Category Archives: Zenphoto

Galleries Updated to Zenphoto v1.5.5

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I just updated my galleries (mine, Mysstie’s) to Zenphoto v1.5.5. Followed their upgrade instructions and backed up the themes and zp-core directories as well as the database before copying over the new files.  I then used Windiff and code comparisons in PSPad to integrate any new changes in the default Garland theme into my custom Garland theme. As luck would have it, nothing changed since version 1.5.4.

The most difficulty actually came from updating my local installation. There were some left over issues from getting Windows 10 installed and setting the databases back up. Unfortunately, Backblaze did not backup the database files due to where they were located in the C:\Program Files structure. This time, I changed MariaDB to store the database files in a directory within my Documents folder which Backblaze will backup (if I close the MariaDB service so the files are not in use).

Anyway, I had to make due with some older copies which didn’t really work too well either. So, I ended up wiping the databases and installed fresh. I also noticed that it took forever for the setup script to complete. I think that might have been due to Windows Defender getting in the way. I’ve excluded my C:\www directory where all my website files are from being scanned and will see how it behaves next time. As far as the galleries on my web host went, no issues at all. 🙂

Galleries Updated to Zenphoto v1.5

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Updated both of my galleries (mine, Mysstie’s) to Zenphoto v1.5. Followed their upgrade instructions and backed up the themes and zp-core directories as well as the database before copying over the new files.  I then used Windiff and code comparisons in PSPad to integrate any new changes in the default Garland theme into my custom Garland theme. The album.php, functions.php, image.php, news.php, pages.php, sidebar.php, themeoptions.php, and zen.css files were the only modified ones in this version from the previous.  So far everything seems to work fine.

One of the main differences I discovered is how the thumbnail filenames are being generated. Before they had the format: filename_150_cw150_ch150_thumb.jpg and now: filename_150_w150_h150_thumb.jpg (even though the are still being cropped). So, I had to make sure all the new thumbnails got generated are were present in the /cache/ directory. I then had to change the random image code on my main website, the blog here, and Mysstie’s main site to use the new file format.

Galleries Updated to Zenphoto v1.4.14

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Updated both of my galleries (mine, Mysstie’s) to Zenphoto v1.4.14. Normally I follow their upgrade instructions and backup the themes and zp-core directories as well as the database before copying over the new files; however, Windiff showed that /zp-core/version.php and /zp-core/githead were the only modified files from the previous v1.4.13 master that I installed a few days ago to correct a couple things with the Flash player not sizing properly when a .FLV was used. (I am replacing these with .MP4 versions as I go along.)

Anyway, all I did was backup the databases and copy those two files over. The only odd thing it did during the setup was modify the .htaccess file by adding an extra “/” after my RewriteBase /line such that it had RewriteBase // and it made the file read-only with permission 444 on the webhost. I changed it back to permission 644 and removed the extra “/” on that line. I made a support thread on the Zenphoto forum to see if this is intended behavior or not. Other than that, everything seems to have gone well. 🙂

Galleries Updated to Zenphoto v1.4.13

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Updated both of my galleries (mine, Mysstie’s) to Zenphoto v1.4.13. Followed their upgrade instructions and backed up the themes and zp-core directories as well as the database before copying over the new files.  I then used Windiff and code comparisons in PSPad to integrate any new changes in the default Garland theme into my custom Garland theme. The gallery.php and themeoptions.php files were the only modified files in this version from the previous.  So far everything seems to work great! 🙂

Galleries Updated to Zenphoto v1.4.12

Updated both of my galleries (mine, Mysstie’s) to Zenphoto v1.4.12. Followed their upgrade instructions and backed up the themes and zp-core directories as well as the database before copying over the new files.  I then used Windiff and code comparisons in PSPad to integrate any new changes in the default Garland theme into my custom Garland theme. The news.php file was the only modified file in this version from the previous.  I then added my customizations back into the html_meta_tags.php file since I use a custom og:image image that matches the image shown on the page. So far everything seems to work great! 🙂