pixelpost and piclens

[Marek]

There is a nice plugin for firefox and safari users out called piclens (http://www.piclens.com). With this you can watch images from the web in full screen mode in a slide show.
I think it is possible to get it work with pixelpost e.g. for watching the images from the archive.
There is also a guide (http://www.piclens.com/enable/) how to integrate it into a website, but I can't do it.
Could someone with pixelpost knowledge do it?

marek

[Dennis]

Probably, you need to add another RSS feed to the mix, especially designed for the piclens application. dwilkinsjr is our RSS guy.

[Dkozikowski]

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm well aware of PicLense and actually emailed them months ago when they first came about.

Back then there was no API to work from.

Anyway, I'll see what I can do for you but I'm not sure this will become main pixelpost functionality. Maybe a PicLense RSS addon?

[Marek]

An addon will be good enough for me ;-)

[melon]

I just created a media RSS file using PixelPost and was able to make PicLens work fine, i then noticed there is a new version of PixelPost and i now get an error stating that the feed has been disabled. If i remove the If statement the page loads nothing.

if any one wants i can post my working code. i might upgrade my version and just replace the new function_feed file if i cant get it to work.

[melon]

i got a working version of the new 1.7 feed function working now.

if any one wants it let me know.

[fedi]

Hi,

I just created a modification for Pixelpost, which replaces the RSS feed with a Media RSS feed.
Is there anybody who will test it?
http://blog.patrickfederhen.de


Greets
Fedi

[jaywilliams]

It looks very cool on your site.

However, the square cropped thumbnails don't work as well, as a real image thumbnail.

[vandrende]

Hi,
I would very much like to try to incorporate PicLens to my photoblog (currently PP 1.6). Could someone explain what modifications I should do to make it work?
Thanks

[melon]

fedi - you realize that if you look one post down that i managed to beet you to the punch :)

[fedi]

fedi - you realize that if you look one post down that i managed to beet you to the punch :)

yes, but i think it is easier to publish the work you did, so others can use it!

[xact]

There is a new addon (http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/addons/mediarss-addon-piclens-support/) for pixelpost to be compatible with piclens, but I didn't know how to make it work.

Install, enable in admin, added the tag in image_template.html and browse_template.html - doesn't work. Anyway, I use the function_feeds hack (http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/modifications/media-rss-for-piclens-and-others/) which is more than ok with piclens. I still have a question...

Can I add my own icon to piclens? On their website they post this code:
<channel>
<atom:icon>http://www.mywebsite.com/images/logo.gif</atom:icon>

to be the solution to a custom icon. How can I add this code to pixelpost? I tried to add it myself to function_feeds.php, but I can't get it right; after addition the feed won't validate.


LE. I got it to validate, but no change in piclens.

:)

[jeepy]

I've tried the tree ways availlable now.


1. Addon : by victorv
http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/addons/mediarss-addon-piclens-support/

2. Mod by Fedi
http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/modifications/media-rss-for-piclens-and-others/

3. Mod by melon
http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/modifications/piclens-for-pixelpost/

I see 2 ways to open Piclens.
A- from an overlopping Piclens image on the bottom-left corner on an image
B- with PicLens button on my browser.

I have to say that my template is using a background image for the main page, so I should see only the piclens button over images in the archive page. I'm using Firefox.


1. So the first addon give this error when i click the feed button next to the address (I give you the code cause it misses a </div> in the code) :

Error Message:
Connect DB Error: Cause #1

Possible Causes:

The most possible cause is that the photoblog is not installed yet. If you are the administrator of this photoblog, follow the installation instructions and browse to the admin page.

There might be a database connection problem that prevent this website to work properly. This can be caused by wrong db configuration in the admin side (<i>file: includes/pixelpost.php</i>) or the MySQL server might not reponding to Pixelpost's requests. Make sure that you have followed installation procedure in setting up database connection for Pixelpost.</li>

If the problem is from server's side, mostly it would be resolved in few secods. Be patient. Contact your host administrator or visit <a href="http://forum.pixelpost.org/" >pixelpost support forum</a> if problem persists



I've tried multiples way to give different permission to the file... it just change the error to "500 internal server error"...

2.So, I've tried the mod from Fedi that make me overwrite "includes/functions_feeds.php"
It works ! from the main page by using the Piclens button on the browser (B)! But it seems that pictures loaded are the thumnail version so the quality is very low.
I saw it working perfectly on your side : http://blog.patrickfederhen.de


3. Mod from Melon
With the same button on the main page, it load the correct image :) perfect! but only one, i can't see the entire gallery.
I've tried http://www.thewonderingphotographer.com to look on your site the Piclens was loading but that's it.

So, I'm confused. I guess everything is on progress...
You can look how it it is now at : cotegraphiste.com/photoblog

[victorv]

I am happy to report that my MediaRSS addon has ben fixed for pixelpost 1.7.1.

Download it at http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/addons/mediarss-addon-piclens-support/

VictorV

[Paul Wood]

I am happy to report that my MediaRSS addon has ben fixed for pixelpost 1.7.1.


Thanks! I've installed it, but it seems a little flaky. I don't get the piclens button unless I first click the piclens button on my toolbar (which then tells me the site doesn't support it), close the piclens window, and then the hover button shows up. Clicking that gives me the expected result.

On another computer, I can't get the hover piclens button to show up at all.

