallery style”:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: encodeuricomponent() in /path/to/wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/common/inc/px.php on line 703

I also get the errors Kela mentioned.

February 20th, 2008 at 7:16 am | Link

BB, try to do the following: http://benjaminsterling.com/ph.....omment-892

but replace

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).’/common/inc/encode.php’);

with

require_once(’common/inc/encode.php’);

February 20th, 2008 at 7:21 am | Link

Hey guys, I really do appreciate all your feedback. Let me see if I can address everything. For the encode.php issue, apparently WordPress lumps all the code together, so if you have BSG installed you will not see the encode error. And sadly all the testers I had had both installed. I commented the change, but WordPress is having issues again today, I will post a comment when it finally goes through.

But for those that don’t have both installed, do the following at line 62 of photoxhibit.php:

require_once(’common/inc/encode.php’);

@Michal: can you post the URL you are using for you feed so I can test it out?

@Kela: What browser are you using that you lose all the images when you “Add All” and how many images are there?

I also just noticed the editing issue, not sure what is wrong there, give me a few hours and I will post a fix.

Once again, I really appreciate your help.

February 20th, 2008 at 9:30 am | Link

Guys, I have version 2.0.1 posted that has the fixes for the encode error. I am working on the issue Kela pointed out.

February 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am | Link

Benjamin Sterling,

I use Opera 9.25

I had about 6 images while applying Add All button.

If you want having quick feedback, contact me via ICQ: 339-079-437 (of course, if you use it)

February 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am | Link

Kela,
Thanks, I don’t use ICQ, but I can get that set up, having someone else to look at what I am doing is very helpful.

I just posted the editing fix, but sadly I am just noticing that there are a few things that are not working in Opera. I have been testing in it, but I must have done something recently that Opera does not like. The odd thing is that the remove all is working, but not that add all and it is more or less that same code. Let me see if I can figure that out quickly.

February 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am | Link

Hi Benjamin

Im still having the same problem that Cassie does.

There was an ajax error with a status of error and thrown error of undefined; When I try even to submit changes on the options tab.

Also Im geeting the same “There seemed to be an error in the execution of the URL provided; please select another one and try again. If problem presists, please submit a bug.” message when trying to read a local database.

I using the defalu wp-content/uploads folder and wp 2.3.3.

Like your plugin so much. good work!

February 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm | Link

Porgan: thanks, I am looking into this issue right now, I thought I knew what it was but no luck. I hope to have it fixed sometime today.

February 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm | Link

Porgan/Cassie: I just posted what I think should fix the issues you are having, can you install the newest release and let me know? Be sure to deactive and activate the plugin to make sure the new code gets executed.

February 20th, 2008 at 11:55 pm | Link

Now is working fine!
I had the same problem of Porgan & Cassie…
ThanX

February 21st, 2008 at 4:37 am | Link

two questions:
1.) If new pictures are uploaded to smugmug, do the also show up on the wordpress page? Since it’s a RSS feed the plugin is referencing to…

2.) “Edit Images” links lead me to an empty page within the admin page, just a paypal button showing up

February 21st, 2008 at 6:18 am | Link

Hi Benjamin, Thanks so much for putting all this working into this plugin. So far, I’m still getting the exact same ajax errors I originally had when trying to add a new album or “locally from database”. WP shows that I have PX 2.0.2 installed. I’m using WP 2.3.3 and Firefox 2.0.0.12. I deactived the old one, and actived the new after it was installed like you recommended. Sorry I don’t have better news.

February 21st, 2008 at 7:51 am | Link

Well Bad news.

I’ve tried with a clean version of wp v2.3.1 and PX v 2.0.2 and still getting those messages.

You can try my wp acessing iarteria.net/wp with user/pass: admin/admin. I don’t know if it’s going to be useful, but there it is.

Also, previously I was using pt-BR wp translation, media and wp meta plugins and a custom theme, but now, at iarteria, I’m not! It’s really a new installation.

I’d like to see it working and for exchange for your work, I’m offering mine to translate PX to portuguese-Brazilian. (Do you have multi-language support?)

thanks, P.

