kc_pix

Closing thread…

Got the Thumbnail Gallery working.

Clicking a thumb – jumps to an anchor point in that section page. Lots of room for text, so the Lightbox isn’t being used.

I used the Contact form – and included the url of this page.

kc

https://kencooper.ca/thumbnail-gallery

Hi,

I installed the new 5.14 version yesterday. Seems to be working so far.

Haven’t received any of those crap spam messages yet…

kc

I went to WP Security > Firewall > Enable Basic

and turned it ON. Left it ON and Saved.

Your comment reads to turn it ON, then OFF.

A procedural dilemma… ??

kc

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Your suggestion was correct. The “Captcha Settings” on Brute Force – were not turned ON.

I recommend putting a Note on the “Spam Prevention/Comment” section – to Enable the function back on “Brute Force”.

Its operation is currently divided (and Linked) into two different sections… ??

Who knew… ??

kc

Hi Mostafa,

Have only the Admin page showing – and under the Statistics heading,
there are 18 options.

#1 Overrview = didn’t want to test option today. I know what happens… ??

#2
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#18

All these other pages – load instantly (plus/minus a few ms).

#18 is the Donate option. Here’s the result of clicking upon >

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d6ls2koxtu3y54d/WP_Stats%20pp.jpg?dl=0

First time, I simply closed that PayPal window, and lost my Admin Page.

Reloaded the website – and was still logged in – fine.

Tried the Donate again, but this time used the Firefox ‘Back Button’. The 2nd Paypal paragraph – says NOT to use the ‘Back Button’… ?? ???

So I ended back at my Admin page. Good.

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I looked this file >

https://github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics/blob/new-structure/wp-statistics.php

It’s version is: 12.6.4

I currently running v12.6.7

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So this ‘NEW’ version is older, and still in beta.

In-other-words – I’m not excited about trying out the “new-structure branch”. Guess I’m not in ‘Beta Testing’ mood today… ??

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So for now – I will just NOT use the ‘Overview’ option.

I do not want to suggest or claim – that parts of your plugin – is the cause, to my particular problem. It’s just a ‘possibility’… ??

Since I have no experience as a Plugin Developer or as “technical problem solver”, any advice I offer – should remain close to ‘zero’… ??

kc

Sorry for the delay, was editing my website for the past few days…

I managed to get the Thumbnail page to work correctly. Clicking a ‘thumbnail’ now jumps to that particular main page – and to the image.

I just used your website Contact page – to post another question.

kc

So I need to keep my posts – short and to the point.

“Thanks – for your replies”… ??

kc

Hi Jeffrey,

Thanks for the tip – it seems to work.

kc

Thanks for your reply.

Guess one should make sure, that any future videos – do contain EXIF info…

kc

A few more things to add…

12. With the install of a new v2.1 theme update (from v1.0), yesterday I decided to change the creation date of all the posts – to Dec-25-2016, and adding 1 hour to each newer one. This did NOT change the time-stamp of any of the old images…!

13. Using FileZilla, I then looked at all the images in the Uploads directory. They all are time-stamped with the date (and time), when first processed by WordPress. The earliest going back to 2014.

14. Probably the best way to remove all those old dates, is to re-edit the original 223 images in pshop and save out a new smaller version (this could be done in a few days). Could also be an opportunity to make better croppings or to have a consistent file dimensions.

15. One could then delete all the old images in Uploads, and then upload and re-process the new ones – putting them back into their proper folders (using the Media File Manager plugin). Assuming the File_Names stay the same, when a Post or Page loads and seeks out the images to show, everything should work correctly.

15. The Date dropdown in Media Library – would then have only one month/year entry (for all the images)…

16. Sure would be nice – if that Dropdown selector had toggle switches next to it. One could search/filter by Name (with wildcard), Date, Size, Orientation, EXIF or IPTC data, List all Folders, Category and/or Tags…

17. And to have the ability to make Folders and move images around (have the power of the plugin – built in). Think it’s called File Management… ??

18. Maybe in WordPress v5.0…

19. Being a photographer since 1975 and a film-maker since 2011, I try to keep everything on my computer organized – for the sake of sanity… ??

kc

Hi bcworkz,

Thanks for your reply. I finally had a chance to try your suggestion a few minutes ago…

I never found any orphaned blank attachments…

I do have several unused images – but they are just sitting in the ‘Hold’ folder.

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1. A year ago(?) – I had removed all the Month/Year folders in the Uploads directory.

2. I now use the “Media File Manager” plugin to create folders and store 223 images – based on subject matter – within those 6 current main folders.

3. The Tearsheets folder has 12 additional sub-folders inside – to help manage the volume of images.

4. If I go the Dashboard, and select Media>Library – I currently get two choices in the upper left – Small or Large. Clicking on either – doesn’t have ANY effect. All 223 images appear.

5. If I click on the link (in the Upper Right corner) – “See the ‘old’ List View”, the display now changes.

6. Two choices are available – List or Grid.

7. If I go to the Dates dropdown, and select any of the 8 possible Month/Year items – this action has no effect. All 223 images still are being shown. The dropdown filtering isn’t able to work anymore – since there are no actual Month/Year folders structure – to tap into.

8. If I select List, all 223 images are listed (9 pages total).

9. This is where I realized, that upon looking at the Date column, and at various images that were uploaded over the last 2 years – their date entering the system – is what is being stored.

10. I’m guessing that if I’m able to change all 223 images to Today’s Date, then the Date dropdown selector – will then only show 1 item – that being “December 2016″…!

11. Hope this is a good answer (and understanding), to my own question… ??

kc

You’re welcome… ??

kc