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Agency Based Discussion => Cutcaster => Topic started by: corareed on February 18, 2011, 20:37

Title: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: corareed on February 18, 2011, 20:37
Our FTP is live.  Overwhelm us with uploads, we are ready!!!!
 ;D
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: visceralimage on February 18, 2011, 20:53
awesome, they are on the way, let's see what you can do.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Pauws99 on February 19, 2011, 07:32
Cant work out how to use it though? whats the address?? ???
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: corareed on February 19, 2011, 12:24
uploads.cutcaster.com
Your user name
Your password

Be sure to set your ftp to ACTIVE, instead of passive.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: UncleGene on February 19, 2011, 12:48
Do you know that by using the same user name and password for ftp as for main site access you make it much simpler to steal credentials?
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on March 01, 2011, 07:24
After seing some sales eventually, I decided to resume uploading to CC

but my uploaded files are in Cutcaster's FTP folder since Feb, 26th and nothing happens...
not being imported after clicking on "Process my FTP uploads" and waiting for hours
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: kjorgen on March 01, 2011, 08:55
Same here.
I uploaded with Stocksubmitter, so I thought that was the reason. But obviously the bug is at Cutcaster then  :-\
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 01, 2011, 09:00
Can not speak on John's behalf, but I communicated the problem to him end last week and he has been working full out on it since then. He will let us know when it is running again (I will also give you a heads up here unless he beats me to it).
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: johngriffin on March 01, 2011, 14:28
Can people who had issues try again? It should be fixed and the files will appear in your account.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: cthoman on March 01, 2011, 14:53
...my uploaded files are in Cutcaster's FTP folder since Feb, 26th and nothing happens...
not being imported after clicking on "Process my FTP uploads" and waiting for hours

Same here.

Can people who had issues try again? It should be fixed and the files will appear in your account.

What do you mean exactly? Reupload the files or reprocess them? When I leave the page now and come back, it says it is still processing them. Same when I quit my browser and come back.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 01, 2011, 15:08
Please see last entry.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 01, 2011, 15:26
Please see last entry (feedback not applicable any longer).
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 01, 2011, 17:38
All seem to be working fine now. I had to delete my old uploads and re-upload, but I think everyone should try to process theirs first, as mine could have had an isolated issue. If that does not work, re-upload and you should be fine then.

PS John promised us a progress bar for the FTP processing  ;) (go John go...!)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on March 01, 2011, 18:40
It's working now for me. Without even resubmitting. Thanks
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: cthoman on March 01, 2011, 18:47
It's working now for me. Without even resubmitting. Thanks

Me too. Thanks.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: johngriffin on March 01, 2011, 18:54
Progress bar coming shortly ;-)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Phil on March 01, 2011, 21:56
when I try ftp I just get :(

Command:   PORT 129,180,75,58,196,163
Response:   200 PORT command successful
Command:   MLSD
Response:   425 Could not open data connection to port 50339: Connection refused
Error:   Failed to retrieve directory listing
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 02, 2011, 01:29
when I try ftp I just get :(

Command:   PORT 129,180,75,58,196,163
Response:   200 PORT command successful
Command:   MLSD
Response:   425 Could not open data connection to port 50339: Connection refused
Error:   Failed to retrieve directory listing

I have just uploaded another 100 without problem. Think it is your uploader (just also check, there is a new FTP name - uploads.cutcaster.com)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Stock_Fox on March 02, 2011, 02:03
For me, FTP is working fine now. :)

But I have 2 short questions:

Well, I know it sounds lazy, but do I really have to click on every single image in the “Edit and Submit Files” menu at cutcaster? On average I need more than one click per image to get my images pending.  I still have a couple of thousands images to upload and I don’t think that I want to click them all….. :)
I also have a second question: is there a way to set another standard price (so that I don’t have to change the price every time)???  ???

thanks a lot  :)
Gunnar
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: corareed on March 02, 2011, 11:39
For me, FTP is working fine now. :)

But I have 2 short questions:

Well, I know it sounds lazy, but do I really have to click on every single image in the “Edit and Submit Files” menu at cutcaster? On average I need more than one click per image to get my images pending.  I still have a couple of thousands images to upload and I don’t think that I want to click them all….. :)
I also have a second question: is there a way to set another standard price (so that I don’t have to change the price every time)???  ???

thanks a lot  :)
Gunnar

The submit all button is on the way, but as long as you have a title, description, and keywords and you click the save and submit button on the bottom, all images will move to pending.

I will check on the price questions.

:-)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Ariene on March 02, 2011, 14:53
Images that are uploaded by (with? how do I write this? :D) FTP are still 'processing' but you can see them in 'edit and submit files'. And they are ready to submit! :)
Wow, you review images really fast :D But I have a question, where I can find rejected images?
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 02, 2011, 15:33
Images that are uploaded by (with? how do I write this? :D) FTP are still 'processing' but you can see them in 'edit and submit files'. And they are ready to submit! :)
Wow, you review images really fast :D But I have a question, where I can find rejected images?

