WP-Smugmug RSS issue after 4/14 update (Getting 404 errors for newly added images)

bloomphotogbloomphotog Registered Users Posts: 582 Major grins
edited April 17, 2011 in SmugMug Support
I am using the WP-Smugmug plugin for Wordpress to display Smugmug images on my webpage.

See issue here: http://www.chugachpeaks.com/wasilla-weddings/settlers-bay-lodge/

Just discovered an issue with the RSS feeds tonight. I updated a gallery that is displayed here as a thumbnail gallery fed by RSS. It has worked great until today. After the update I collected some new images to the gallery and all of the new images do not display on the page. Using the inspector console I can see a 404 error for the first of the new images.

Upon comparison of the RSS image URL's, I see that the newly added images use the original filename(john-smith-01.jpg) instead of the smugmug filename(1162822188_MRRFv-Th.jpg).

The WP-Smugmug plugin (uses RSS) is now requesting a file like "http://chugachpeaks.smugmug.com/john-smith-01.jpg instead of the needed "http://chugachpeaks.smugmug.com/1162822188_MRRFv-Th.jpg".

We can't update our sites content now, so anyones help would be really appreciated!
joshmartinezphotography.com

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  • bloomphotogbloomphotog Registered Users Posts: 582 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2011
    UPDATE: I received this reply from the Heroes today. I really hope and pray they get the bug resolved stat!

    Thank you for contacting SmugMug.

    I am very sorry about the trouble. That is a bug and we are working to get it fixed as soon as possible.

    I cannot give you a time estimate but look for a post on our release notes when that is updated. You can view the release notes here: http://news.smugmug.com/ I would recommend signing up for the RSS feed. Or by leaving a comment, you have the option to be notified by email when a new post is added.

    If you have any questions or problems, please let us know.

    All the best,

    --Doc
    SmugMug Support Hero
    www.smugmug.com/help
    joshmartinezphotography.com
  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 16, 2011
    G'day Josh,

    We shipped some URL changes on Thursday night which are affecting that plugin...but the real problem lies in the programming of the plugin.

    The developer uses the 'guid' field from the feed and attempts to parse the URL to then determine/guess the other image size urls, but all the available image sizes are provided as part of the feed already.

    20110417-g93fg6bdisuegd34j3e2gcqhp3.jpg

    Cheers,

    David
    David Parry
    SmugMug API Developer
    My Photos
  • bloomphotogbloomphotog Registered Users Posts: 582 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2011
    Interesting. Is there going to be any documentation or release notes on the changes? It would seem there is going to be a lot of issues with 3rd party addons if you guys changed up the URL structure.
    joshmartinezphotography.com
  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 16, 2011
    I imagine there will be a blog post on Monday...but it will only effect 3rd party tools that are parsing a url and guessing image sizes.

    As for the wordpress plugin itself, the change should be pretty straighforward...if I wasn't heading out with my family today, I'd make a patch for this myself. I'll see if I can squeeze in some time tonight.

    Cheers,

    David
    David Parry
    SmugMug API Developer
    My Photos
  • bloomphotogbloomphotog Registered Users Posts: 582 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2011
    Hmm. According to the one of the heroes and input from Andy, the URL issue is a bug. So is there two concurrent issues here? A global change to the URL structure, plus a bug that is affecting that change?
    joshmartinezphotography.com
  • docwalkerdocwalker Registered Users Posts: 1,867 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 16, 2011
    Josh,

    Sorry for the confusion. It looked like a bug and smelled like a bug. But, Dev is the expert.
    SmugMug Support Hero
    http://help.smugmug.com
  • bloomphotogbloomphotog Registered Users Posts: 582 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2011
    Gotcha. I will try and get in contact with the plugin developer to see about an update(My PHP skills aren't up to the task). Thanks for your help guys.
    joshmartinezphotography.com
  • atowatow Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited April 16, 2011
    WP-SmugMug
    bloomphotog wrote: »
    Gotcha. I will try and get in contact with the plugin developer to see about an update(My PHP skills aren't up to the task). Thanks for your help guys.

    Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'll be taking a look at this.
  • atowatow Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited April 16, 2011
    Everyone - I've updated the WP-SmugMug plugin to 2.0.7. It brings support to the new feed structure. Other changes include:

    1) Support for new SmugMug RSS feed structure
    2) Support for galleries larger than 100 photos
    3) Removed support for WordPress Paged gallery style. This had been broken for some time, so I just got rid of it.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-smugmug/

    Please let me know if you encounter any problems with this update.
  • bloomphotogbloomphotog Registered Users Posts: 582 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2011
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    That's what I am talking about! Great work, Adam.thumb.gif That's the kind of product support that people rave about.

    Everything looks great and it's better than before. Thanks again!
    joshmartinezphotography.com
  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 17, 2011
    atow wrote: »
    1) Support for new SmugMug RSS feed structure

    For the record, the media rss elements aren't new, they have been around for at least 3.5 years.
    David Parry
    SmugMug API Developer
    My Photos
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