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[Snippet] vision-viewer

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:34:46 +0000

File Name: vision-viewer
File Submitter: Cris D.
File Submitted: 28 Nov 2008
File Updated: 28 Nov 2008
File Category: Images & Galleries

Module: vision-viewer
Original by http://iamkoa.net/vision/
Adapted for Etomite by Cris D
Date: 28-11-08
Use: allows you to display images from a folder that you can just upload en-mass
No tables, small code, easy to use...
Example of use:
[!vision-viewer
?imgDir=path/to/my/images
&imgSub=true
&width=600px
&height=100%
!]

This is as easy as it gets for a simple image displayer. See in action here.

Would also work well with the front end File Manager snippet to display user-uploaded images.

Installation Instructions:
1)Download and unzip the package.

2) Upload (FTP) the vision-viewer folder to the root of your etomite installation (the same folder as your index.php).

3) Copy and paste the contents of the snippet file to your snippet library.

4) Create a page with your favourite template and place the snippet in the page using the same snippet name as you saved it earlier eg: [!vision-viewer!].

5) Style the slideshow by ading the CSS script calls to the css files in the header of your template by copying and pasting the contents of the file: template_css_call.txt into the header of the etomite template you intend to use for this viewer.

6) Upload any images you want to dislay to any folder in your site.
Add the snippet call to the page where you want the slideshow gallery to show and point to the path where the images are eg: [!vision-viewer?imgDir=assets/images/folder1!]

See the README for more tweaks.

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[Snippet] membership_validator

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:53:08 +0000

File Name: membership_validator
File Submitter: Cris D.
File Submitted: 27 Dec 2007
File Updated: 09 Sep 2009
File Category: Security

2 x Snippets by Cris D. ( member_validator1.0 and member_verifier2.0 )
Date: 2007/12/27
Uses: Allows users of an etomite site to create their own account.
Notes: the account role, permissions and document groups can be set in the snippet
All form fields are validated.
All returned language is abstracted out ready for translation.

UPDATED 2009-09-09
V2.0 membership_verifier has increased security to stop hacking attempts.
For additional security from spam accounts and robots, turn on captcha in the authenticate_visitor snippet.

Warning:
Some of this configuration requires some knowledge of document and group permissions, this can be hazardous if not set properly as you may intentionally give everyone access to everything (including the manager) in your site. Also, as this uses advanced permissions, if your site is set up with simple permissions, you may need to change some snippets to accommodate the new permissions, otherwise you may give the public access to parts of your site that are no longer protected (eg any snippets that rely on API's checkPermissions() or userLoggedIn() will return 'true' regardless of the users role).

If you are new to etomite it is recommended that you start with something easier! But if you are up for the challenge and need help, see the forums for assistance.

Contents of the attached README file:
README for the Membership Validator module
In this zip is an amended membership_validator1.1 snippet with the following changes:

//changelog for 1.1:
//changed the wrapping "

" to make the form validate
//added the missing phone validation code and error messages
//added the missing formChunkName so that an external chunk can be used to display the form
//improved the email_switch
//added a sample member_validator_chunk.txt file to use of an external chunk is required.

1) Enable access permissions and visitor permissions in your Etomite manager.
2) Create the new role you want your members to belong to and note the name eg 'automembers'.
3) In permissions, user groups, create a new user group eg 'downloaders'.
4) In permissions, document groups, create a new document group egg 'music'.
5) in permissions, user / document group links, create the document/group link.
6) Copy and paste the contents of the snippet membership_validator into the snippet library.
7) Copy and paste the contents for the snippet membership_verifier into the snippet library.
8) Create a new page where your members will be re-directed on clicking their email link, I suggest putting it
in the repository and 'not show in the menu' for additional security: this is the 'confirmationPage'.
9) Call the snippet membership_verifier in the page and publish it. Take note of the page id.
10) Create and publish a page where your users will create their account, call the snippet membership_validator in it.
11) configure the snippet with the following:
1) Using phpMyAdmin, locate the user role you created earlier in the etomite_user_roles table and locate the id of the role: place it in the snippet config.
2) Set the $tempExpires variable for how long users have to verify their account before the temporary records are
deleted.
3) Set the $confirmationPage page id which will be the page sent in the url in the body of the email with the
verification link.
4) Set the table name that will store your temporary records, and the email address that will appear in the "from"
fields in the validation email.

