Change in SmugMug URLs for better privacy

brandofamily

bigwebguy wrote:

Ah, thats not Traditional, thats SingleImage...but yeah my fault for not seeing what you were talking about.

ImageKey is indeed missing on that page. I'll make sure to add it for my next round of updates.

Sorry about that.

When might that round take place?

Andy

brandofamily wrote:

When might that round take place?

When it does. Sorry Anthony, we can't & don't give dates. But rest assured, it's on the list to be addressed.

brandofamily

Andy wrote:

When it does. Sorry Anthony, we can't & don't give dates. But rest assured, it's on the list to be addressed.

I'm certain it's on the "to do list." But when my site is broken I can't rest very well... I guess I can only hope it's sooner than later....

Andy

brandofamily wrote:

I'm certain it's on the "to do list." But when my site is broken I can't rest very well... I guess I can only hope it's sooner than later....

Hi Anthony, your site isn't broken, a hack you used to do a very specific thing is not working anymore, as a result of changes we've made. Hacks are like that. I'm going out on a limb and say that there are very few, if any, other customers using that specific hack that you have that's broken. But we will get it done, I promise you that.

brandofamily

Andy wrote:

Hi Anthony, your site isn't broken, a hack you used to do a very specific thing is not working anymore, as a result of changes we've made. Hacks are like that. I'm going out on a limb and say that there are very few, if any, other customers using that specific hack that you have that's broken. But we will get it done, I promise you that.

I know SM is working on fixes to their new structure. I also know it is not possible to anticipate every glitch that will arise when changes are made. But if my site is not working as I intend it to then it's broken. Whether it's a hack that ceased working or not.
I'm sure SM is "on the case." I am at your mercy since I can not fix it, nor can any of the heros... I do not like being at someone else's mercy

jfriend

Andy wrote:

Hi Anthony, your site isn't broken, a hack you used to do a very specific thing is not working anymore, as a result of changes we've made. Hacks are like that. I'm going out on a limb and say that there are very few, if any, other customers using that specific hack that you have that's broken. But we will get it done, I promise you that.

Andy, this raises an interesting question for those who customize their site. How does one know what is a "supported customization" and what is a "hack" that might break at any time?

Andy

jfriend wrote:

Andy, this raises an interesting question for those who customize their site. How does one know what is a "supported customization" and what is a "hack" that might break at any time?

If it's on http://www.smugmug.com/help/customize-faq.mg you can bet it's supported

If it's in the "Advanced FAQ" http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=52811 then there are cases where sometimes things might bust or need modification.

If it's a one-off or really obscure hack, well, patience is appreciated

Markjay

Here are your links, Andy :-)
Example links

http://www.smugmug.com/keyword/all/sunflower#255491833
twelve total thumbnails... only TWO that actually appear, the rest are blank frames!

http://www.smugmug.com/keyword/all/flowers#256368645
see the 6th & 7th thumbnails-blank

http://www.smugmug.com/keyword/all/seashells#254285461
see the 9th thumbnail-blank!

Hope that illustrates this for you?

Anxiously awaiting your explanation... so I can learn

Andy wrote:

Could be a variety of things - got a link to show us?

Andy

Markjay wrote:

Example links

http://www.smugmug.com/keyword/all/sunflower#255491833
twelve total thumbnails... only TWO that actually appear, the rest are blank frames!

Mark, try clearing your browser's cache? I see all the thumbs there. Same for the other two links, we see 'em fine here.

bwg

jerryr wrote:

thanks again for looking into this.
As a temporary fix, I am using the window.location function

- jerryr

ImageKey and ImageID are now there for all templates that have a main image (and they even accurately reflect what that main image is! bonus!)

jerryr

bigwebguy wrote:

ImageKey and ImageID are now there for all templates that have a main image (and they even accurately reflect what that main image is! bonus!)

Awesome - thank you for the time and attention on this. My initial tests show success ! jerryr

com3

do some of the OLD URLs to images simply not work anymore? on the entire left side of my side, i tend to rotate through images on smugmug... while the thumbs (which are hotlinked) still work, the links to the images themselves aren't working... and they're simply dropping off in random order.

i checked them about 2 weeks ago, and all of em worked. yesterday, i noticed 2 of em didn't work anymore and when i clicked the links to the large images, it instead forwarded me to smugmug.com.

(on my 4theriders site)

here's one of the current thumbs that works as well as link to L that suddenly stopped working the other day, never changed the code...

jfriend

com3 wrote:

do some of the OLD URLs to images simply not work anymore? on the entire left side of my side, i tend to rotate through images on smugmug... while the thumbs (which are hotlinked) still work, the links to the images themselves aren't working... and they're simply dropping off in random order.

i checked them about 2 weeks ago, and all of em worked. yesterday, i noticed 2 of em didn't work anymore and when i clicked the links to the large images, it instead forwarded me to smugmug.com.

(on my 4theriders site)

here's one of the current thumbs that works as well as link to L that suddenly stopped working the other day, never changed the code...

I have a theory that external linking protection has been tightened up in the latest security changes to you should verify that external linking is allowed to any galleries that you want to use in this way.

com3

jfriend wrote:

I have a theory that external linking protection has been tightened up in the latest security changes to you should verify that external linking is allowed to any galleries that you want to use in this way.

external linking is ALWAYS allowed in my galleries.

Andy

com3 wrote:

external linking is ALWAYS allowed in my galleries.

I clicked a bunch and all these links worked

http://www.seppes.com/gallery/2884013/1/155099783/Large

http://www.seppes.com/gallery/2547355/1/133943103/Large

http://www.seppes.com/gallery/2884013/1/155291869/Large

I could keep going...

com3

Andy wrote:

I clicked a bunch and all these links worked

http://www.seppes.com/gallery/2884013/1/155099783/Large

http://www.seppes.com/gallery/2547355/1/133943103/Large

http://www.seppes.com/gallery/2884013/1/155291869/Large

I could keep going...

yeah, not all of em work...that's why i'd asked about it...cause it's hit/miss (when they worked just fine before... i haven't changed any code). *shrugs* thanks for checking, andy!

EDIT// hehe... i just clicked to see which ones you'd checked... of course, you pick the hawtest of the hawties. :P

iPhone4s

Any update on this? I'm finding that direct image URL's in other sizes like S, M, L, etc, are still working even in a private gallery or if the sitewide password is turned on.