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phpThumb and caching issues…seeking advice…

2008-06-11T10:26:10Z

First, I realize this is not a CSS/html specific issue, and I am certainly aware this has nothing to do with EE itself; but I know there are a bunch of folks who use phpThumb and swear by it.

I’ve, on several projects, experienced a problem where “it seems” as if phpThumb builds the each image on every page load rather than calling the image from it’s cache. A latest example of this is here just above the footer where recent member avatars are displayed. You can see each one load in.

I’m not sure if this is simply expected behavior or not; however, I have worked on projects where a greater number of much larger images do not display this behavior with phpThumb.

How can I ensure that the cached image is called rather than having the image recreated on every page load.

phpThumb cache directory permissions are set to “777” and .../demo/phpThumb.demo.check.php confirms that the cache directory: exists, is readable, and is writable.

I don’t believe I’m doing anything out of the ordinary to the image with respect to how I’m applying phpThumbs parameters. Below are some examples:

//using relative path from root thru scripts directory to phpThumb
/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_9.jpg&amp;w=32&amp;h=32&amp;zc=1&amp;fltr[]=usm|20|0.5|3&amp;q=95
or
/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/uploads/articles/Bandhej.jpg&amp;w=246&amp;h=144&amp;zc=1&amp;fltr[]=usm|20|0.5|3&amp;q=95
//other than size settings the only parameters I'm applying are and unsharpen mask filter and the quality is bumped up from its default of 75% to 95% 

I have changed nothing within the config file. This situation should not require setting ‘cache_maxsize’ and ‘cache_maxfiles’ to “null” as I’m not dealing with a huge number of images.

Could someone provide some insight?

Thank you.

Aquaria Photography Site

2008-10-11T17:14:42Z

Hello Everyone:

I am looking for some suggestions on how to go about setting up a site for a prospective client we have. The client is a photographer for another one of our prospective clients. The photographer is looking for a way to sell his photos specially targeting the aquarium service and maintenance industry.

We have discussed with him setting up a site similar to iStock pricing structure. We know that it may only be a small niche group, but he does want to be in full control of this photos as well as the site.

With that in mind we decided it would be best to give him a site developed in EE, but I recently noticed that the ecommerce solutions for EE have been basically stopped in production. I have looked at FoxyCart and I think that may be a solution to the problem.

I am looking for any suggestions that anyone has for this project. If you have any more questions about the pricing structure please let me know.

Finally, if there is anyone who has worked with FoxyCart for their sites in EE or any others, I would like to hear about your experience.

Thanks.

jquery show/hide

2008-10-11T00:05:42Z

I’m trying to do something with jquery but it just isn’t working. I’ve got a list of entry titles that want to be hidden until the user clicks on the h2 tag above it.

Here is the code and the page where it should be working (bottom right)

<h2 class="toggle">All Teachersh2>
    <div class="view">
    {exp:weblog:entries weblog="teachers" orderby="date" sort="desc" limit="100" status="open" dynamic="off" disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks"}
    {categories}<h3><a href="{permalink=">{title}a>h3>{/categories}
    {/exp:weblog:entries}
    div>

<scr*pt type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(funtion(){
        $('div.view').hide();
        $('h2.toggle').click(function(){
            $('div.view').show();
            $(this).hide();
        });
    });
scr*pt> 

jquery not acting right (in style or html) and table help. help!

2008-10-11T02:22:49Z

Hi,

I’m having a bit of problem with jquery.

First things first. I want my tables to look like this
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/design.html

bit they are ending up looking like this
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/index.php/tdez/print/

and I don’t know what gives, I can’t seem to make it tab over to the next section of the table. Anyone have any ideas.