February 21st, 2008 at 9:29 am | Link

Just to mention it:

before: windows, php5, apache, wp 2.3.3, PX 2.0.2
now: linux, php4, apache, wp 2.3.1, PX 2.0.2

February 21st, 2008 at 9:40 am | Link

Fritz: you will need to reimport any new images if you add them to smugmug. I must have totally overlooks getting that page in, the edit image page, I can me so absent minded some times. I will look to get that in asap; it basically just give you the option to change alt text.

Cassie: I am really sorry it is not working for you, is it possible you can set me up with temp access, I think editor level would be fine. You can send me an email off list if you want. You may be having the same issue as Porgan and in turn may be an easy fix.

Porgan: Hell yeah I would love to have your help translating it. I started put things in place in hopes of finding some people to translate, but there is a ton of work that needs to be done for that. I can get that process start after these bugs are smashed.

On the bug note, I just looked at the site and can see exactly what the issue is, thank you for the link and access. I should have a fix for that later today if not first thing in the morning.

I really appreciate everyones feedback.

February 21st, 2008 at 11:38 am | Link

Thanks for looking into the “edit images” thing.
It would be extremely useful to have the RSS actually even pulling new or altered images (after building the gallery)….the point of using feeds is that they feed, wouldn’t you agree.
This would make this pluging picture perfect!

February 21st, 2008 at 3:41 pm | Link

Hi! When I try to build a gallery always get this error message after "Get Photos":

PLAIN TEXT
CODE:
  1. There seemed to be an error in the execution of the URL provided; please select another one and try again. If problem presists, please submit a bug.

Options: Picasa -> Advanced -> user: korosicsalad, album: 20050610 -> thumbsize: Medium, size: 640

The same problem when I try it with Basic options and it never grab the albums from picasaweb for me.

thx for help! Zozo

February 21st, 2008 at 7:15 pm | Link

Hey guys, I just posted 2.0.3 which should fix the issues everyone is having. Can you guys left me know if it works for you now?

Fritz: That is a nice idea and I will will put it on my list to revisit once I have some other issues worked out.

February 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 am | Link

Hello Benjamin,

I'm not sure how it works when using images from a Picasaweb account. Do you then download all those images on your own server in order for the gallery/albums to work? Or does the actual traffic go via Picasaweb and the photos are fetched from Picasaweb?
I'm looking for a nice replacement for my current galleries (also using thickbox), but my 1000+ images take a lot of traffic, and therefore I have to pay extra each month :(.
My current gallery: http://www.spoenk.nl/fotografie/

Thanks!

Jack

February 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 am | Link

Does not work with WP 2.3.3 ? Installation and configuration went fine, no errors. However when I put the suggested code in the sidebar.php (WP classic theme for example, but I tried with several themes) it breaks something and the whole sidebar isn't even displayed anymore. How come?

February 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 am | Link

Found the error. The suggested code is missing a closing parenthesis.

February 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 am | Link

jdm: Thanks for the heads up, made the fix and made a note at the top of this page till I get the new release out.

jack: This plugin will not import the actual images from Picasa to your server, it will just reference the images you select to show.

February 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 am | Link

zozo,
Sorry, I missed your message, I posted v2.0.3 that "should" fix that problem, can verify? If the problem is still there, do you mind setting me up with editor access so I can see what the problem may be. Send me an email off list if you wish.

February 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm | Link

Hello Benjamin,

I'll test the v2.0.3 tonight. I tested it only on my localhost, so I will install it on a real test page and I'll see...

One more question: for future versions can you build in some basic design for the albums like on the demos or can you write some tutorials how can I easy customize them?

thx: Zozo

ps.: For Everybody: sorry about my poor English, my native is Hungarian :-P

February 22nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm | Link

zkorosi: Once a gallery is built, you can edit the styles for that gallery, just click on the edit styles link, but you are correct, I need to come up with a good tutorial on the basics. I was hoping to get the tabs at the top (how to) done by today, but things have been crazy.