Any hints?

http://fotoblog.pnjwood.com/

[Paul Wood]

Also, when it does work, the initial image in the piclens display is the image BEFORE the one I clicked on.

???

[YETi]

I managed to get pic lens working using melon's addon so thanks for that. The only issue I have now is it only shows the last 10 images, I'm sure there is a logical explanation, anyone got one? :) Thanks

[victorv]

Paul, you seem to have a pretty large and beautiful collection of photos on your photoblog. PicLens loads the MediaRSS feed EVERY time the image page is requested, so it may be a (little) while before the button appears.
To speed things up the second and next times, you could alter the 4 "header" instructions on the addon to have the browser cache the feed file for a day; the current "header" instructions are set NOT to cache the feed.

Secondly, I can't see anything wrong with the feed contents, so I'm baffled why PicLens does not show the picture you clicked on by default. I think you should take this issue to the PicLens makers. Perhaps there's a problem with PicLens with large MediaRSS files...

Victor

[victorv]

Yeti,

The melon addon changes the standard RSS feed code to create MediaRSS content for PicLens. In the admin section, you'll find that the RSS settings are default set to show only the last 10 uploads and that's why this addon is showing only the last 10 items in PicLens.
You could set a higher number, but you can also use my MediaRSS addon, which displays all uploads by default, does not change the standard RSS feed and even supports category-only viewing (eg only views those photos in a category).
http://www.pixelpost.org/extend/addons/mediarss-addon-piclens-support/

Victor

[Paul Wood]

Paul, you seem to have a pretty large and beautiful collection of photos on your photoblog. Thanks!
PicLens loads the MediaRSS feed EVERY time the image page is requested, so it may be a (little) while before the button appears.
To speed things up the second and next times, you could alter the 4 "header" instructions on the addon to have the browser cache the feed file for a day; the current "header" instructions are set NOT to cache the feed.
Thanks, I'll research the proper format for the headers and try that. Also, I'll try again on the computer that didn't work, and give it a little time to load.

Secondly, I can't see anything wrong with the feed contents, so I'm baffled why PicLens does not show the picture you clicked on by default. I think you should take this issue to the PicLens makers. Perhaps there's a problem with PicLens with large MediaRSS files...

It seems to be working correctly today. Not sure what was happening yesterday.

Thanks for your help!

[YETi]

Thanks for the reply victorv the problem I had with your addon was getting it to work :/

[Paul Wood]

It seems to be working correctly today. Not sure what was happening yesterday.


Oops, I lied. It's not. It works fine on the thumbnails, but the main photo link goes to the previous image. I'm pretty sure that's because there is already a link there; clicking on my main image goes to the previous day. I can live with this.

I don't think there is a caching issue; it's working on the 3 computers I tried. However, the one computer is does NOT work on happens to be a Vista computer.

Can someone with Vista and PicLens try my blog and see if it works?

UPDATE: Can someone with Vista, Piclens and Firefox try it? I've discovered that IE works fine.

http://fotoblog.pnjwood.com/

[victorv]

I have Vista, Firefox and Piclens and I see PicLens select the "previous" image, but I also see this behaviour with IE on Vista...

What the...? On my own fotoblog, PicLens also selects the previous photo when clicking on the main image.
Is PicLens looking at the <a href=""> instead of the <img src="">?

[Paul Wood]

Ok, thanks for checking. I'll try reinstalling PicLens on that computer and see what happens. Strange that it works for some sites and not mine, but it's pretty clear it's specific to that computer.

Having PicLens open up the previous image when I click on the main image isn't a big issue for me. I'm just happy it works.

[Paul Wood]

Strange that it works for some sites and not mine, but it's pretty clear it's specific to that computer.

I figured it out. There's two ways to get to my blog: fotoblog.pnjwood.com and pnjwood.com/fotoblog. Only the first way works (with PicLens), and that's my preferred url. The computer I was having problems with had an old bookmark.

Everything works now!

[imixed]

Hi Folks,
Yesterday, I started to set up my 1.7.1 Pixelpost blog on http://imixed.net. One addon I installed is victorv's MediaRSS. Unfortunately, I can only make use of PicLens functionality on my archive but not on my common image page. Guess, it has something to do with the Silicious template I am using.
Any ideas or hints to get it working with this template even on the image page?
Kind Regards,
Mario

[lomoseb]

Hello

I don't manage to make the media rss addon working.
Install the plugin, Tag the two templates but piclens is just loading.

For info, i've tried another hack but it seems to have bug with thumbnails in the rss, so delete it replace everything and upgrade to 1.7.1

The rss is ok now but i'd like to enable piclens (piclens see something in fact)

Thank for help

lomoseb.net

It works. I had a & in my thumbnails. But i've got a question:
The addon create two rss feeds : One for image template and one for browse template.
It seems that piclens only see the second one : i've got no logo on image but when i activate it by browser it works

Any idea ?

[djaef]

Hi
I've installed VictorV's piclens plugin, and it works fine for me, but the thumbnails are really bad. Is there a reason for that? Is piclens just taking the very small thumbnails pixelpost has generated, and that's the problem? It seems a pity that such a great add-on is made to look so ordinary by poor thumbnails.

Anyone got any info on this?

thanks

Geoff

[jerome28]

i want when i click on slideshow piclens launch, how can i make that?
thanks