Version: 1.0.5, by y2ksw
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Released: 11-06-2010
Last Update: 02-13-2011
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This vBulletin 4 product imports external images in your posts from external servers or paths into a specific path, normally your forum's image folder.
Differently than the previous product Image Cache for vBulletin 3.x., it parses the posts at regular intervals for new images and replaces the external references in the background. Also, instead of using only a single folder, it creates folders for years and months, making it much easier to handle large quantities of images. The source and destination image URL's are stored into database, too, avoiding unnecessary duplicates.
It moves and optionally converts images from one place to another. It is a handy tool in order to keep your images local to your forums.
Version 1.0.4 is temporarily in BETA stage until the users have confirmed the newly requested features.
Version 1.0.5 is still in BETA stage. It adds a new bunch of additional features, one of which allows you to test your mathematical understanding ... and a few other to fine-tune CURL and socket timeouts, and resizing on the fly of too large images. If you don't know what these options do, please leave them at their default values.
I'm in the process of a doing a new install with my existing DB. It got me thinking...if I uninstall this, what can I expect to happen?
Will it say with them locally?
Default back to original?
Lose all images?
Thanks
John
A new install with the same database and all data? how?
At worst, the new installation of this product will try to re-import the images. However the uninstall code should be commented out and the lookup table should remain in place. Thus, reinstalling the plugin should not do any harm.
If the uninstallation code is not commented out, you will not loose any images though, because they are stored to your web space.
No. This plugin is intended to download images from external sites and store them to the file system. It is not meant to be a revamped or integrated attachment system
No. This plugin is intended to download images from external sites and store them to the file system. It is not meant to be a revamped or integrated attachment system
to bad, it make it hard for people with multiple servers to use
to bad, it make it hard for people with multiple servers to use
can you associate a sub-domain with the images?
You may redirect images via .htaccess, for example.
I don't see the problem however. If you have multiple servers, how do the images influence their manner of "seing" images? Could you make an example of what you ahve and what you would like to have?
Is there any way to debug and verify because the product in my Forum stopped working. Is there any way to debug and verify?
One of the possible issues are missing space, but also server settings. If your server disallow pulling in external content (sockets, curl, fopen) it is likely not working.
You may redirect images via .htaccess, for example.
I don't see the problem however. If you have multiple servers, how do the images influence their manner of "seing" images? Could you make an example of what you ahve and what you would like to have?
all my servers are behind a load balancer , they are all clones of each other.
you hit a random server every time you hit my site.
the easiest fix is to push the images to the db since. all the servers grab the images from the DB. since the db stores ALL the images its very easy to keep everything updated and accurate on all the servers.
all my servers are behind a load balancer , they are all clones of each other.
you hit a random server every time you hit my site.
the easiest fix is to push the images to the db since. all the servers grab the images from the DB. since the db stores ALL the images its very easy to keep everything updated and accurate on all the servers.
If the servers are cloned, they should replicate/mirror the images after a while, too ... or not?
My server suddenly stopped importing pictures...
can you tell me which settings do i have to check ?
(sockets, curl, fopen) where are they in the server?
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... and a few other to fine-tune CURL and socket timeouts, and resizing on the fly of too large images. If you don't know what these options do, please leave them at their default values.
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11-20-2012, 09:11 PM
