Quote from: franky242 on April 20, 2013, 03:40

It abandons Processing Files somewhere between 200 and 300 files - I receive no more mails after the second one (200 processed) and if I check back (even after 10 hours now) only the last 200 something submitted images display related ones on their image detail page.

Hence I could imagine either we find a way that the script continues to run or it could check maybe upon start which images were processed recently (<24h should be sufficient) and start with the next one. That way I could process all images by calling the script several times - might also be saving resources for other users that upload frequently and do not need to process all images each time?

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it really does sound like a script that times out, but without an error being displayed

a simple fix would be to process the images from most recently updated (this can be done in the sql select that sets up the processing)  then, if the script fails, the next time it would process new items rather than the ones already done

sorry, I've been offline over the weekend... :-)

I tried it again this morning and again, I only received mails for 100 and 200 images being processed. After checking my images online it became obvious that only my latest approx. 260 images feature the "similar images" widget. Hence I guess we need to find a way for a less resource-hungry processing - since in my case (2,800 photos online now) the processing of hundred photos takes about 6 minutes, I figured a complete run (give it would work) would take about 168 minutes (about 3 hours!) - even if the server would allow a script to run for such a long time, I doubt this makes sense every time you upload new images.

Hence the approach of processing images that were not processed yet - that way if you start the script enough times, all images will be processed. Maybe add a second option "process all images" so that from time to time you can build the whole references from scratch?

 

Great, congratulations!

Who�s next?!? :-)

Ah, this might be the difference to Steve: With my 2700 images available, I guess this might be the problem. And now?

Here's a little tidbit for you -

The more image you have the more time it will take per image.

For instance, if you have 1000 images, each of those 1000 images are checked against those 1000 images.

If you have 3000 images, each of those 3000 images are checked against 3000 images.

See a pattern? It multiplies your time.

nope, it does NOT complete, the wheel keeps on turning forever (I did wait for about an hour each time) and if I check which images feature related images, they end up each time about the last 200 ones uploaded, older ones do not have the related images module on their page.

So just to confirm - it does complete the task, but it stops emailing you after so many?

Its possible your server takes methods to avoid spam.

Here you go http://www.symbiostock.com/free-files/widgets_and_menus.swf

Hi Leo, you are great (I guess we all know that! :-), the mobile menu displays well in smaller resolutions. HOWEVER the menu itself does not seem to work properly, I tried using several browsers (desktop and mobile) and the problem seems to exist everywhere: No matter on which page you are, "home" does not seem to work and menu items with subitems also do not seem to work, for example on your site: Select "The orange man", then on the page select "home" (no action) and then "illustrations" (jumps to top of page the orange man).

I hope I could make myself clear and you can fix? In that case the mobile menu indeed would be a great feature! :-)

Good luck, thanks, Frank

Hi Steve,

thanks for your feedback, they are fixed now. Bloody German Umlauts in the keywords...
Glad to be able to link to your site - after all it was you who gave me basic support - remember the 1&1 issue? I am now with bluehost thanks to your recommendation! :-)

Cheers, Frank

Hi

I came across some errors on the site. For example, look at Brands and Properties under Editorial and then go to page 2.

Or, go to Sights and Landmarks under Categories.

Thanks for including me in your partner network. I've now got 150 images online after my recent trip to the Washington DC cherry blossom festival!

Steve

since I am done now with setting up my site http://www.franky242.net/shop for public access (thanks a million again to Leo for support regarding the categories and memory issues!), the only open item is optimization of the (child) template for access through smaller screens (iPad for example).

Additionally I want to share with you some items I discovered as potential additions for the near future together with priorities I would see:

Images functionality:
�   Prio 1: Editorial Images: Since I have a lot of editorial images in my portfolio, this is my highest priority: We should be able to tag images as editorial, a red warning (customizable red text �editorial use only�) should be displayed in the image description, editorial images should also be labelled in the user�s download section and on the receipt the user receives. Additionally a label (red �E�?) for images on the category and search overviews would be great.
�   Prio 1: Randomize Image Order in Category view: Each time you open a category, its contents are displayed in the same order (latest addition first, I guess) � might be a bit boring for returning visitors. Randomizing the order for every call might be a welcome change?
�   Prio 2: Display of related images on an image detail page � to be honest, I have no idea yet how this might function since the user wouldd need to define images related with each other first?
�   Prio 2: Amount of images displayed in category view: Let the user select, how many images he wants to see in one go since 32 might be a bit too few for larger collections.
�   Prio 3: User can change sort order (downloads, latest uploads, views) � in a later release it might be an idea to let the user sort his findings on the overview pages.

Other functionality:
�   Prio 1: Image Statistics � List per image its views and sales to give us an idea about popularity
�   Prio 2: Most searched keywords - compared to most used keywords  that give an indication of the contributor�s perspective, a gadget showing most searched keywords from the user�s perspective might be nice.
�   Prio 3: Vouchers � users should be able to enter a voucher code upon checkout in order to retrieve a discount. This would serve two purposes: a.) a fixed discount for returning �high volume� buyers and b.) the abilitity for promos, for example on Facebook �enter code xyz for a 20% discount�.

What do you think , do you have the same needs? Please feel free to comment!

Symbiostock is a great development and I am eager to use new functionality in the future...

Steve, unfortunately you are right with your assumptions: I also tried uploading a very small image and the processing works fine, no luck however with anything >100KB! Thanks anyway and good luck with bluehost!

Leo seems like there is indeed an issue with processing larger images with several hosters, 1und 1 (https://www.1und1.de), one of the largest German hosters seems not to support processing of images largen than 100kB. Anything you can do about that?

First of all: Excuse me if my error report sounds sounds stupid or can easily be fixed, I am not an experienced programmer! :-(

I installed Wordpress and Symbiostock earlier today and while most things seem to work fine, I receive the following error message when trying to process the images uploaded:

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in (I removed full path for this post)/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/classes/image-processor/wideimage/lib/WideImage.php on line 194

Warning: file_get_contents((I removed full path for this post)/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/classes/image-processor/symbiostock-watermark-small.png) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in (I removed full path for this post)/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/classes/image-processor/wideimage/lib/WideImage.php on line 194

Warning: unpack() [function.unpack]: Type c: not enough input, need 1, have 0 in (I removed full path for this post)/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/classes/image-processor/wideimage/lib/vendor/de77/TGA.php on line 90

Can anyone give me a hint what I need to do? Thanks in advance, also for this great venture!

Hi Paul,

my compliments, with the latest version, the App is performing much better, I think it was a good idea to move the logic outside of the App - which gives you much more flexibility in case platforms change their format or other issues occur.
I use and enjoy the App a lot, please continue your good work!

Until recently FT was performing well for me, given my still rather small portfolio. But then in April my status got updated to silver (thousand sales) and since then my sales dropped tremendously, they are now 50% of what the used to be before the "upgrade"!
If I remember correctly, someone stated that FT places photos of higher ranked contributors lower in searches - if that should really be the case, then I'd be happy to downgrade again...

Cool, I like it - looks very modern and gives a good idea about your work - which is great as well btw.

Some observations however:

* I find it quite disturbing that if I click on a photo, I do not end up with the hires version of that one but with the first one of that series only!

* I do not get the difference between portfolio and gallery - the latter one being quite empty anyway.

* whereas the portfolio works well on my iPad, I have issues with the other sections which are 'hidden' behind the navigation - for example need to close the navigation First before I can read "about mat'

* I was irritated by the fact that the text on 'about mat' is written in third person, not really personal communication I think - however the quotes are hilarious!

Besides the issues above, I really like your site and wish you a great success!