Second, Jquery is not playing nice. It’s supposed to have “close,” “prev,” and “next” gifs on it and even though I’ve referenced them, they are not showing up. I don’t know what else to do, do (does) anyone have any help regarding this issue?

here are the missing gifs that are uploaded on my site

http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/images/interface/lightbox-ico-loading.gif
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/images/interface/lightbox-btn-prev.gif
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/images/interface/lightbox-btn-next.gif
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/images/interface/lightbox-btn-close.gif
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/images/interface/lightbox-blank.gif

thanks!
Scott

background not showing when done in EE (completely lost)

2008-10-11T01:04:26Z

okay my static site works just fine and the background comes up just fine but when I do it in EE, it completely disappears in Safari (and I daresay IE). I don’t know what gives.

here is my site that works in
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/

and here it is where the bg doesn’t work correctly (and it’s running EE here)
http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox/index.php/tdez/index/

I don’t know what gives, the CSS is exactly the same save the path where I made sure the url was exact

body {
    text-align: center;
    background-color: #DAD2A8;
    margin: 0 0 20px 0;
    background-image: url(http://www.thigpendesigns.com/sandbox//images/interface/bg_01.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: fixed;
  }
  
  body,td,th {
    font-size: 80%;
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
} 

Jquery Sifr Plugin Help Requested

2008-07-03T10:19:07Z

I am trying to configure and execute SIFR replacement via the newest version of the Gilles Van der Hoven’s JQuery SIFR plugin. I am not yet really comfortable with Jquery and might be making a fundamental mistake or omission but I just cannot get it to work. I am trying to target the following

entry titles:

`<div class="entry"> <div class="entry-title"><h3>{title}h3>div> {summary} {body} {extended} div> ......`

I will outline the basic scenario, including the location of everything.

All of my scripts live in a folder called “scripts.”
My fonts are located in a folder called “fonts.”
Both of these folders are at the root, or the same directory as my system folder
I am calling all of my header information via a template referenced as “includes/html_head.”
This template includes my doctype, and stylesheet information, followed by: <div class="codeblock"><code> <scrpt type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery.js"></scrpt> <scrpt type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery.flash.js"></scrpt> <scrpt type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery.sifr.js"></scrpt> <scrpt type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery.browser.js"></scrpt> <scrpt type="text/javascript" src="eesys/extensions/markitup/jquery.markitup.js"></scrpt> <scrpt type="text/javascript"> $('document').ready(function(); $('h3').sifr({path: '/fonts/Medici.swf'}); </scrpt> </head> </code></div> Can anyone identify why I am not getting any love here? Could anyone suggest an altogether better way to execute the whole shebang? I plan to employ more Jquery functionality as my abilities grow, so I might as well get everything set up right now. I would appreciate any assistance you kind folks could provide. Cheers-John </article> <article> <h1>Can’t display comments in one line</h1> 2008-10-09T15:50:35Z I’m trying to display each comment in one line but no matter what I the author, date, and comment always get separated into separated lines: The page is here: <a href="http://www.phototacular.com">http://www.phototacular.com</a> (click on show comments) <div class="codeblock"><code> <div id="comments{entry_id}" style="display:none;"> <ul class="commentlist" {exp:comment:entries weblog="{my_weblog}" entry_id="{entry_id}"} <li> {author}:{comment}-{comment_date format='%m/%d'} on {comment_date format='%h:%i %A'} </li> {/exp:comment:entries} </ul> </div>  </code></div> and the style: <div class="codeblock"><code> .commentlist { margin:20px auto; list-style-type:none; background: #F0F8FF; max-height: 200px; clear:both; overflow: auto; } .commentlist li { padding: 2px; color: #444; font-size: .9em; } </code></div> </article> <article> <h1>Opera 9.6 and footer</h1> 2008-10-09T09:57:54Z In all other browsers my background image in “footer” shows as is, but wiht Opera 9.6 there is nothing for ya =) Ideas with <a href="http://www.luontotupa.net/index.php">this one?</a> Thanks: - Tuittu </article> <article> <h1>displaying a custom weblog field in facebox</h1> 2008-10-08T20:11:24Z Hi I have a music weblog with a custom field called ‘lyrics’ that I would like to display using jquery facebox. I am using the following code: <div class="codeblock"><code> {exp:weblog:entries weblog="music" orderby="title" sort="asc"} <h3>{title}</h3> <p>Written By: {writtenby}</p> <a href="{lyrics}" rel="facebox">Lyrics</a> {/exp:weblog:entries} </code></div> The info all displays but when I click on the lyrics link I get a blank page. I think I am linked to the javascript and css correctly. Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong? Thanks </article> <article> <h1>Login redirect</h1> 2008-10-09T05:49:59Z Hi, I was looking on how to change the layout of the login redirect. Standard it is a plain white page with the mention of “you will be redirected”. Where can I change the layout of that? </article> </main></body></html>