Btw, your English is fine, since your native tongue is Hungarian, think you'd be interested in doing some translations? Porgan is going to do portuguese-Brazilian and would love to make this accessible to as many users as possible.

Porgan: I will touch base with you in the next couple of weeks to see if your are still interested in translations. I still need to put a few things together and fix a few bugs before this things gets out of control :).

February 22nd, 2008 at 5:17 pm | Link

Benjamin: on my host - admin.joekmotorsport.hu - I get the following error message on the top of my page, when I start your plugin:

PLAIN TEXT
CODE:
  1. something is very wrong here

Why? Thx for help: Zozo

ps.: I'll try to translate this usefull plugin to Hungarian but I need time to do it...

February 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm | Link

What is the easiest way to translate your plugin? I never done before like this. Do you have string list or I have to search all of the text in the source code and translate them? Please help me to start! I need it on my native language, because it's very usefull. I have Picasaweb albums over 200 albums and 2000 pictures...

Thx! Zozo

February 22nd, 2008 at 6:13 pm | Link

zkorosi: The "something is very wrong here" is actually a test I put in the code to see if the server accepts a function that the plugin uses but I forgot to remove it. The bad news is that for the time being the plugin most likely will not work on your server. Please feel free to test it still because I put some code in there that "should" force the server to do what is needed, but it is not 100%. I working on a work around now that I hope to have up by the end of the weekend.

As for the translation part, I am still working on that list of strings and the other stuff that goes along with it. Give me some time on that and I will let you know when I have it set up.

February 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm | Link

Still a few problems here and there. What php version is needed for this to work properly?

February 23rd, 2008 at 8:45 am | Link

jdm: the plugin will work on both php4 and php5. There is an issue with servers having "allow_url_fopen" turned off, so I am working on an alternative. But you should be able to use the Album and the Local services.

February 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Link

Hey all, do to the large amount of people who do not have allow_url_fopen on I have made some major changes to how the data is grabbed from their respective services. Those that have been not able to use the plugin do to this error please download v2.0.4 and let me know if you fair better.

v2.0.4 also has a large amount of fixes that should make the overall experience better. I removed the need to have a SmugMug API and working on removing the need to have a Flickr API.

February 24th, 2008 at 1:01 am | Link

Benjamin,

Thank you for this great plugin - it really beats all other gallery tools.

One topic though - When editing my gallery style (gvII) changes doesn't seem to
apply after clicking "process styles" .
(I am trying to narrow down the gallery box width).

Something I am doing wrong? Is there a different way to access the source and change it?

Thank you so much,

Ariel

February 25th, 2008 at 12:06 pm | Link

Ariel, thanks for the kind words. For the gvii one there are three widths you need to change:

#px3 .gvIIContainer{
#px3 .gvIIContainer .gvIIImgContainer{
#px3 .gvIIContainer .gvIIImgContainer .gvIILoader{
#px3 .gvIIContainer .gvIIHolder{

Replace #px3 with what ever you have the 3 is the id of the gallery I am testing. Yours will be different for each gallery you build.

Can you try each? I change the first one to 500 and the other three to 490 and it worked fine. If it does not work, can you let me know what browser you are using and what version you are using and I will take a look at it in that browser.

February 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm | Link

Hi Benjamin,

Thank you so much for the prompt reply.

Well, the problem seems to have something to do with the AJAX I guess, as after hitting "process" I don't see any real change in the code section; or the post; and if I refresh the page, my #px# settings are back to default :/

I am using FF 2.0x, running xamp build on my machine.

-A

February 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pm | Link

Thank you, Benjamin!

It works now on my host - admin.joekmotorsport.hu -, no more error message.

Can you build in a feature to change the sort of the pictures with one click? The default PicasaWeb setting is sort by date, so the older pics goes to the bottom of the gallery. How can I change it to reverse?

One more idea to the wishlist: please add some extra format options, like colors, text format, etc. to help the basic users like me. I can't make beauty galleries (jqGalScroll) because I don't know what have to change in the css.

I want something like on the demo page of this plugin. If you (or somebody else) have time, can you write me step-by-step how can I do it?