11) Configure the membership_verifier snippet with the following:
1) Set the id of the page that has your log-in script like 'authenticate_visitor' snippet - (enable captcha for added security).
2) Set the $memberGroup variable to the membergroup name that you set previously in the permissions, user group eg 'downloaders'.
3) Set the tableName to the same name that was used in the membership_validater snippet.
4) Save the snippet changes and your away.

Notes:
If you are testing this by creating test accounts, I have made it hard for surfers to create several accounts, therefore you will also have difficulty. The session username is held in the browser and automatically sent with forms, so you will get a "username and passwords don't match" error if you try to create additional test accounts. You can clear the sessions by
uncommenting
/*
unset($_SESSION['userName']);
unset($_SESSION['firstName']);
unset($_SESSION['lastName']);
unset($_SESSION['email']);
unset($_SESSION['hash']);
*/
, saving the snippet, accessing the page, re-commenting the unsets() and re-saving the snippet. Or clear your browsers sessions via browser tools.

For a live demo, see here.

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Wish granted: Implement LightBox

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:28:17 +0000

I think that this would be the ultimate display method for etoGal.

I know that this has been covered elsewhere before, but I just wanted to make my mark on this part of the forum

EtoGalThumb 1.2 snippet features and usage

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:04 +0000

Snippet name: EtoGalThumb
Author: mikef
Version: 1.2 (prelim)
This document last updated 18th September 2006

Prerequisites:

Minimum Etomite version: 0.6.1
Etogal: A copy of Etogal version 1.0 or later is also required, as this snippet uses the etogal database and image store, and has no management capabilities of its own.

This snippet was created to make it easier to produce customised displays for the EtoGal gallery snippet. It offers greater flexibility in selection of which images to display, in how to order them, and makes it simpler to provide fully customised interfaces without requiring a large number of parameters to be passed in the snippet call. It also allows images to be displayed on a page other than the gallery page.

Features:

display EtoGal images or galleries on different page from the gallery id
select specific images to display by id or subject
select specific galleries to display by gallery page id
limit the number of images to display
flexible image sorting (including random)
(relatively) easy generation of your own display styles (needs HTML knowledge rather than PHP)
add section breaks based on number of images or gallery an image belongs to

as examples, I've used this snippet to display

a single random image (out of three relevant images) in a news article
three random images to act as a separator half way down a page
thumbnails of all the images in a gallery, with their descriptions, with a link to the gallery page
a random choice of four images from a gallery with the gallery's long title and description, all linking to a custom gallery page

I'm sure you'll find other uses!

There is a demo for an earlier version of this snippet at http://www.lowermosswood.org.uk/72.html which shows the displays created by the in-built styles, and how some parameter changes affect the image selection.
Another example of its use can be found at Efikim Galleries, where a separate call of the snippet is made for each of the galleries. (These use a style similar to the second example near the bottom of this post, though the URL generation for the image links is a little more complex.)

Installation instructions:

Download the latest Etogalthumb.php file from the Etogal download area and add it to your installation as a snippet (copy the contents into new snippet).
That's it!

