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Eric
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Seems to have lost all the photos except recent additions. |
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chrisbet
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Database issue after recent upgrade - will get on to it when i get back from italy. |
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Eric
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Any news on this? |
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chrisbet
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Yes - working on it - developing a routine to take the images in the gallery directory and repopulate the gallery database - I am testing it at the moment and once I am happy with it I will run it on each gallery user directory. |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:Yes - working on it - developing a routine to take the images in the gallery directory and repopulate the gallery database - I am testing it at the moment and once I am happy with it I will run it on each gallery user directory.Bet you wish you were on holiday?  |
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jk
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chrisbet wrote:Yes - working on it - developing a routine to take the images in the gallery directory and repopulate the gallery database - I am testing it at the moment and once I am happy with it I will run it on each gallery user directory.Thanks Chris. Keep up the good work. |
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chrisbet
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OK - I have recovered some of the early images up to 2021 - just need to fill in the couple of years after. |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:OK - I have recovered some of the early images up to 2021 - just need to fill in the couple of years after.Well done. Quick question…. Is there any way you could stop gallery entry of selected posted images? I’ve just been through my gallery and deleted quite a few images that weren’t mine. They were ones that I copied for reference while discussing them on a thread. I wondered if the software would allow a conditional exclusion from the gallery of those sort of repeat images, perhaps in the same way as ‘ticked additions’ don’t show in the Recents panel when first posting a photo? Perhaps by linking the two conditions? Of course posters would have to remember to tick the “don’t show” option. I frequently stop repeat “discussion” images being posted in Recents… but they still go into the gallery, via the thread. Not a big issue if it’s not easy to do, but it would reduce the number of photos in our respective database that aren’t our own….and ultimately reduce storage use. |
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chrisbet
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Maybe! I need to follow the logic of the inclusion of another's image in a reply.... |
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Eric
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I suppose it’s only relevant when one member screen grabs another posters photo and alters it before reposting it to emphasise a discussion point. I am assuming the programme cannot differentiate between an original post and a repost of the same, but modified, image by another member. For example I discovered several versions of one of your horse photos in my gallery, when back in the early days you were seeking opinion on how the image might be improved. ( now deleted) I also had a load of my own screengrabs in the gallery, showing an AI altered photo’s ‘script’ when discussing image credentials with Graham. I obviously ticked them to stop their inclusion in Recent additions ….as they were clearly boring lines of text which didn’t warrant further exposure beyond inclusion in the thread under discussion. I had assumed that ticking that box not only excluded the image from the Recent images but also the gallery. Hence my thought that it might be a good refinement to have. |
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jk
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I agree with Eric "I had assumed that ticking that box not only excluded the image from the Recent images but also the gallery. Hence my thought that it might be a good refinement to have." That would be useful as it cuts down duplicate photos in the gallery. |
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chrisbet
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I suppose you could argue that if you alter anothers image it becomes your own - the idea of a tick box or linking with the "private" tick box would do the job. Just to clarify, do you want the "secondhand" image not inserted into your gallery at all or placed in your "private" gallery? |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:I suppose you could argue that if you alter anothers image it becomes your own - the idea of a tick box or linking with the "private" tick box would do the job.Certainly not in our own gallery but I don’t see why a modified secondhand image needs to be in the gallery at all? Provided the photo is retained in the thread where it’s been posted (and reposted), it doesn’t need to be a gallery image, does it? It’s really only germane to the thread discussion. |
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Eric
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jk wrote:I agree with Eric "I had assumed that ticking that box not only excluded the image from the Recent images but also the gallery. Hence my thought that it might be a good refinement to have."…and as a result “enriches” the gallery content. |
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Eric
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Only just seen the check box message says Splash screen not Random images.  Would it be sufficient to just say …Check box to stop addition to Gallery. And include its exclusion in the splash screen as well?  Click here to comment on this image. |
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chrisbet
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OK - so how this currently works is that ticking that checkbox adds an entry in the database to say that image is "private" - you may want to keep some images private rather than lose access to them completely. The splash page and recent images skips any images with that marker. In the gallery in the "Modern Editor" theme the image entry has the private box ticked, you can also set the tick in the gallery to make a visible image private. What I propose is that there is a second checkbox on the reply image posting page to stop display of the image in the users gallery but of course the image still needs to be uploaded to the server and entered in the database. There will simply be an extra indicator to be used in the view gallery routine. |
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Eric
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Chris, if this involves a lot of b*ggeration don’t bother. In hindsight the number of people posting images doesn’t warrant another option. It would be easier to send those 4 or 5 people an email reminding them that any modified “secondhand” images need to be deleted from their album ….if they don’t want them there. That’s what I’ve done and will do so in the future as I am sure I will forget to tick the relevant box at one time or another. |
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chrisbet
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I have now reconstructed the gallery database, so all images you have uploaded will now show in your own gallery. Files uploaded stay in the gallery directories so they can be shown in threads even when you delete them from your gallery. Where files were missing from the database they will not carry the "don't show" marker so you will need to prune your gallery images if you want them removed from your gallery - just click on "delete" above each image. It actually deletes nothing - just sets the "don't show" marker. |
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jk
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Thanks Chris. Seems to be working for me. |
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Eric
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Thanks Chris. |
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Eric
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Chris…a question….. What’s the Sponsors Image above Recent Images? The cascading waterfall image never changes? Are we sponsored by Thames Water…..oh no ….that water looks too clean for them.  Could not that box be changed to another Random image? Or call it Todays Selected Photo…..but still make it Random. Having another changing image on the front page might add a bit more variety …as the Recent images themselves are not turning over very often. Another question…..is it just my computer that takes an age to load Recent Topics? The website Homepage initially opens immediately but if I then select Recent Topics button …it sits for 8 seconds before opening that screen. |
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chrisbet
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It does take an age to load! Page processed in 9.3994 seconds (97% database + 3% PHP). 37008 queries executed. I will have a look and see whether the logic can be improved to speed it up. The "sponsor's image" is one of JK's - I guess he chose it originally and it has never changed. We already have a random image at the bottom of the menu - options would be to move the random to the top and do away with the sponsor's image, have a carousel of images changing every 2 or 3 seconds or an occasional change of image - daily or weekly? |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:It does take an age to load!Whatever you (and JK) think is best. I just feel that having a fixed image there (along with slow changing recent images) isn’t as dynamic? / inviting for all the new visitors. |
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chrisbet
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I have found the issue with the recent topics - the "comments" facility on the images was taking ages to find any new comments, having to scan through all images and any comments. Since this facility is rarely if ever used, I have disabled the "new comments" indicator. Makes the page load MUCH faster! The comment on an image is still there via the link under every image in the posts. |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:I have found the issue with the recent topics - the "comments" facility on the images was taking ages to find any new comments, having to scan through all images and any comments. Since this facility is rarely if ever used, I have disabled the "new comments" indicator. Makes the page load MUCH faster!That’s much better. Well done and thx. My vote would be to move Random image to Sponsors spot.  |
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jk
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Yes would be happy with that idea. |
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chrisbet
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OK - as a starter for 10 I have put the random image at the top of the recent images. I will look at the impact of a carousel on loading times - this would show a series of random images, like the splash page. |
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