I think bug found: sometimes when I try to modify the options the gallery lose the pictures and I have to start the whole procedure from the begining. It's absolutely random, but the same on my local and on my live host.

Still wait for the language file... ;-)

Thx: Zozo

February 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm | Link

When I upload file into album, I get the following error:

SWF DEBUG: startFile(): File Reference found. File accepted by startUpload event. Starting upload to /wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/photoxhibit.php?option=upload&aid=3 for File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 32768. Total: 173647
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 131072. Total: 173647
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 163840. Total: 173647
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 173647. Total: 173647
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadError: HTTP ERROR : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. HTTP Status: 404.
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete.
Error Code: HTTP Error, File name: P2060042.jpg, Message: 404

Thank you very much from Spain

February 25th, 2008 at 5:31 pm | Link

I had to edit the lightBox.js file, because you had the wrong paths to the Next, Previous, Close, etc. buttons.

OLD
/wp-content/plugins/benjamin-sterling-galleries/galleryScripts/lightBox/

NEW
/wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/galleryScripts/lightBox/

February 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm | Link

@ariel: Sorry you are having issues, really not sure what to say, it has been tested in all the major browsers and no issue. Let me see if I can set up a test machine with xamp and see if there is a difference in the php calls that are made.

Are you seeing any errors at all?

@zkorosi: To change/rearrange the images, just click and drap the thumbnail to the position on want while on the build/edit page. As for a one click reverse order, I guess there would be a need for that, I will make a note to follow up on this idea; other people may like that feature too.

When you say "please add some extra format options, like colors, text format," I am assuming you have already seen the edit styles area and feel that does not work out well for you. I was playing around with the idea to be able to click on an element to change its styles via dropdowns and radio/check buttons, but that would be in the "like-to-have" list. Not sure if I can code all that, maybe if I had someone to focus only on that feature it could get done. I will also not that idea and follow up on it.

I am working on a screencast to show how to use the edit styles page and provide links to a bunch of resources so people will know what these codes mean.

I think that is a true bug, someone is having that issue more then once so I am trying to recreate it and then fix it. I will put that at the top of my list.

As for the language files, I am still working on that and will devote more time when I have these bugs smashed, but I do want to get it done asap so I will be in touch.

@Ricardo: Any specs on your server? It looks like the file was uploaded but the folder was not created. What is your url and name of the album you are creating so I can look at your folder structure of the upload folder?

@Larry: very good catch, I have both installed so I was not seeing those images not being there.

February 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pm | Link

I've had an issue with Flickr hanging towards the end of the process, when you hit the "Get Photos" button. I get a message saying it's loading, but nothing ever happens, and the message simply disappears.

Thanks for the quick feedback and troubleshooting!

February 26th, 2008 at 12:45 am | Link

Hey Everyone,
Just release v2.0.5 which should fix some issues with editing a gallery and I went fully JSONP on all the services do to incompatibility on some servers not supporting certain functions.

Please note any more issues you find with this release.

February 26th, 2008 at 11:49 pm | Link

Thanks Benjamin! I did get a lot further with the changes, but unfortunately, I'm still having issues. The gallery isn't displaying correctly on my page. Will this plugin display correctly on pages, as well as posts?

Here's what I'm seeing:
http://australia.iliveherenow.com/photo-gallery/

Thanks,

Stefan

February 27th, 2008 at 1:21 am | Link

Thanks Benjamin! Your plugin is very interesting. I had some performance issues but I think I was looking to accomplish a different task. I have been testing PhotoXhibit with the previous version, 2.0.4, so the new version may help my performance issues. The part of PhotoXhibit that I found slow was building the gallery. It seemed to take a long time before the Flickr photos populated the screen. My problem appears to be like Stefan's problem.

Probably the most important issue for me was the way I was going to insert a single photo into a post. This has been my most common task in the past but is not the objective of photoxhibit. The Flickr Manager method of double clicking on the photo was the method I preferred of the browser based methods I tried. Having said all of that I probably will end up using the Flickr4Writer plugin since I use Live Writer for most of my posts. It's interface is simple to use.

