"preview" in admin doesn't quite work for images in the future...

[tami]

dear remedy army,

i noticed this in the first 1.5 upgrade, but it never really bothered me... however, it is starting to be a little frustrating so i am hoping someone can address this.

when i am in the admin panel and upload images to be published in the future, it is fine, but when i hit "preview" to see how it will appear live, i get the standard "Coming Soon! Nothing to show. No image to show here!" blank page.

is there any way to get this fixed?

[GeoS]

It means that you are loosing your session data saying you are admin and you can watch the image. This is a case. Talk with your ISP about this issue.

[jdleung]

when i am in the admin panel and upload images to be published in the future, it is fine, but when i hit "preview" to see how it will appear live, i get the standard "Coming Soon! Nothing to show. No image to show here!" blank page.
I think it shows pp works fine. actually "preview" is a link to the image in front page, pp will not show image that its datetime is later than the current datetime, that's why you can upload image, and publish it in the future.

so far as I know it need no fix.

[tami]

ok both of you... i don't understand what you just said. :P

how (and why) am i losing my session data, and how is this ISP related? i have no problems navigating the admin part of the site, it's only when i hit preview that i have this problem. and it only started when i upgraded to 1.5 from 1.4.

[GeoS]

1.5 has got new login mechanism and that is why some of users have got problems. Their ISPs have a little non well configurated boxes. I cant solve your problem because I dont have admin access to your PPs admin panel.

[tami]

1.5 has got new login mechanism and that is why some of users have got problems. Their ISPs have a little non well configurated boxes. I cant solve your problem because I dont have admin access to your PPs admin panel.

just a question - how does this login mechanism work? i am curious to know how this becomes ISP related. my ISP is huge and if i mention this to them, they'll think i'm nuts, so i'd love to try to eliminate it without involving them.

is there any reason for the login mechanism change? why not use the older one?

[GeoS]

Some time ago there was only cookie based login option. Now cookies are used only for storing data for "remember me" and in other case all data are stored in PHP session. If there are problems with sessions then there are problems with login in going through admin panel. There can be many problems from many reasons.

[tami]

is there a way to use cookie based login, or is it a security flaw? because if i go to my ISP and say that they have to fix this, they'll think i am nuts... what am i supposed to tell them? "my user data isn't stored in the PHP session and the developers say it's an ISP issue?" as a sysadmin in a hosting company, i know that won't fly.

[GeoS]

As Im webdeveloper I know that in many cases admin guys have a lot of stuff on their heads so additional support is welcome. All can be done. If you see bug then say it loud to admins.
If you mark remember me at login form it somehow works as mixed cookie/session based authorization. Then is set cookie for which cookie based condition is true and you can work normally.

[tami]

let me try that, thanks geos

as always, thank you for addressing these concerns and for keeping up with an excellent product :)

[little68]

you ever have any luck fixing this issue?