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• KWard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 06:43 AM

  I installed the latest Mediashare into the latest Zikula, and for some reason, the Images are not showing up - only an X placeholder where the images should be. However, the images are showing in the upload directory, and an entry has been added to the database. If I click on the image placeholder to view, it is stuck in a perpetual "loading" mode, (Testing Very Small images - stuck for 20+ minutes...) - If I check the images in the upload folder there is nothing wrong with them, they just won't display on the site!
  
  I also tried enabling MediaAttach as a hook for Mediashare, but I can't tell any difference in Mediashare after adding the hook... What step am I missing? How do they work together, and how can I use MediaAttach to load images into the Mediashare folders?
  
  I tried MediaAttach by itself, and all of the images loaded perfectly. It would be perfect if I could somehow have everything loaded into seperate albums (not just categories) instead of one big list - like Mediashare does.
  
  I need to give permissions to each folder (one per user) so that I don't have to give permissions on every document uploaded.
  
  I've gone thru the documentation for both several times, and I must be missing something. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  
  Thanks!
  
  PS - Using MySQL version 5.0.67, Upload & tmp folder are CHMOD 777, Files stored in folder - not database.
  
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• bronto
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 08:27 AM

  IIRC, Mediashare requires an entry in .htaccess to work properly.

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• KWard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 09:31 AM

  I thought the documentation says thats only if I have the images stored in a database, and I don't...
  
  where do I get an .htaccess file? - I didn't see one in the download and I don't know how to
  create one.
  
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• HalbrookTech
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 09:38 AM

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• bronto
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 09:42 AM

  KWard

  I thought the documentation says thats only if I have the images stored in a database, and I don't...
  
  where do I get an .htaccess file? - I didn't see one in the download and I don't know how to
  create one.

  
  
  You're probably right about that. I do tend to store data in the database for ease of backup.
  
  Have you configured the folder location where it's supposed to be saving the images? This will likely be a different location than MediaAttach. Maybe it's not writable?

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• KWard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 10:12 AM

  Yes -It must be a folder named Mediashare in the main Zikula directory. CHMOD 777,
  I see the Image files listed in the upload directory, they just don't display on site.
  
  MediaAttach can be whatever I name it, also CHMOD 777. I used same folder for
  MediaAttach and the images displayed correctly. - but I really need them in folders.
  
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• bronto
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 10:14 AM

  View the broken image and see what it's URL is. Maybe that will tell us something.

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• KWard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 10:17 AM

  OK I think I answered my own question... MediaAttach writes its own .htaccess file for upload directory, and since I was using the same upload directory, the .htaccess file for MediaAttach would not allow access to Mediashare.
  
  I had to rename the directory to "delete" as the .htaccess would not allow me to delete it. Then I readded the Mediashare folder and CHMOD 777. Now the images are displaying! Hurray!
  
  Thanks so much for your help bronto!
  
  I's still like to know how to use MediaAttach as a hook for Mediashare. - I have it enabled... but not clear what it does!
  
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• KWard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 10:19 AM

  One more thing... is it normal for the htaccess file to be "invisible" on the server? Never noticed that before. I couldn't see the file, so I didn't realize it was there.
  
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• ph
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 10:38 AM

  Hi KWard,
  What do you want to accomplish by hooking MediaAttach to Mediashare?
  
  A leading dot in a file- or directory-name on UNIX (based) systems indicates a hidden file (a so called 'dot-file').
  If you are working on a UNIX/Linux environment, you can display them using the 'a' flag with ls:
  ls -la
  
  Regards,
  Philipp

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• KWard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 11:45 AM

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  What do you want to accomplish by hooking MediaAttach to Mediashare?

  
  
  I really liked Media Attach, and I was just wondering what capabilities it brought to Mediashare. I have it enabled as a hook, but I don't see any difference. Now that I have Mediashare working - just curious about what else it would do.
  
  Thanks for explaining the dot file... not sure what you mean about the 'a' flag though? Yes I am working on a Linux environment. Would I just add ls before the dot? such as: ls.htaccess ? (Sorry, but I don't know much about htaccess files. I have no idea how to create one.)
  
  Everything I've learned so far is by trial and error, and going thru the forums. Thanks for your help.
  
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• bronto
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 12:07 PM

  Theoretically, she could attach documents to Mediashare images, or something like that. I can imagine applications where that might make sense.

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