I still have a need to show galleries and slide shows on my blogs on an infrequent basis. I did not find any of the Flickr gallery plugins have met my needs so I will probably manually code up the galleries for the time being. I am sure that the next time I look at the plugins I will be pleasantly surprised. Keep up the good work!

February 27th, 2008 at 7:52 pm | Link

Hey, this plugin is great, but I am having one issue with jQuery Gallery Viewer. It is not posting the alt text on the pictures when you open them up. When I first built the gallery and clicked on the picture, it showed the text. When I applied the gallery to the post, it didn't. I went back to manage the gallery, the text wasn't showing up. I am pulling the pictures off of Picasa, and viewed the gallery in both Firefox and IE. If this makes any sense to you, let me know, thanks!

February 27th, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Link

I appear to be encountering a similar problem as Ricardo. I am attempting to upload files to an album through the plugin interface. For this particular application, I'm not interested in an external service or in trolling my installation for images.

Here is the log from my upload attempt.

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  1. ----- SWFUPLOAD SETTINGS     ----
  2. ID: undefined
  3. upload_url: /wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/photoxhibit.php?option=upload&aid=1
  4. file_post_name: Filedata
  5. post_params: {
  6.     PHPSESSID:
  7. }
  8. file_types: *.jpg;*.gif;*.png
  9. file_types_description: Image Files
  10. file_size_limit: 102400
  11. file_upload_limit: 0
  12. file_queue_limit: 0
  13. flash_url: http://ilducemoto.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/common/js/swfupload_f9.swf
  14. flash_width: 1px
  15. flash_height: 1px
  16. flash_color: #FFFFFF
  17. debug_enabled: true
  18. swfupload_element_id: flashUI2
  19. degraded_element_id: degradedUI2
  20. user_swfUploadLoaded_handler: function () {
  21. }
  22. user_upload_complete_handler: function uploadComplete(fileObj) {
  23.     try {
  24.         if (this.getStats().files_queued === 0) {
  25.             document.getElementById(this.customSettings.cancelButtonId).disabled = true;
  26.         } else {
  27.             this.startUpload();
  28.         }
  29.     } catch (ex) {
  30.         this.debug(ex);
  31.     }
  32. }
  33. ----- SWFUPLOAD SETTINGS END ----
  34.  
  35.  
  36. SWF DEBUG: SWFUpload Init Complete
  37. SWF DEBUG:
  38. SWF DEBUG: ----- SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ----
  39. SWF DEBUG: Build Number:           SWFUPLOAD 2.0.2 FP9 2008-01-07 0001
  40. SWF DEBUG: movieName:              SWFUpload_0
  41. SWF DEBUG: Upload URL:             /wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/photoxhibit.php?option=upload&aid=1
  42. SWF DEBUG: File Types String:      *.jpg;*.gif;*.png
  43. SWF DEBUG: Parsed File Types:      jpg,gif,png
  44. SWF DEBUG: File Types Description: Image Files (*.jpg;*.gif;*.png)
  45. SWF DEBUG: File Size Limit:        104857600 bytes
  46. SWF DEBUG: File Upload Limit:      0
  47. SWF DEBUG: File Queue Limit:       0
  48. SWF DEBUG: Post Params:
  49. SWF DEBUG:                         PHPSESSID=
  50. SWF DEBUG: ----- END SWF DEBUG OUTPUT ----
  51. SWF DEBUG:
  52. Flash called back and is ready.
  53. SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogStart : Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: *.jpg;*.gif;*.png
  54. SWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Files Selected from Dialog. Processing file list
  55. SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
  56. SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished adding files
  57. SWF DEBUG: StartUpload(): Starting Upload: First file in queue
  58. SWF DEBUG: StartFile: First file in queue
  59. SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadStart : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
  60. SWF DEBUG: Global Post Item: PHPSESSID=
  61. SWF DEBUG: startFile(): File Reference found. File accepted by startUpload event.  Starting upload to /wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/photoxhibit.php?option=upload&aid=1 for File ID: SWFUpload_0_0
  62. SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. Bytes: 69722. Total: 69722
  63. SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadError: HTTP ERROR : File ID: SWFUpload_0_0. HTTP Status: 404.
  64. SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete.
  65. Error Code: HTTP Error, File name: Krolik3.jpg, Message: 404