Options you can pass to the EtoGalThumb Snippet:

only,not - page id where thumbnails should/should not be shown (default is show on any page - these are useful for pages that are shown elsewhere in condensed form (eg news items))
link - page id parameter to be used in links (%%link%% parameter)
gal - gallery from which images are to be shown (optional, can be a comma separated list)
img - id of image to be shown (optional, can be a comma separated list)
subject - (new) 'subject' of images to be shown (text match in image title or description)
- if none of gal, img or subject are defined, all images are used (subject to and exclude specificatio)
- only one of gal, img or subject should be specified, if two or three are used, the priority order is gal, img, sunbject
exclude - id list of images to exclude when selecting by gallery
addback - increase total images count by this value
count - number of images to use (defaults to 1, if you want all, specify 9999)
order_by - maye be set to 'id','gal_id','title','filename','descr','date' and orders by that entry in the EtoGal table
- if no order is specified, then the order in which results are returned is random (the list returned from the database is deliberately shuffled)
- 'random' is NOT a valid value
- ordering using two valid fields separated by a comma should work, but is untested
order_direction - "ASC" (default) or "DESC"
style - style to be used (required; behaviour if not provided is undefined)
- valid values depend on the styles defined in the snippet, and may be either numeric or text
fullsize - set this to 1 to use fullsize images instead of thumbnails (other values undefined)
- default is not set (means use thumbnails)
resize - desired pixel count on longest side - adjusts the width and height returned in the %%size%% string to give the desired size
breakat - insert a section break after each 'breakat' images
gallerybreak - inserts a section break whenever the gallery that the next image belongs to changes

This snippet uses a number of replaceable parameters that are inserted into predefined blocks of HTML code. This has the advantage that the HTML code is is in readable clocks, rather than built up piecemeal throughout the snippet PHP code. As a result, it is both easier to change the presentation aspects and easier to maintain the code.
HTML presentation blocks are created at the head of the code in 'style' blocks, with each style having three blocks - header, image and tail.
The header and tail style blocks use only a limited number of parameters, related to the page id passed as the link parameter. As implied by the names, the header block is output before the block of images, and the tail block is output after the images.
The image style block has access to all the parameters used in the head and tail styles, plus additional parameters related to the current image and the gallery it is in. It is output once for each image selected.
All of these style blocks are optional.

Replaceable strings for use in styles:

strings available for the 'head' and 'tail' style strings

%%alias%% - the alias for the page passed as the link page
%%link%% - the link page id
%%ptitle%% - the longtitle for the link page
%%pdesc%% - the description for the link page
%%total%% - the total number of images selected
%%baseurl%% - (the url of the page specified in the link parameter (FURL if enabled)
%%sep%% - the separator string for the first parameter to add to a page URL (varies depending on the baseurl format)

strings available for the 'image' style string
as above plus

%%id%% - the image id
%%size%% - the pixel dimensions for the image file (width and height) as a quoted string as required in an element
%%file%% - filename for the image (full path) - this will be for the thumbnail image unless fullsize is specified, when it will be for the full sized image
%%fsfile%% - (new) filename for the full size image (full path) - tjis is useful where you want to use the thumbnail for display, but need the path to the fullsize image for other purposes (eg when using thickbox)
%%title%% - title for the image (from the etogal database table)
%%desc%% - description for the image (from the etogal database table)
%%sdesc%% - truncated description (or title if no description present)
%%gal%% - the gallery in which the image exists
%%gtitle%% - the longtitle for the gallery page
%%gdesc%% - the description for the gallery page
%%galias%% - the alias for the gallery page
%%gurl%% - the URL for the gallery page

These parameters contain everything I thought useful for building the thumbnail display and generating links (and a few later requests for things I hadn't thought of!)
To use, design the HTML you need for your display, and then put the above %%xxxx%% string in the HTML code where you want the associated data to appear, as in the examples below. Then put the resulting HTML into the styles at the head of the snippet.

Example styles

First, a very simple display that just displays the selected image(s) with no links. In this example the header and tail blocks aren't used.

