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ckeller
#1 Posted : Tuesday, 31 January 2012 2:05:51 AM(UTC)
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Hello,

I've attached my demo site for your review; you'll just need an membership database.

The basic problem is that when browsing to the page that hosts the gallery (repository.aspx in this case) the log on button does not work, nor does search... etc.

Having spent several hours looking through forums I've verified that it is not the common issues: wrong app pool, missing handlers, etc.

The *strange* situation is that when logging on BEFORE visiting the gallery, the UI mostly works, except in this case the search button does not work?

Verified that there are no errors in Firebug.

I'm thinking that I've missed something simple here... but I thought I'd run it by you before banging my head against it anymore. You'll notice that this is an attempt to add GSP to an existing site with established users and whatnot.

I had planned to verify functionality and then begin customization to get the look and feel consistent as well as one way to log into the site, instead of two. Right now, we have an established site with log on / user management already handled. I just want to plug in GSP to facilitate our needs there.

Could you please take a look and help me understand the behavior that I am seeing?

This is a fairly important project and we plan to generously donate if the remaining issues can be solved.

Thank you,

Chris

P.S. I could not attach the file, it is too big @ 6mb so I've placed it here:

http://www.cmkproductions.com/gspdemo.zip
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Roger Martin
#2 Posted : Tuesday, 31 January 2012 8:29:10 AM(UTC)
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I didn't install your site but based on your description it sounds like the same symptoms as in my personal gallery. In that case, there aren't any javascript errors, network errors, or other clues. That is an app where I've integrated the gallery into an existing site; the problem never seems to happen in stand-alone galleries. I worked around it by building a separate login page, but the search is still broken.

The login and search popups are ComponentArt Dialog controls, and I already have plans to replace them with another technology for version 3. My hope is that the issue resolves itself when I do that.

Until then, I don't have much good advice for you. Ultimately, it probably *is* something simple, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what.
Roger Martin
Creator and Lead Developer of Gallery Server Pro
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ckeller
#3 Posted : Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:54:21 AM(UTC)
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In a way I am glad to know that this is something you have seen. By that I mean I was trying hard to make sure I was not taking advantage of your time by posting something that had been solved and talked about.

Turning off the GSP log on and using the site log on is working okay at the moment. The killer is the search button not presenting its UI.

I'm going to recommend we proceed with GSP.

That said, do you know where on your road map these changes might be implemented as well as when? Search is pretty important; granted I have not looked at your API documentation to see if it can be invoked via code?

Thank you for the component and the support, both are amazing.

Chris
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Roger Martin
#4 Posted : Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:21:08 AM(UTC)
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Version 3 is expected toward the end of this year, but it is heavily dependent on whether I am doing contract work for other clients.

In your case, I would suggest hacking the source code to replace the search button with a textbox / Search button combo that eliminates the need for a popup. Or replace it with a simple link to the search page (default.aspx?g=search). Either would be pretty easy for a .NET developer.
Roger Martin
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ckeller
#5 Posted : Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:46:38 AM(UTC)
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No, I don't think it will be a problem; was just wondering how GSP plans were shaping up. Thank you for the great product and more importantly the quick response :)

Chris
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ckeller
#6 Posted : Thursday, 2 February 2012 3:37:19 PM(UTC)
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Roger,

I wanted to get back to you on this issue, and perhaps get some advice as well.

It seems that if you put the gallery control in any master page it breaks most of the built in 'pop up' type ui's...

Example:

I just downloaded a fresh copy of GSP Install.

I changed the connection strings to point to my current database.

I created a new master page (added nothing to it; this is just a test)

Created a new default.aspx that used the new master page and place the same code from your default.aspx page into the appropriate content areas.

Same issue... log on does not work, several things from the action menu no longer work (edit album) even things like add user stop working. Either nothing happens or you see the border animation like the popup is about to happen and then nothing.

Zero errors anywhere.

Have tried IE9, FireFox 9 & 10, Chrome... no change.

That said, I have a very specific requirement in terms of customization of how the gallery is presented. I had planned to use a master page and then simply tweak your .CSS to match the color scheme.

This is no longer possible because of what I described above.

What is the best approach to customizing the gallery page?

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ckeller
#7 Posted : Thursday, 2 February 2012 9:06:19 PM(UTC)
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or anyone really?

I realize I addressed my post to Roger specifically, but if you have customized your gallery please share your experience?

Chris
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daveburke
#8 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 7:00:35 AM(UTC)
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ckeller,

GSP is highly customizable and easily integrates with other apps from my experience. I've done a number of modifications over the years in using it with several applications, including Sueetie at http://sueetie.com.

One quick example of customizing GSP is a "Document List View" to view documents in a folder and list layout. Here's a working demo of that.

http://sueetie.com/media/library.aspx

I also added tagging, integrated search, bibliographic field support, user controls to retrieve media content outside of GSP, something I call Media Sets where you can drop-n-drop media objects to form custom display groups, and several other features. If you're interested in the details I documented much of the work in the Sueetie Wiki here:

http://sueetie.com/wiki/#Media_Galleries_3

The thing to remember in customizing GSP (and all actively evolving apps like GSP) is to make only minimal changes to the source which are clearly denoted so you can easily upgrade to new releases and retain your custom features.

Regards,
Dave
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ckeller
#9 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 3:28:48 PM(UTC)
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Thank you for the information sir.

The problems I had (described earlier in the thread) with initial attempts at customization of the views presented to the user were frustrating. It seemed natural to make default.aspx derive from a .master to pick up an existing site look and feel... as described above that does not work as expected.

Before diving back in I had wondered what other developers had done...

Thank you,

Chris
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daveburke
#10 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 4:17:14 PM(UTC)
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Chris,

One final tip, /CodeFiles/GalleryPage.cs is your friend. You might consider adding a page in an external, referenced class library to derive GalleryPage.cs from. That way you can add a custom location for your Master page, css files, add properties specific to your environment, that sort of thing.

Good luck,
Dave
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ckeller
#11 Posted : Friday, 3 February 2012 4:40:22 PM(UTC)
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Thank you.

I've spent a lot of today just looking over the code, getting comfortable if you will.

Your pointers have been valuable and I appreciate you taking the time to write.

Thanks!

Chris
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