Here is the system configuration listing from PhotoXhibit/Overview tab

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  1. System Configuration
  2.  
  3.     * allow_url_fopen is on
  4.     * System memory limit:
  5.     * Maximum uploadable file size: 8M
  6.       Make sure this size is large enough, you won't be able to upload an image whose file size is bigger than this value.
  7.     * Maximum POST size: 8M
  8.       If you want to upload more than one image at a time, make sure this limit is greater than the maximum file size x the number of images you want to upload at once.

Additionally:
PHP Version 4.3.11

I have double-checked that wp-content/uploads exists and has standard permissions (755). Checking the directory after I get the error, the file wasn't uploaded. When I create an album, it doesn't appear to make a directory for that album--should it? If it's failing at album creation, it's failing silently.

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.12. I haven't yet tested it in another browser.

Please let me know any other settings you'd like me to confirm.

February 28th, 2008 at 1:17 am | Link

Hi,
I get the exact same error as Ricardo. Some HTTP 404 error!?

SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogStart : Browsing files. Multi Select. Allowed file types: *.jpg;*.gif;*.png
SWF DEBUG: Select Handler: Files Selected from Dialog. Processing file list
SWF DEBUG: Event: fileQueued : File ID: SWFUpload_0_1
SWF DEBUG: Event: fileDialogComplete : Finished adding files
SWF DEBUG: StartUpload(): Starting Upload: First file in queue
SWF DEBUG: StartFile: First file in queue
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadStart : File ID: SWFUpload_0_1
SWF DEBUG: Global Post Item: PHPSESSID=
SWF DEBUG: startFile(): File Reference found. File accepted by startUpload event. Starting upload to /wp-content/plugins/photoxhibit/photoxhibit.php?option=upload&aid=3 for File ID: SWFUpload_0_1
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadProgress: File ID: SWFUpload_0_1. Bytes: 4803. Total: 4803
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadError: HTTP ERROR : File ID: SWFUpload_0_1. HTTP Status: 404.
SWF DEBUG: Event: uploadComplete : Upload cycle complete.
Error Code: HTTP Error, File name: armstrong.png, Message: 404

Its an ubuntu server, php5, and upload folder is fully writable!

February 28th, 2008 at 7:34 am | Link

Bug.

I created an album by uploading photos. That went fine. I went to Build Gallery, and when I get to "select a thumbnail size" of 100 x 100 and press the "Get Photos" button, I get this error:

"There seemed to be an error in the execution of the URL provided; please select another one and try again. If problem presists, please submit a bug."

Good luck. This is the second slideshow plugin I've tried today. On to the third!

~Brad

February 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pm | Link

Brad,
Don't move on too quickly; can you provide me with some more information, I am working on some other fixes and can include a fix for your issue if I know what it is. How many images have you uploaded to the Album? I am assuming the Album is in the Album Manager and images are shoulding up, is that correct?

@spanning and nita, it is definitely a permissions issue, and I am working on getting a fix up tonight for this, sorry for the issue, will post asap.

February 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm | Link

Hey guys, Just posted a fix for the Album Manager problem everyone was having, can everyone grab the newest release and let me know if the problem is resolved?

Brad, I fixed the issue that you were having also, can you take a look as see if it working for you?

Greg, can you post a url to an example of your problem, I am having a problem reproducing it?

February 28th, 2008 at 11:27 pm | Link

I get

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  1. There seemed to be an error in the execution of the URL provided; please select another one and try again. If problem presists, please submit a bug.

when I try to generate the gallery.

February 28th, 2008 at 11:51 pm | Link

I get the same error as nita when I generate the Gallery ( the uploading bug is now fixed)

February 29th, 2008 at 4:56 am | Link

Looks like a very promising plug in although I am getting that 404 error that others mentioned. Where can I go to downloadthe latest version?

