Slideshows busted for password protected galleries?
Are slideshows completely busted for password-protected galleries. They work (slowly though 6-8 seconds to load for each image) on non-password protected galleries, but don't work at all on password-protected galleries.
I view the gallery like a normal viewer. I'm prompted for the password. I enter the password and am taken to the gallery. I press the slideshow button. I first get the Press Esc message, then that goes away and all I have is a giant black screen. Nothing ever appears. I can press Esc to get back to the gallery.
The old Smugmug slideshow used to work on password protected galleries and the slideshow button is still offered. I've done no customization related to slideshows. I'm just talking about the built-in slideshow that comes up when you hit the slideshow button in a gallery.
Same result with IE6 and Firefox. Slideshows work for me on public galleries with no password.
for me starts in 4-5secs on IE6 XP and 2-3secs on Safari3 Mac.
Thanks for the feedback, I shared this right with the developers. We want it to be fast for all!
Hi Andy:
The issue isn't with the first image load. It's with the new fancy thumbnal nav along the bottom. I think most people will be drawn to click on thumbnails that they think look interesting. When I do this, there is a noticable lag before images load. And it doesn't matter whether the slideshow is paused or not. From the example above, if I click on one of the Ghost Rider shot, there is a 7-second delay before the image shows up (or worse still, not even the progress bar). I then click on a few other shots, and they come up right away (crossfading as soon as I click), but the I went to click on the Hulk (hello), and again with a delay, this time only 2 seconds, but still, when you're used to the instantaneous switching in Lightbox, or the old JS slideshow or in the new slideshow style presentation, this is really annoying.
Still have problems here. With Safari login mode, the slideshow on homepage is slow and my horizontal photos are missing the borders on the left and right sides.
With Safari vistor mode, the slideshow stop at the wedding cake, and jumps through more than one photo at a time, in areas
With Firefox I only see the first photo.
One of my concerns is , when possible clients go to my site , they will turn away, especially if they are told to install latest editions in software or empty caches.
Thanks Denise. That's the most recent version. I'm passing that information on.
Barb -
One more piece of possibly related information - the slideshow style (from the style dropdown) also does not work on any of my galleries in IE7 on Vista. It's fine in Firefox, and my XP machine is at work, so I'll need to check that in the morning.
Symptoms? I get a screen showing my gallery description, the slideshow controls, and a big empty space for the missing slideshow.
Are slideshows completely busted for password-protected galleries. They work (slowly though 6-8 seconds to load for each image) on non-password protected galleries, but don't work at all on password-protected galleries.
I view the gallery like a normal viewer. I'm prompted for the password. I enter the password and am taken to the gallery. I press the slideshow button. I first get the Press Esc message, then that goes away and all I have is a giant black screen. Nothing ever appears. I can press Esc to get back to the gallery.
The old Smugmug slideshow used to work on password protected galleries and the slideshow button is still offered. I've done no customization related to slideshows. I'm just talking about the built-in slideshow that comes up when you hit the slideshow button in a gallery.
Same result with IE6 and Firefox. Slideshows work for me on public galleries with no password.
Hey Jfriend,
we think we have a solution for this and are testing it out, more info soon.
I just got in and tried it on my home computers. The slide show comes up, but the images are very staggered. Seems the duration of each photo sits on the screen for different lenghts. But it is workin...a bit.
Hey Jfriend,
we think we have a solution for this and are testing it out, more info soon.
Sam
OK, I guess I'll wait. This does seem like a really basic test case that was missed though. I'm sure glad I didn't just go live with a bunch of sports galleries in the last few days that would now have busted slideshows.
If I try to click on one of the sizes in the flyout menu, the menu starts to travel on down the page, detaching itself from the photo. Really weird. And a bit amusing. :giggle
If I try to click on one of the sizes in the flyout menu, the menu starts to travel on down the page, detaching itself from the photo. Really weird. And a bit amusing. :giggle
Using FF.
That's an interesting problem you are having for sure!
I can't replicate that at all. Your gallery, lightbox, and the photobar are working fine for me using Firefox. Can you clear your cache in FF and see if that helps?
That's an interesting problem you are having for sure!
I can't replicate that at all. Your gallery, lightbox, and the photobar are working fine for me using Firefox. Can you clear your cache in FF and see if that helps?
Cleared the cache and restarted the browser, and I'm still running into the issue. Works fine in IE7, though.
