I have recently switched host and now when users try to upload pictures we are getting a blank page has any one else fixed this problem yet?

well i have gotten it to stop loading white pages and uploading the pictures but the only way i was able to do this was by turninng off resize, thumbnails and ,water mark functions. any ideas?

Fixed! GD was not installed properly

I am getting a error when someone trys to upload a avatar or uses a link for the avatar. The error is

Fatal error: Direct Instantiation of vB_Image_Abstract prohibited. in /includes/class_image.php on line 190

And line 190 is.
trigger_error('Direct Instantiation of vB_Image_Abstract prohibited.', E_USER_ERROR);

can i use external server??

I have the problem solved now. xcache was messing the script up once xcache was disabled everything went back as it was.

I found xCache to do the same issue.

From what I and others have found xCache seems to not like PHP 4.4x

Errors:
unable to delete images from inside admin panel.
no water marking

Is there any way to store images in the file system rather than the db?

I just did the install, made sure it was enabled, set my usergroup to have permission to use it... but nothing is different? I see no place to upload images... help!

ETA ~ Oops, I didn't do the template changes yet. Guess I ought to try that first...

Yay! Amazing how RTFM works. ;) This is great so far...

I see that when I am viewing all of my images, I have the last option "Permission" and then just "Delete Image" but if I click the image for a full view, I then have "Permission" with "Set private" and "Delete Image". Can the privacy option be added to the overview of all images so users don't have to go to each image to see the settings?

Great hack, I love it.

It does work fine, except when an image is uploaded, I get a page with a list of errors:

It does still redirect and the images upload fine etc. It just doesn't look very good to see this page full of errors, especially when everything appears to be working ok.

Any ideas how to fix this?

I do too, but image still loads. This also happens to me in another installed hack.

I managed to get rid of all of the errors except one by putting in the usual path to the forums, instead of the public_html path.

I still get this error:
What's causing this?

In the instructions it states to find the following:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td

and

<!-- PAGENAV POPUP -->

I'm going into Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates and going to navbar and can't find any of that text. Am I going to the wrong navbar (is there more than 1?)

Works perfectly on a fresh install. Thanks!

First of all, congratulation (again) for this hack. Installed sucessfully and it works like a charm. But I have a question: I saw that you can see all the user pictures in the admincp, even the private one. Is their a way to browse directly inside the forum side of the mod and see what is private like all the public image when you are admin?

edshudnow ~ Your navbar may have been previously edited and therefore doesn't have those exact bits of code. Are you using a custom template?

Ranma2k ~ When you edit your signature, the editor links are there, but the text is not showing for the first link:

[Open]
[Upload Photo]

So if I am posting a message, I see both links on the right below the smilies and they work, but if I am editing my signature, I only see:

[]
[Upload Photo]

ETA ~ The [Open] does nt show because "Open" isn't a global vB phrase. To remody this issue, I just went into the Phrase manager, clicked "Add New Phrase" and used the following:

Phrase Type: Global
Product: VB image hosting
Varname: open
Text: Open

Save it and then the word will show in all required places other than the posting window. ;)

I also found what is a big problem for me, and may be for others... I can't find an option to prevent usergroups from viewing member's photos. Right now, guests can see user's photos, and I do not want them to be able to, amongst other usergroups. How can this be corrected?

Make the navbar and Postbit statements conditional upon being logged in. Then they won't see them unless they are a member who is logged in.

As for not seeing the postbit code, it's just popup code so place in the same place as your search and quicklinks or look for NAVABAR POPUPS or something similar.

It's nice in theory, but if someone knows the direct link to the page, they can still see the images. I want that page to be blocked from certain usergroups, including logged in ones. Hiding the postbit doesn't solve my problem, exactly. :)

I didn't read through all the post to see if this was around.... So I created my own little module for use in VBadvanced.

I have a highly modified $navbar template and did this out of nessessity... So, I'll share with everyone else...

This is a hack that is meant for use with VBadvanced.

It can be found here

If a member is deleted from the site, will their images be deleted as well?

to test that, create a fake user.... upload a couple images then delete that user....

Hello,

someone fixed this?

Yes, read back a few threads as I posted a fix.

I managed to get rid of all of the errors except one by putting in the usual path to the forums, instead of the public_html path.

I still get this error:
What's causing this?

What are your permissions on the http://www.misc-world.com/endeavour/imagehosting/ folder?

Is anyone having an issue after clicking on "Upload and Image" that their host is shutting off their site because of a CPU Quota Exceed Error? It seems when I do click upload an image it just sits there as if it can't find it and then my host is shutting our account off saying we are exceeding our quota. I was having no problems with this mod until the other day but I have been having a huge amount of issues with my host at bluehost.com. Anyone having these or similar issues? I need to know what direction to go in here. Fix something with the mod or yell at my host.

I haven't had such issues, Tom. If you didn't make any changes to the mod or added other mods and this just started happening, I'd contact the host.

I did contact them and they are saying this is the issue:
Fri Feb 9 17:01:38 2007: used 30.03 seconds of cpu time for HTTP Request: mywebsite.com : GET /member/vbimghost.php?do=upload

At the exact time this happened the server I am on the load was at 10.09 (4 cpus). I am ready to move from bluehost. I have been with them since they started but they are all about the money now and not the client. ACK!

You are correct in assuming I did nothing to the mod. It has been running fine until this.

Thanks..I appreciate the confirmation.

Tom

30 seconds of CPU time seems like a lot. Do you have a slow upload and they are maybe counting the whole time the connection is open?

I wan't uploading anything. I only clicked the upload link to give me the page to upload a file. This is the time it was taking just to open the upload page which it never did. The issue was on their side. It is shared hosting. We are forever now running into other accounts zapping the server such as I pointed out that at the time I was attempting this our server load was at 10.09 (4 cpus) which nothing will work for anyone when this is doing this.

They however wish to blame it on you if you contact them and tell you to modify your scripts to run the minimum load possible for the server. As it stands the box we are on has 840 shared accounts and they say accumulating 500 plus per day.

I really was hoping it was an issue that was a simple fix others were having but I knew it was my host and not the mod.

TOM, I too rent from bluehost & have been having major problems with them,....but this is going
off topic. There is a thread regarding host problems here on vb.org. I have a dedicated ip, I also get the most you can get from bluehost, I haven't yet had the problem you are having with them about this particular mod. Feel free to pm me or visit my site to share our troubles about bluehost.

Bless you Brother! I knew I wasn't going crazy! :D

I will PM you

Ranma2k ~ Since the images are not renamed when uploading, what happens if a user uploads two pictures with the same name, or if two users upload pictures with the same name? Is this something you've taken into account?

Here is something to take into account. First. I am paying for professional webhosting. Second, when you click this link: http://myhost.com/forum/vbimghost.php?do=upload
This error occurs. No matter if there is one member or twenty members. How is it you explain that?

Sorry, Tom, when I wrote my post above yours, I put your name on it, but I mean to ask the mod author.

Sorry Merriweather...I have been so frustarated I seen something that just wasn't there.