And then I just wanted to know if there is a way to upload in bulk, instead of 1 at a time?

Thanks so much

February 29th, 2008 at 5:29 am | Link

Roxane: 2.0.6 is the newest release and you can get it here. When you go to upload, click the upload file button and in the dialog that pops up, just drag and select all the ones you want or hold down ctr and click all the ones you want. The max I uploaded at one time was twenty, it took a bit of time, but it worked ok.

nita,spanning: is it possible one of you would be able to give me temp access to your install so I can see it in action? Send me an email off list if you can.

Also, have you tried force clearing your cache, sounds like the JS files are still cached, but I could be wrong. On a PC, you would hold down the CTRL button and hit F5, on a MAC I think it is Apple + F5.

February 29th, 2008 at 9:56 am | Link

Hi Benjamin
Thanks for your speedy help!
I am now in the same boat as Nita and Spanning. I've tried clearing the cache (ctrl+F5) and also tried with a freshly created album but get the same message.
Any ideas?

February 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am | Link

Roxane: Is possible for you to set me up with editor access so I can see what is going on? I've tested this on a few servers now and can't reproduce the issue, if I see it from the source I should be able to figure it out.

February 29th, 2008 at 10:14 pm | Link

Where should I send the login details? .. I tried replying to the notification email on the off chance but it failed so I suspect thats one of those no-reply addresses.

March 1st, 2008 at 4:29 am | Link

Hey Ben,
It's my understanding that the gallery should pull the captions from the pictures and display them on each picture in jQuery Gallery viewer when you click on it. Here's the link to my gallery http://www.campfirebrewery.com/?page_id=38 and here's the link to my actual Picasa gallery where everything is being pulled from http://picasaweb.google.com/ca.....AWitbier02 One the gallery was first created, them images had the captions, now they all seem to have disappeared. Hope you're understanding now whats happening. Thanks.

March 1st, 2008 at 7:32 am | Link

Greg, I think I do, I am looking into it now to see what the issue it and hopefully I can come up with a fix today.

Roxane, you can email me at benjamin.sterling [at] kenzomedia.com.

March 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Link

Ben, so you know, I removed that gallery from my site, not because the captions weren't working, but it didn't fit my new layout. But I will be happy to test it out again if you think you have a fix. I am now using Thickbox, and the captions are properly displaying with that one.

March 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm | Link

Great add-on! However I'm having serious problems getting the images to make use to the JQuery plug-ins. In the demo mode (I guess you would call it) on the admin screen the effects show up fine... but when posting a gallery it gives me "JQuery is undefined" as a JS error and prompts you to save the images!

http://fredyouth.homedns.org/wordpress/

March 1st, 2008 at 10:25 pm | Link

I had to copy paste these scripts into header.php to get it working:

March 1st, 2008 at 10:43 pm | Link

Michael, I screwed up on the last release, I am making the fix now and should have it posted in the next couple of hours.

Greg, I see what the error/issue was, I making the fix and will have it posted in the next couple of hours.

March 1st, 2008 at 10:43 pm | Link

This is an amazing plugin for Wordpress and exactly the one that fit all my needs :) but there is just to much bug. But hey it's free and look at all the effort Ben is putting into this. I'll be patiently waiting for a bug-free version :) and thanks Ben

March 1st, 2008 at 11:35 pm | Link

spongebob: Feel free to post any bugs or advances, this will only make it better.

March 1st, 2008 at 11:39 pm | Link

Well with everyone that is having the same problem with the "Get Gallery" function why don't you try to implement a part that you can manually enter in the photo url.

March 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 am | Link

Hi Ben,

That's cool to hear! I was able to fix it by copy/pasting the JS scripts from the gallery "preview" section of the admin page into the header.php file. I had to do this for admin.php as well because I couldn't create an album. I did somethin' funky to it though and now when you make a gallery/album it makes two, lol.

Are there any plans to add maybe a comment feature to each pic?