$styleStrings[0]['header']=0;
$styleStrings[0]['tail']=0;
$styleStrings[0]['image']=<<<IMG
<img src='%%file%%' title='%%title%%' alt='%%sdesc%%' class='EGTimage' %%size%%/>
IMG;

and a much more complex style that displays a selection of images from a gallery, and links to it (this assumes use of the link parameter to define the target web page)

$styleStrings[2]['header']="
<fieldset style='background-color: white'>
  <h2 style='top:-18px; left:12px; width:16em; '>
	<a href='[~%%link%%~]' style='color:white; background:silver;' > %%ptitle%% </a>
  </h2>
  %%pdesc%%<br />
  <div style='height:140px;'>
";

$styleStrings[2]['image']=<<<IMG
  <span style='float: left; margin: 10px;'>
	<a href='[~%%link%%~]'>
	  <img src='%%file%%' title='%%title%%' alt='%%sdesc%%' %%size%%/>
	</a><br />
	%%title%%
  </span>
IMG;

$styleStrings[2]['tail']="
  </div>
  <div style='clear: both;'>
	<div style='float: right;'>
	   <a href='[~%%link%%~]'>... visit the %%ptitle%% gallery (%%total%% images)</a>
	</div>
  </div>
</fieldset>
";

Authenticate_visitor

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:58:03 +0000

Snippet name: authenticate_visitor
Author: Ralph (rad14701)
Version: 1.1 (Final - Modified)
More info: View this snippet
Description:
Provides visitor/user login capabilities on a website front end, including optional CAPTCHA code security. This snippet will only work with Etomite Prelude Final or newer releases. Creates a login and optional logout prompt. The snippet also makes use of Tigra Javascript Forms Validation and the newly developed form_class.

authenticate_visitor.php (7.54K)
: 334

Files

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:55:07 +0000

Attached are the latest tested versions of the three main etoGal files.

There are only minor bug fixes from the last released versions in these files; if you aren't having problems, don't change!

Update: EtoGalThumb11 replaced by EtoGalThumb12preliminary this has been in use for some time on my sites with no problems. Includes support for selecting by text content ("subject") and the support necessary for using 'thickbox' slideshows. (See message below)

Quote

remember You must install the etogal snippet, and use it first. This is required for the etogalthumb and etogalgallery snippets to function correctly (and to allow you to upload the images).

Etogal11beta3b.php (21.95K)
: 436
EtoGalGallery1beta3.php (11.89K)
: 715
EtoGalThumb12preliminary.php (11.83K)
: 380

automatic versioning of documents

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:49 +0000

Hi all,

Over here: http://www.etomite.com/topic/7535-version-control/page__p__45872__hl__versioning__fromsearch__1&#entry45872

there seems to be a discussion of how one could run some fairly primitive versioning schema. I am wondering if there is a way to have Etomite save and track versions of documents automatically (i.e., I upload a document named foo.doc today, I upload another, slightly modified foo.doc tomorrow and the system just stores both versions tracking who uploaded them, when, etc.).

Thanks for any and all input on this one (and yes, I am a complete novice in the Etomite world so my questions may be completely dumb:)

Boris.

TimedPublisher [snippet development]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000

TimedPublisher

this snippet will output content according to time which is set in the snippet call. Links, images, chunks, and snippets can all be shown or hidden at a specific time. The snippet has a few examples of usage at the top so it shouldn't be hard to figure out

Installation:
1. copy the attached file (TimedPublisher.Etomite.snippet.php.txt) and create a new snippet called TimedPublisher.

2. copy the attached file named (frsfunctions.php.txt) and rename it to "frsfunctions.php". On your server, create a new folder in your "assets" folder named "frsfunctions." Upload the frsfunctions.php file to the new folder so the path looks like this:
assets/frsfunctions/frsfunctions.php

3. have a look at the example calls provided in the snippet and start showing/hiding content!

Documentation is sparse at this point but I'll be adding some how to information at my rc3 site - give me a few days :betterwink:
http://www.frsbuilders.us/rc3/timedpublisher.html

files:
updated: 8/07/06 12:16 pm est
TimedPublisher_807_1216am.Etomite.txt (15.36K)
: 57
frsfunctions.php.txt (774bytes)
: 40

many thanks to DeniseDD for the idea for this...

mysql connect

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:23:20 +0000

kmysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mi needmysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)ysql/mysql.sock' (2)

Is the UK recession over?

