Error Photos path must have write permission for reduce originals option

  • Resolved vince2006

    (@vince2006)


    17 years, 6 months ago

    I hope this helps anyone that is using both the PixGallery 0.3.5 (with AWSOM mod) plugin AND also trying to use Dagon Design form mailer 5.21 .

    I noticed that with PixGallery properly configured and with the gallery working fine (no errors) – I would an error anywhere I had:

    <!-- ddfm1 -->

    which is what Dagon Design form mailer requires in a page to call their email form script.

    The following error would be displayed on the email page.

    “Error: Photos path must have write permission for reduce originals option!”

    Oddly enough this is actually an error for PixGallery and for the longest time I couldn’t figure out why that error would only appear on pages where I used DDFM. I still don’t know why this error occurs but I did a Google search to look for an answer but coudn’t find one… however what I did find was several sites showing the same error code and all of them were also using DDFM.

    I will more than likely go to the forums for both PixGallery and DDFM, but until then I am hoping Google picks up on this post so those of you having the same issue can use this temp fix that I came up with. Please keep in mind that you’ll want to make sure PixGallery is working correctly (permissions set for your cache folder and whatever image folder you are using for PixGallery) – Once it is working and if you see the above error only on your page where DDFM is installed, open up pixgallery.php …

    Look for this:

    if ($ImageFileSize == FALSE)
    {
    PixGallery_PrintError(“Error: Photos path must have write permission for reduce originals option!”);
    return FALSE;
    }

    and comment it out to avoid the error from printing on your DDFM email page.

    I know this is not a fix, (I am not a PHP expert) but if the error is driving you up a wall the way it was for me, and if you want to use both plug-ins, then this temp fix should work for you until the actual problem is solved by either plugin author.

    I prefered to comment it out rather than delete the lines altogether in case someone has a correct fix for this issue.

    Hope this helps someone!

    Vince

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  • There have been some updates to the the Dagon Design plugin bringing it up to 5.25. One update specifically states that it was to fix an issue of collisions with other plugins. Can someone affected by this issue please try out the newest form mailer script to see if it corrects this problem.

    Thread Starter vince2006

    (@vince2006)

    Harknell,

    Thanks for looking into this and replying to my emails. I will post the summary of what has been found so far in hopes it will help others.

    I upgraded to DDFM 5.25 and then loaded the default pixgallery.php file but still got the same error on the blog page where the DDFM call is placed. (The mail script still worked fine, only the error from PixGallery still showed on the email page.)

    I then disabled the DDFM image verification feature and then viewed the DDFM page. – NO ERRORS found.

    Upon your email reply, suggesting there is a clash between DDFM and PixGallery and your suggestion to disable (set to 0) the PixGallery option:

    “Reduce images in photos path” then setting DDFM back to allow image verification, NO ERROR from PixGallery is reported on the DDFM email page and both plugins work fine.

    You also surmised that the DDFM plugin is causing the issue, seems even more apparent now.

    Thanks for your help!

    Vince

    It was a basic clash between it’s captcha image verification system and the gallery trying to resize the captcha image.

    I get this error and the only plugin I’m using is PixGallery. This happens on Archive and Category post pages. When I get the error on these pages, no thumbnail appears for the uploaded pic. On the individual page, I also get this error message but the picture appears. . . Strange. I just removed the Error message between the quotes on the PixGallery.php page so the error message doesn’t show but still the pictures don’t load. . .

    What to do.

    len7560 did you follow the procedure outlined above by Vince2006 to disable the global image resize function in the Pixgallery options menu? Please make sure both the width and height resizing are disabled by putting 0 in both spots and updating your options.

    You may also have an issue of cache folder placement. Is your WordPress install in a sub folder on your server or is your cache folder not in the same set of folders as the WordPress install? There is a variation to how you input the cache folder location if you are using a sub folder or if the cache folder is not within your wordpress install folder chain. (it switches the cache search from relative to absolute path). Please see the troubleshooting guide *under tutorials) and setup/install guide for AWSOM Pixgallery (from it’s product page) on my https://www.awsom.org website for more information.

    (BTW, the next release of the plugin will have major improvements to these issues, and will be released very soon)

    Thread Starter vince2006

    (@vince2006)

    Sounds great… I’m changing this to resolved ??

    Thanks Harknell

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