Hi can someone please help me. I am new at using Joomla. I have looked in the FAQ on this site, but i could not find any solution.
I have also looked in this forum, and i can see that other people have had the same problem. But nothing worked for mig.

My problem is that when i put in the text { gallery }test{ /gallery } in my page, i dont see thumbnails. I only see the text that i wrote.

Here is a link for my site/page:
dkphoto.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=6&Itemid=57

My system:
I run it on my own server (Server 2003)


I have tried/done the following:

1. First of all it is a fresh install of Joomla 1.5 (With Danish language).
The only plugin i installed in the beginning was the Simple Image gallery Pro (plugin_jw_sigpro-j10-1.2)
2. I made sure that the newly installed plugin was activated.

3. I created a folder (test) under the default folder: /images/stories/test
After that i put two photos in the folder.

4. I put the following text into my page: { gallery }test{ /gallery }
When i tried to test it, then i only saw the text i just wrote.

5. I went to the forum and then tried the following:
a. I tried all the different popup engines (Neither of them worked)
b. I tried making some other folders with pictures (That did not work either)
c. I read that there could be problems with permissions with the files. I made sure that the permissions was set so it was possible to change the files.
d. I tried to uninstall the plugin an then install it again.
e. I tried making a new root folder and then put the test folder int that one.
f. I uninstalled the plugin.
g. I installed the free version of Simple image gallery
It did not work either. So i uninstalled it, and reinstalled the PRO plugin.
h. I installed a slimbox plugin, because i thought that i needed it if i chosed the Slimbox popup engine.
Id did not work. So i deactivated it.

I am REALLY stuck right now. Can someone please help me ? I really want this to work.

Kind regards

Claus

Had the same problem tried re-installing but still no show
Tried different Pop-up engines

what solved it in the end for me is reducing the size of the images (I went back to about 25% of original size you have to check your own) there seems to be a internal server limitation which does not allow SIG to process the images to thumbnails if the files are too large.

Hope this helps

Hi

Thanks for your quick respons.

I tried what you said. I removed all the "large" pictures, and uploaded a small picture (About 299 x 292 pixel and 16 kb).

But it does still not work.

I also tried to uninstall and reinstall the SIG.

Do i need to "refresh" the SIG somehow so it will make the thumbs? Did you do anything else after you uploaded the smaller pictures?

Or do you have any other sugestions ?

Kind regards

Claus

Have you checked if your server supports the GD 2 library

you can check if your server support the GD2 graphic library by creating in the root  a file named test.PHP with the following code\\

<?php
print_r(get_loaded_extensions());
print_r(var_dump(gd_info()));
?>

then in your browser put

www.oursite.com/test.php

it should return something like

Aray ( [0] => zip [1] => xml [2] => tokenizer [3] => standard [4] => sockets [5] => session [6] => posix [7] => overload [8] => mime_magic [9] => mhash [10] => mcrypt [11] => mbstring [12] => gettext [13] => gd [14] => ftp [15] => dba [16] => ctype [17] => bz2 [18] => zlib [19] => pcre [20] => openssl [21] => apache [22] => bcmath [23] => calendar [24] => curl [25] => dbase [26] => dbx [27] => domxml [28] => exif [29] => fileinfo [30] => filepro [31] => gmp [32] => iconv [33] => imap [34] => ldap [35] => mcal [36] => mnogosearch [37] => mysql [38] => ncurses [39] => odbc [40] => pcntl [41] => pdf [42] => pgsql [43] => pspell [44] => shmop [45] => sqlite [46] => sysvmsg [47] => sysvsem [48] => sysvshm [49] => xmlrpc [50] => xslt [51] => yp [52] => Zend Optimizer ) array(11) { ["GD Version"]=> string(27) "bundled (2.0.28 compatible)" ["FreeType Support"]=> bool(true) ["FreeType Linkage"]=> string(13) "with freetype" ["T1Lib Support"]=> bool(false) ["GIF Read Support"]=> bool(true) ["GIF Create Support"]=> bool(true) ["JPG Support"]=> bool(true) ["PNG Support"]=> bool(true) ["WBMP Support"]=> bool(true) ["XBM Support"]=> bool(true) ["JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support"]=> bool(false) }

look for the  ["GD Version"]=> string(27) "bundled (2.0.28 compatible)"

hope this helps

I have the exact same problem its just showing the text.