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:37:19 +0000

I made a living for a while as an Independent Web Consultant, but after a complete drop off in customers, returned to teaching in september last year. Am thinking about starting again (although cannot think of a good USP at the moment - any ideas appreciated) but am wondering if I can really afford to try given that the recession is not completely over yet. Just wondered what other people thought.

Factors
1. Cottage industry for web consultancy, design and SEO seems to be over now. The Internet feels like it has lost its wild-west appeal.
2. Competition is ridiculous. Every man and his dog.
3. Internet sometimes feels a bit 'old'. My new mobile (not iphone - but similar, in fact faster and more powerful but windows based) is totally amazing and exciting and fresh.
4. Recession means not much money being spent with third parties
5. Money is tight, mortgage to pay etc.

I really want to get back to being self employed but is it realistic.

Anyones thoughts really gratefully recieved as am at a crossroads.

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Snippet] ListDivMenu

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:37:19 +0000

Based on original ListMenu, but returns div blocks instead of list-menu.
All original styles and options are kept.
Use exmple:
[[ListDivMenu?LM_node=45&LM_levels=-2]]

ListDivMenu_snip.txt (7.33K)
: 9

File manager not working

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:20:56 +0000

I have several sites with Etomite 1.1
I can not upload files even if I have the permissions set right. (777)
With Etomite 1.0 the file upload with File Manger works fine.
I use the same config for file Manager in 1.0 and 1.1

The problem seems to be the trailing slash in the File Manager path in "Miscellaneous settings"
in eto 1.0 I use "/var/www/web24/html" this works fine
In Eto 1.1 Imust put a trailing slash on: "/var/www/web24/html/" or I will get the error:

"Warning: dir() [function.dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/web24/html) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/web24/html/:/var/www/web24/phptmp/:/var/www/web24/files/:/var/www/web24/atd/) in /var/www/web24/html/manager/actions/static/files.static.action.php on line 488"

BUT then the filemanager does not work - I can not upload and I can not get a preview of images by clicking the looking glas icon. I
f I change line 495 in files.static.action.php to take the slash out, I can get a preview of image files in the root, but when I choose a folder I get no thumbs.

With the trailing slash on the path, I get this in top of the file manager when i change to a folder:

"Directory listing for: //pix" with a double slash, and preview by looking glas and upload do not work.

Seems like the slash got in one time to much. Is this a bug, or?

Site No-Show

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:21:40 +0000

Did a new install of the latest Etomite - no problems. Went to launch site- browser will not display the webpage. 404 page does not show. I am new to this so there is probably something obvious that I am missing. As well, I do not see any way in the admin to change themes. Any thoughts?

Regards,
Paul

Need new hosting company

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:50:19 +0000

The company I currently use for hosting my sites is closing down shortly, so I need to find a new hosting company urgently.

I manage about ten sites currently, using Etomite, phpBB, and Wordpress, and am considering trying to expand this, so I'm looking for a small 'entry level' reseller type package. There seem to be few suitable options in the UK -
does anyone have any experience of Daily.co.uk or jabwebsolutions.co.uk
alternatively, maybe its time to look at US offerings, so does anyone have any recommendations for what I should look for there?

what minimum versions of PHP and MySQL should I be checking for?
what are the disadvantages of running etomite, wordpress and phpBB from a single database? (I've always kept them in separate databases so far, but i find odd restrictions get placed on some packages)

thanks for any help!

mike

Moving Server Problems

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:13:30 +0000

Hi there im having problems with all of my etomite sites after moving to another host. The problem comes when you try and login to the manager with your username and pass, the system will give you a username or password incorrect even though its right. After hours and hours trying to rectify the problem i found that the problem comes from the MYSQL database somewhere. If i force it to use the origional DB not the new imported one it works fine, but using the new imported db you cannot gain access even though all the data is the same. All file permissions are the same as before on the new server. Im missing something

I really love using etomite but this issue is becoming a nightmare when i try to move to a new host. Could you tell me where the problem lays.