Ariene, can help you on the "processing" part of your question: At this stage it does not state when it is finished (so it is a static message). This will now be resolved with the progress bar John has promised (then you can see when it is finished).
On the second part, I also do not know of any place where you can view the rejected images.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: johngriffin on March 02, 2011, 23:24
Fixed the processing button issue. Will replace that text with a progress bar soon too. The FTP should be working fine now and we will roll out additional support for as many FTP clients as we can.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on March 03, 2011, 07:28
The submit all button is on the way, but as long as you have a title, description, and keywords and you click the save and submit button on the bottom, all images will move to pending.

Not exactly. First you have to tick each file individually - which is the boring part. After that, you can click the save and submit button; it's 11 clicks instead of just one, or about 1000% more clicks than necessary.

TO ALL SITES, NOT JUST CC: sorry but I am continuing my battle for streamlined processes: the only hope for minor sites in my opinion, since we cannot afford to spend more time than necessary on 20+ sites. We are photographers, not bots. The only button I want to click is the shutter button.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Stock_Fox on March 03, 2011, 11:50
The submit all button is on the way, but as long as you have a title, description, and keywords and you click the save and submit button on the bottom, all images will move to pending.

Not exactly. First you have to tick each file individually - which is the boring part. After that, you can click the save and submit button; it's 11 clicks instead of just one, or about 1000% more clicks than necessary.

TO ALL SITES, NOT JUST CC: sorry but I am continuing my battle for streamlined processes: the only hope for minor sites in my opinion, since we cannot afford to spend more time than necessary on 20+ sites. We are photographers, not bots. The only button I want to click is the shutter button.

Yes, a "check all“ button would be great.  :)
This is exactly what I am looking for.  Checking ALL images with ONE click.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Phil on March 03, 2011, 14:42
when I try ftp I just get :(

Command:   PORT 129,180,75,58,196,163
Response:   200 PORT command successful
Command:   MLSD
Response:   425 Could not open data connection to port 50339: Connection refused
Error:   Failed to retrieve directory listing

hmm, connects fine at home, exact same settings, same version of filezilla at work ;) and I get the error...weird
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: johngriffin on March 03, 2011, 15:03
Is it your firewall settings at work potentially?
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Phil on March 03, 2011, 20:49
must be, I know they are locked down to some extent. I used to have problems with veer until they made changes, but everyone else works. 

I just changed from active to passive and it now works perfect :)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: suemack on March 04, 2011, 22:24
Fireftp is working now for me too  ;D couldn't get it to work before, uploading my first batch using it.

Uploaded ok, but we seem to be stuck on 'processing your files'

UPDATE again ..... CANCEL that ... when I went to the edit and submit page my files were there!
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Newsfocus1 on March 06, 2011, 13:27
Quote from: Ariene link=topic=12549.msg188109#msg188109 date=1299095618
Wow, you review images really fast :D But I have a question, where I can find rejected images?
[/quote

In case anyone hasn't noticed yet you can now find any rejections by going to Media Files then Overview. You have to go through your list of uploads to find them -they're not in a seperate section. There's also a brief rejection reason given. Useful in my case as 5 editorial files were rejected for "copyright", so I guess the editorial box became unticked somehow. Now I know that I can just re-upload them. Not had any problems since with about 300 uploads so far. And, yes, some of those were reviewed within a few minutes. Good work Cutcaster! Regards, David.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: johngriffin on March 07, 2011, 16:55
We added a FTP progress indicator and link to the edit files section once the upload processing is complete so its easier to understand now. As your files are processed they are moved to the edit and submit page. Once they are all moved there the text will say the processing is complete and the "Process FTP" button will return. Hope that helps people more.

FTP has been working without problem for the last week now so let me know if you guys see anything we should take a look at. Thanks
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: corareed on March 08, 2011, 12:28
We have a new select all button at the bottom of the edit and submit page now too!!!!


Keep those suggestions coming!
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: Stock_Fox on March 08, 2011, 13:27
We have a new select all button at the bottom of the edit and submit page now too!!!!


Keep those suggestions coming!


perfect, thanks!!!  :) :) :)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: johngriffin on March 14, 2011, 14:49
Anyone still having issues? This should for the most part be working completely fine and is back to normal. If you are having issues and need help please send us an email or post below the FTP clients and the error message you are getting. Thanks for the uploads.
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: CD123 on March 14, 2011, 18:24
Anyone still having issues? This should for the most part be working completely fine and is back to normal. If you are having issues and need help please send us an email or post below the FTP clients and the error message you are getting. Thanks for the uploads.

Guess no news is good news John!!!  ;)
Title: Re: FTP is LIVE!!!!!
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on March 15, 2011, 07:09
It's working fine now indeed, thanks.