i tried the test.php and got

Array ( [0] => yp [1] => xslt [2] => xml [3] => wddx [4] => tokenizer [5] => sysvshm [6] => sysvsem [7] => standard [8] => sockets [9] => shmop [10] => session [11] => pspell [12] => posix [13] => overload [14] => mime_magic [15] => mcrypt [16] => iconv [17] => gmp [18] => gettext [19] => ftp [20] => exif [21] => dio [22] => dbx [23] => dba [24] => curl [25] => ctype [26] => calendar [27] => bz2 [28] => bcmath [29] => zlib [30] => pcre [31] => openssl [32] => domxml [33] => gd [34] => imap [35] => ldap [36] => mbstring [37] => mysql [38] => ncurses [39] => odbc [40] => sqlite [41] => xmlrpc [42] => ionCube Loader [43] => Zend Optimizer ) array(11) { ["GD Version"]=>  string(27) "bundled (2.0.28 compatible)" ["FreeType Support"]=>  bool(true) ["FreeType Linkage"]=>  string(13) "with freetype" ["T1Lib Support"]=>  bool(false) ["GIF Read Support"]=>  bool(true) ["GIF Create Support"]=>  bool(true) ["JPG Support"]=>  bool(true) ["PNG Support"]=>  bool(true) ["WBMP Support"]=>  bool(true) ["XBM Support"]=>  bool(true) ["JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support"]=>  bool(false) }


so its compatible any other ideas guys

well this forum has been more then useless!!!

claus i think the problem is that you have spaces in your

{ gallery }test{ /gallery }


take away the spaces in the brackets like this:

{gallery}test{/gallery}

solved it for me

thanks for nothing!!!!

peace

Hi

Jokli: I tried what you said, but i get a HTTP 500 internal server error. What have i done wrong ?

www.dkphoto.dk/test.php

craigboy87: I tried what you said, but id did not work either. Maybe my problem is what Jokli mentioned.

What do i do now ?

Kind regards

Claus

Hi again

I got the test.php to work. I had to put the line extension=php_gd2.dll into the php.ini file.

So now i also get the following:

Array ( [0] => bcmath [1] => calendar [2] => com_dotnet [3] => ctype [4] => session [5] => filter [6] => ftp [7] => hash [8] => iconv [9] => json [10] => odbc [11] => pcre [12] => Reflection [13] => date [14] => libxml [15] => standard [16] => tokenizer [17] => zlib [18] => SimpleXML [19] => dom [20] => SPL [21] => wddx [22] => xml [23] => xmlreader [24] => xmlwriter [25] => cgi-fcgi [26] => mysql [27] => gd ) array(12) { ["GD Version"]=> string(27) "bundled (2.0.34 compatible)" ["FreeType Support"]=> bool(true) ["FreeType Linkage"]=> string(13) "with freetype" ["T1Lib Support"]=> bool(true) ["GIF Read Support"]=> bool(true) ["GIF Create Support"]=> bool(true) ["JPG Support"]=> bool(true) ["PNG Support"]=> bool(true) ["WBMP Support"]=> bool(true) ["XPM Support"]=> bool(false) ["XBM Support"]=> bool(true) ["JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support"]=> bool(false) }

Does it look okay?

Myy test page does still not show my gallery/photo.

Any other suggestions?

Kind regards

Claus

Ok - like me you probably just grabbed the { gallery } code out of an article - problem being that they have put in spaces so it is easier to read!

So you must have no spaces {gallery}test{/gallery} - Traps for non-coders!

Next issue for me was to create the temp folder for it to use (it gave a nice explanatory error message to tell me to do this and to chmod the folder to 644 or 777)  644 did not work, 777 did. (Do a google on how to chmod the folder permissions - will depend on your FTP client)

Hope this helps

Another trick

I had the situation, where some articles with the code worked, and some would not - I checked all the obvious lower case file names, no spaces etc. tearing my hair out!

Look at the article in HTML mode

Solution - the wysisyg editor had placed lots of junky html around the code, so when all this cr*p was deleted and only {gallery}folder{/gallery} remained,  it worked!

Hi there

I have googled what you said about permissions.
I found out that chmod is used on Linux systems. So on Windows i have to change the permissions on another way. I have to right click and set up users with e.g. different permissions.
But i am not sure of what kind of user i should create? Is there a special user that should be created when it should be accessed from the web?

I alså tried logging on with Filezilla (FTP) and change the attributes/folder permissions to 777. But it went back to the old settings. So i have to set the right permissions through Windows.

But i found another link on the web. I got also a little confused over this. It seems like that i should make the folders writable through Apache. But i dont see any explanation on how the put in the commands that they show in the link.

www.netadmintools.com/art560.html

I have tried disabling the wysisyg editor so it was a clean code. But it did not help either.


Summary:

1. Should i create a special user with permissions similar to 777 for the web users. And what kind of user should it then be?

2. Should i instead just make the folders writeable through apache. And how do i do that?

Kind regards

Claus

Claus,

to me it sounds like the problem has nothing to do with spaces, HTML or file permissions. The first thing you say in your posting is that you are new to Joomla, and I just assume you haven't enabled Simple Image Gallery PRO yet.

