[Plugin: CataBlog] Catablog "select images" button disappeared

Did you upgrade CataBlog, your theme or any other plugins recently? Can you try setting your theme to TwentyTen and disabling all other plugins, then trying to upload images again.

I set my theme to TwentyTen and disabled all other plugins and there is still no select images button. I am using WordPress 3.3.2 and I haven’t upgrade my theme recently.

What about upgrading CataBlog, did you do that recently? What version of CataBlog are you running? If you are running an older version of CataBlog you might want to consider upgrading.

I’m using 1.6.3

Do you have any other ideas on what could be causing this? I’m desperate!

No idea, it sounds like an environment problem, have you tried on a different server, a different browser, different internet connection? It works fine for me and lots of other people, so I am unsure what exactly the issue you are having is…so sorry.

So I tried the options you recommended and it seems that it is a server error! I spoke with my site host and they said it is coming up with this error message:

[Thu Jun 14 20:15:05 2012] [error] [client 69.195.67.141] client denied by server configuration: /home4/dishing2/public_html/wp-includes/js/swfupload/swfupload.swf, referer: https://dishingjh.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=catablog-upload

In order to fix it, the host is wondering if there are there any special parameters that need to be updated for the plugin to work? Or anything else that may pertain to that error message?

Thank you!

There is nothing out of the ordinary, as far as using a Flash uploader is concerned. There are serious security implications when using Flash to upload content though, and your host might very well be blocking it for that reason. I would recommend trying another server or reading up about configuring your server for Flash upload, here are some links to get you started:

https://catablog.illproductions.com/documentation/uploading-and-creating-catalog-items/#comment-161
https://code.google.com/p/swfupload/

Good luck!

Putting this in your .htaccess file may help, may not….

# Catablog Upload
< IfModule mod_security.c >
  < files catablog.upload.php >
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
  < /files >
< /IfModule >
# / Catablog Upload

I hate to ask this for fear of exposing my plugin is at fault, but does the regular Flash WordPress Image Uploader work with your host?

The regular one is not working either. Same thing happens. I will let you know what the host says.

Sounds like your host may not support Flash upload anymore…I would consider switching. Good luck and hope you get it figured out ??

Thanks! One more question: is there any way to copy over the gallery items i have in Catablog to a different server. I noticed when I just copied the catablog plugin folder to another server to test it, none of them came with it.

I am unsure which folder you are talking about? There are two different CataBlog folders, one is in wp-content/plugins/ and the other is in wp-content/uploads/. You should only worry about the one in your uploads folder.

You will also need to export a CSV or XML backup of your catalog data, this does not include your galleries, but does include all library items and categories. To be safe you can export both versions, just in case one works better with a different version of CataBlog.

Next go to your new installation of WordPress, install and activate the latest version of CataBlog. Now, copy the CataBlog folder you backed up into the wp-content/plugins/ folder. Next go to the CataBlog Options Import Tab and choose either the CSV or XML version of the file you exported previously.

Good luck and please mark this thread as resolved. If you have other questions please start a new thread.