first off - I'm running 1.7.1, linux, GD 2.0.12, using IM to create thumbs, etc. etc - -
this works great for text annotation, but I can't get image annotation to work - - - no worries, though -
I can actually help a bit for a few of the reoccuring problems (I printed out this thread - 67 pages! - and read it while sitting on the deck this afternoon!)
but in acp i get only a white screen and no error messages.
this is from V@no from another thread:blank page? want to see the error messages?
uncomment this line in global.php:
Code:
//error_reporting(E_ALL);(assuming u are using v1.7.1)
in v1.7 insert below the existing error_reporting line this:
Code:
error_reporting(E_ALL);
So can someone help me...? Or just say what the problem is?
did you create & run the test php file from the instructions? if not, download it from this post (see below for link) - I made it a php for you -
You'll need to edit this file a bit - here's how:
find
/home/public_html/arial.ttfand change it to be the exact path and font name where your font - (the *.ttf file you want to write on your images with) - is stored. If you want to use Tahoma.ttf, for example, open Windows/FONTS on your system. locate tahoma.ttf and upload it to the root of your site - or wherever you want to store your fonts. This could be another folder called "fonts", for example. If you choose to use the default Arial.ttf, make sure it's uploaded to the folder you designate.
Open your site's control panel - you probably have one somewhere (I use cPanel) - and hunt around in all the menus and such for something that says "WWW directory" and/or "root directory" - this will show you what the path in this file (and in the ACP areas that need a path) should be. Mine, for example, is "/home/graf/public_html" - yours will be similar. If you can't find it there in your site's control panel, use the FTP address where you upload your files. If you can't find it there, ask your host what it is - even if you don't know what you're talking about, they'll know, so just copy down exactly what they tell you.
Once you have the root directory path (or "WWW directory" path - whatever your host calls it - ) paste it into the script above - and upload to your site's root. Run it - type into your browser "
http://www.my_big_dotcom.com/image_tester.php" - -
substitute your site URL for what I put in there (hopefully I didn't HAVE to type that last bit, but....)
Did you see something like this:
graffi's font test for watermarking ? I'm using a retro-style font set at 9 pts - white on a black BG in a 240px wide box.
If you did, the script works, your site works, everything is OK - you just have to debug what you did wrong in typing one of the paths in the annotation settings panel.
If you CAN'T see anything, or get an error message of some sort, you're probably out of luck with this MOD, assuming you got your paths right in the tester script - -
If you're testing this MOD in batch mode, be sure to be
editing more than one image (trying it out on just one image at a time won't work, for some weird reason) and that
uploading is turned ON - - otherwise, you'll get nothing.
If you'd like to change the transparency of TEXT annotation, I'll have a fix for that later -
hope this helps - -
