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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Making changes in the activation_success.html email.

« on: October 23, 2005, 08:07:20 PM »

I know where the activation_success.html email template is and know how to make text changes, but one thing confuses me. This is an html template. So how come I can't use html code like <h2></h2> or <strong></strong>, etc. When I do, it doesn't apply the attribute to the text, the code just shows up in the email as is.

I wanted to emphasize certain text in this email template, but for the life of me I don't understand why I can't use certain font attributes like I do in a normal html file. Can someone explain why this is or what I need to do to be able to use text enhancement (be it coding or something else)  in the activation_success.html template.

thanks for your help.

steve

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Not assigned to a usergroup

« on: October 20, 2005, 08:03:40 PM »

When a visitor joins my gallery, I assign them to the appropriate usergroup. However, there were times I didn't assign a member to any usergroup (i simply forgot). Is there a way to find/search for  members on the gallery who are not assigned to any usergroup???



thanks
Steve

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Chit Chat / 4images....how did it start?

« on: July 14, 2005, 11:33:13 PM »

I have been using 4images for about a year now. There are several experts here which I appreciate.   Who first wrote 4images and how did it get started?  I guess I'm curious of it's history. It's  a great program and I'm glad I found it along with this forum.

Another general question. What is the best way to learn php. I looked at php.net but I had a hard time grasping it. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

Thanks
steve

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Search Users without Picture

« on: June 30, 2005, 02:15:30 AM »

On my gallery all registered users have a picture. Over time, some did not want to be members anymore and their picture was  deleted  but  their user information was not.  Is there a reasonalble way to search and find for all registered users that do not have a picture? 

thanks
steve

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Two 4images on same host

« on: May 30, 2005, 11:46:56 PM »

Hi

My question is, can you have two 4images on the same server? I read this thread:

http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=8009.0

But it seems two of the top people here that I respect immensely disagree.

The reason I want two 4images on my server is that one will be used for a trial period and the other one (which is the current one now) would be the main one. The last thing I want to do is install another 4images on my server and mess up the 4images I currently have on the server.

The above thread did confuse me a little. Maybe if I give you some facts it may help clear up things..

My current 4images is:

1. On localhost
2. database/mysql name is: 4images
3. User for database is: xxxxx_gallery
4. I keep  all 4images files in this folder: http://www.filipinaeyes.com/4images

Couldn't I setup another 4images in another folder, like this:

1. On localhost
2. new database name: images
3. New username: xxxxx_pictures
4. Put all of 4images in a folder called http://www.filipinaeyes.com/trial

I think the thread above is talking about a possible conflict if you wanted to put both of your 4images in the root of your server and not in separate folders, right?. I would think if in separate folders there would be no conflicts. However, the thread did confuse me so I thought I would ask to be sure.

Thanks
steve

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / ICQ expert

« on: May 29, 2005, 02:42:21 PM »

Sorry to say, but I never used ICQ. I have members asking me why 4images (version 1.7) doesn't take their ICQ number. I asked them to  send me their ICQ and I'll put it in. For example a member sent me 266-778-198. I type it in through the control panel, saved it but when I looked at it I see 266 ( ).

Is this a bug or is this how it should display in 4 images?

When I click on the number, I go to someone else ICQ -- I think -- like I said, I never used ICQ before. Can anyone elaborate.

My other question is, how do I remove the ICQ field from the profile? If it isn't working properly, I'd rather remove than get a lot of questions from users?

As always, thanks for your help.

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Missing FAQ Mod -- moving 4images to another folder

« on: May 15, 2005, 07:03:16 PM »

Hi

There use to be a Mod for what to do when you moved 4images to another server in the FAQ. I can't find it now. I didn't move to another server, but I did move 4 images to a different folder on my server. I simply moved all the 4 image files and folders to a new folder called online-dating-gallery. Now that I made the move, I can't upload the pictures. I get the following error:

Code: [Select]

Warning: move_uploaded_file(./../data/media/2/Glenndel-4B24176.jpg): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/filipina/public_html/filipina-lady-gallery/includes/upload.php on line 113

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): Unable to move '/tmp/phpEh9wkZ' to './../data/media/2/Glenndel-4B24176.jpg' in /home/filipina/public_html/filipina-lady-gallery/includes/upload.php on line 113
I don't know why it repeats twice, but it does. I searched for the MOD, but only thing I found was link to the FAQ by Vono which doesn't seem to exist anymore.

I did chmod all required directories to 777 and all files under templates/default to 666 and also the templates/default/media files to 666.

Can anyone tell me how to fix the above problem

thanks
Steve.

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Email Limitations

« on: May 09, 2005, 06:59:46 AM »

I have over 500 members. When I do a mass mailing I get an error if I select more than 40 members to send an email to. If I keep my selections to 40 or less than all is ok. In my case, I have to send the same email 13 times to reach all 500 members.

Is there a fix for this where I can select all 500 members and email them all at once? If so, where is it, please? Any hellp would be appreciated.

thanks
steve.

p.s. read the faq, didn't see anything on this. Did a search using email but couldn't find my answer, if I missed sorry.

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Mods & Plugins (Requests & Discussions) / Only visible to a certain group.

« on: May 01, 2005, 05:19:37 AM »

Hi all

I have been using 4images as my gallery for quite some time now. I think it is a wonderful program. Over time I added mods from the forum to improve it. There is one situation that I wish I knew how to improve and if there is a mod for it, I don't know which one it is. If you don't mind, need to give you some background:

1. I own a dating site and charge male members to join to get the ladies contact information (ladies can join for free). If you look at my site (http://www.filipinaeyes.com/4imges) you will notice under the ladies thumbnail is an ID. For example Koko-549.