You didn't say if you had Joomla 1.0 or 1.5. If you are on 1.5 use the admin interface to enable it:

1. Extensions -> Plugin Manager
2. Locate "Content - Simple Image Gallery PRO"
3. Click the red cross so it toggles to a green checkmark to make sure it is enabled.

This is almost too simple to be true, so my apologies if you already tried that.

Dan
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Hi there

I am using Joomla 1.5
I have enabled Simple Image Pro, so that is not the problem :-)

Kind regards

Claus

Ok.

Try downloading an example php script that uses GD to check that you actually can use the GD lib you installed. Also all the testing you did before installing GD should be tested again, since it couldn't possibly work without GD.

Then try different sets of images. I checked your images folder, and you use the tiny images shipped with Joomla. Find some other pics, call them p1.jpg, p2.jpg and p3.jpg for now. Eliminate any upper-/lower-case issues.

Also make sure that you have a valid temp-folder specified in SIG PRO. You did not mention anything about this. Verify that such a folder exists with write permissions. Also, set the 'Thumbnail cache' to 0 during testing. That way new images are created on each refresh.

Hi

When you checked my images folder, i was just trying with some other pictures. But i have now put in some new ones and named them p1.jpg, p2.jpg and so on.

Yes I have made a tempt folder /images/stories/temp/
And it is also set with write permissions.

About the script. I am not sure that i have done the right thing.
I downloaded this script: www.phpgd.com/scripts.php?script=1
and put it in the htdocs folder. dkphoto.dk/test2
I think it worked okay, but i am not sure (I see a picture). Will you please take a look at it?
If this not is a suitable script for checking the GD library, can you then give me a link and a description on how to test it ?

I have also tried all the things that has been mentioned before in this post, but it still wont work after i tried with the other pictures.

Kind regards

Claus

The GD script seems to be working, so we can forget about that.

I had a look at your site:

TEMP
dkphoto.dk/images/stories/temp/

TEST IMAGES
dkphoto.dk/images/stories/test/

Seems ok. No images are generated though. Where is your page where you have an article with the {gallery} text in it? (You do have it in an article/content right?). Give us a link to the page where you are supposed to show your gallery.

If you want to, you can e-mail me the admin login and I'll have a look. Send it to d-g-l-u-n-d-e (at) b-r-o-a-d-p-a-r-k-.-n-o or PM me.

One last tip: Why don't you test this using a local server setup? Just download the latest wampserver from www.wampserver.com. It includes a dead-easy setup for Windows including apache2, mysql, php5 including proper GD lib and fresh versions of everything.

Dan
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Hi

Thanks for your offer about login in to my site. But i will pass. But thanks anyway.

Yes i have made it in an article. Here is the link to where i want the pictures to be shown: dkphoto.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=57

I have made an section and a category. But i have linked the menu directly to the article.

I tried what you said about installing wampserver. I installed it on my laptop instead of my server.
What i tried:
1. I installed joomla 1.5 (Full package). I installed it with the example pages.
1.a. I installed the SIG pro and activated it. I made the "temp" folder under images/stories. Made a section, category, article and a menu. I put in the "code" {gallery}test{/gallery}.
1.b. Then something different from my server happened. It showed a error on the page. (See the attached file)
1.c. I opened the the file (C:\Apache\htdocs\plugins\content\plugin_jw_sigpro.php) and it showed this in line 71:
include_once($mosConfig_absolute_path."/mambots/content/plugin_jw_sigpro/sigpro_engine.php");
1.c. I thought that it could not find the file, so i tried changing the path to: include_once($mosConfig_absolute_path."/plugins/content/plugin_jw_sigpro/sigpro_engine.php");
1.d. I cant remember if the error code disapered or it still was there when i tested it. But i did not get any pictures on my page. So i changed it back again.

2. After that i uninstalled Joomla 1.5 and tried to install it again. But this time without the example pages. But i got the same result. No pictures.

3. I uninstalled the Joomla 1.5, and then tried to install the Joomla 1.0.15
3.a. I installed the SIG pro and made the temp folder. And so on. And then it worked ???
I do not understand why i can not get it to work with Joomla 1.5.

So right now i am considering to install the Joomla 1.0.15 in my server instead of the 1.5.

But if you can see the problem in the screendump i attached. Then please let me know. I think this is the last chance i will give the 1.5. After this i will try to install the 1.0.15 on my server.

Kind regards

Claus

Ok, so you got it working with Joomla 1.0.15. I Googled your error message and found a similar post on this very forum: forum.joomlaworks.net/index.php?topic=3790.msg14112

There are two versions of SIG Pro. It sounds to me like you are installing the 1.0 plugin on your 1.5 Joomla.

Dan
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Hi Again

danglund you are my hero :-)

Now it works. Thanks. Now i am happy again.

I just installed the other file, and then it worked.

Thanks

Kind regards

Claus