2. The guy has to write down the ID of the ladies he likes and I provide him with a special link to look up the contact information for the ladies. He has to leave 4 images to go to this contact page.

3. My wish would be this. The guy could somehow have access to the ladies contact information in the ladies description. This contact information would only be visible to male members when they log in (only members  have log in codes and members include both  ladies who join for free and gentlemen who pay for membership).  It can't be visible to lady members or I would have guys sending a fake picture as a lady to join for free so they could get access to the ladies contact information.

4. Of course every ladies' contact information is different...so I would want to put her contact information  in her description, visible only when male members log in and then they would not have to leave 4images to get the ladies contact info.

I know anything is possible (as Chris would say), but is this reasonably feasible in 4images or is there already a mod for this. I'm also open for any other suggestions. I just don't have the PHP knowledge so I keep digging through the forum hoping to find the answers. Any feed back or thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks

Steve

p.s. Chris's mod for making certain text visible when you log in doesn't work for this idea. In other words, the ladies would also have access to the contact information and again, this would be a problem. It has to be so only a certain group can see the text. I have two groups for my site. One goup is called lady members and the other group is called male members. It is the male member group that can only be able to see the text when they  log in, not the lady member group. Also, I don't think Chri's mod would work by me typing in the code in the description. Agin, any ideas at all would be appreciated. I'm using 7.1.

thanks

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Bounced emails

« on: April 20, 2005, 03:58:43 PM »

Hi All.

I asked this question before the hack and I did get an answer, but the reply so above my head that I wasn't sure of a solution. Part of the problem may of been I didn't word my problem well. Here goes.

I use 4images to send out newsletters to my members. The problem is, if the email address is invalid or not good, I do not get a bounced email reply. For me, getting this reply is valuable since it tells me if an email is valid or not.

It was easy enough to test, I simply created a user in 4 images with a bogus email (something like xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfafafafa444@hotmail.com) and sent it. Also I sent emails to members whose email bounced in other mail servers so I know they were invalid.

At first I thought maybe this is a php problem. However, I downloaded other php programs that had mail functions and they would report a bounced email. It is inconvience to use another program for my newsletter since I would have to keep 2 programs upated -- both 4 images and the other php program.

I'm back to using 4 images as my newsletter program...it sends out emails find, but still not getting that  email telling me if an email bounces. This is important. What I was doing, if I got 3 bounced emails from a member, I called to inquire about a valid email. Without 4 images telling me if an email bounces, I lose this function. Also, if I could not resolve the bounce email issue, I eventually delted the user from 4 images.

Hopefully I explained my problem well enough to ask the following:  Why doesn't 4 images report a bounced email? Is it something to do wth my server? If it is my server, why does  other php programs report a bounce email and not 4 images?

Any help or advise would be appreciated.

thanks in advance for your reply.

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Added by:

« on: April 09, 2005, 07:11:13 PM »

Hi

Under the picture there is a list of items:

Date:
Hits:
Downloads:
Rating:
File Size:
Added by: dan-424

I want to get rid of the Added by and the user name: When I say that, I mean I want it not to be seen -- yet I still want  the mod to work when  that sends  an email when someone makes a comment under their picture.

Thanks
steve

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Discussion & Troubleshooting / Pictures in HTML pages

« on: March 28, 2005, 06:26:24 AM »

I think before the hacker struck, there was a mod so you could put random pictures in a HTML file. My search found discussions that referred to links to this mod, but they were links before the hack so I get a 404.  Does anyone know if this mod still exist and where? I can't seem to find it if it is still on the forum. Thanks for any help in advance.

Thanks

steve

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Mods & Plugins (Requests & Discussions) / Letter sent to new user

« on: March 14, 2005, 07:42:08 PM »

Hi

I run a paid website. Only members have certain privileges when using 4images gallery. My method is to enter the new members myself and assign them a password and username and their permisssions. It gives me more  control.

I thought that when I added a new user to 4images they got an email automatically telling them they were approved and what their password and username was. But a few simple tests of creating dummy members and adding them, I got no such letter sent to me.

My questions are:

(1) Is this a function of 4images and in my case it is not working properly? If so, where do I fix it?

or

(2) If it is not a function, could someone please show me the code to add this mod so when I add a new user myself they get an email telling them their username and password ? If the mod does  exist, sorry I couldn't find it.

It would be a great time saver.

Thanks in advance for your help

steve.

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Mods & Plugins (Requests & Discussions) / Extra Picture Mod or could I include

« on: March 10, 2005, 03:44:54 PM »

Hi. I know this subject has been discussed several times. However, I don't think there has been a solution to it. I have seen replies or suggestions, but the suggestions were over my head. Hopefully I explain this well and someone can point me in the right direction.

4images is a great gallery. One feature that it lacks is the ability to show more than one image for the same owner/user when you are in the description.

In other words, when you click on the thumbnail and the picture enlarges, it would be nice to see in the description of the enlarged picture more thumbnails if the owner has more pictures to display. I'm not sure, but I believe this area with the larger picture and description is called the details page.

I have been looking at other php scripts that are php viewers for photos.

Can I use the include command for this viewer script in the details.html ---  Is details.html the right template to use to display another php script that shows thumbnails for extra pictures when you look at the picture description? This viewer script that I would include shows the thumbnails and when clicked a pop up of a larger image is displayed. But again, I'm not sure which template is appropriate to use for this include command. Any help or advise would be appreciated.

As a side note: glad you are back and I like the new forum look. Where is the donation button? I would glady donate to this forum from my paypal account. You guys do a great job.

Steve.