Just to show I'm not going crazy:
I'll sleep on it and give it another try in the morning. Last time I had a wonky thing happen in FF, we couldn't figure it out. Come the next morning, everything had snapped right back to normal. We'll see if the same approach works this time around.
Slideshow doesn't work at all for me in FF 2.0.0.12. (the slideshow button is the one that doesn't work). I just get a black screen. The slideshow on my main page continues to work fine.
The new slideshow button works fine in IE (which I never use).
Sorry.. Apparently I'm losing my mind. I think it's the lightbox view I was thinking of, and confusing with the slideshow..
But, I do like the new flash slideshow! Although, if I could make a suggestion, do a bit of a speed test on the slideshow the first time it's opened and store in a cookie the results. Then, scale the images to make it faster on slower connections. Just a thought..
Captions are very important additions to my pics, and to my viewers. Without them this is a step backwards! Please bring them back to slideshow A.S.A.P.
Sigh, on my PC laptop with XP home media version.
Using FF Firefox/2.0.0.12, the slideshow currently is not working and before it would be stuck on the first image and then it would skip about two images on to the fourth shot or so on the homepage. Gallery slideshow does not seem to work.
Using IE 7.0.5730.11
On the homepage slidesho only some of the images will come up in the thubnail but the slideshow will not play. It's just stuck on the first image.
Gallery slideshow shows it loading up for a second, but after that, nothing.
EDIT: Seems to be fine now both in FF and IE.
EDIT II: Now neither is working again. I give up. Hope things get fixed soon.
This new slideshow is extremely buggy for me. I have IE7 running in Vista and I have many issues. In "Slideshow" view, I can't click on "Fullscreen" or "Slideshow" (nothing happens). Also, when I am in "Smugmug" view, clicking "Slideshow" takes me to a new window that freezes with the caption "Press Esc to exit fullscreen mode." 1 out of 10 times the first slide will come up, but it freezes after that. When I press Esc, I get a weird green screen that sometimes won't go away. In all other views, the fullscreen slideshow works, but it is very slow and clunky. In Firefox on Vista everything works, but again it is very slow and clunky. The "Fast" setting is way to slow, and the clicking on a thumbnail takes up to 10 seconds to display.
I appreciate all the changes that Smugmug is making to make our sites better, especially stretchy. But is a Zenfolio-like, super fast, super slick slideshow too much to ask? I realize this new flash slideshow has just been released, but it has a very long way to go to get to where Zenfolio already is.
If I request a full-screen slideshow, I see a full screen of bright green flash by, followed by a full screen of black containing the message "press esc to exit full screen mode". That screen remains, no photos. If I hit esc, I am back in my gallery. If I click the slideshow button again, I am placed in full screen mode - this time with the first slide in my gallery showing, the thumbs across the bottom, and the same message showing in the middle of the screen. The slideshow is not active, and I am unable to click anywhere on the screen. Actually, that's probably not quite true. I can click once, but nothing happens and at that point the mouse pointer is gone.
On the off chance that my customization is causing the problem, I tried a slideshow on my sister's account. She has a standard account, so no customization. The same problem occurs there. I also tried it on Barb's www.photoscapedesign.com, same problem occurs there too.
I have already tried clearing the temporary files, no change in behavior.
Any ideas?
--- Denise
I have this exact same problem. Even Barb's site doesn't work. I though no site would work for me but I tried this site and it works! Maybe there is a clue here?
Still have problems here. With Safari login mode, the slideshow on homepage is slow and my horizontal photos are missing the borders on the left and right sides.
With Safari vistor mode, the slideshow stop at the wedding cake, and jumps through more than one photo at a time, in areas
With Firefox I only see the first photo.
One of my concerns is , when possible clients go to my site , they will turn away, especially if they are told to install latest editions in software or empty caches.
Raptorcaptors website and dennismullens site works for me in FF. Why doesnt mine?
When I do get one photo to show on homepage slideshow the borders of my photos are missing on the sides.
THe same goes with the border in safari.
Is there a fix soon?
Also; on the left bottom of FF window , it shows , Read api.smugmug.com , when I go to my site.
Hi, looking at your site I see normal smugmug style galleries. Can you pelase clear your cookies and try again?
Really stupid question, BUT how do I do that. I am just getting started on that whole thing (I am one of the copy paste people!) ???
It seems like that just the slideshow button is huge, coz the show doesn`t start until I press the button.
Wrong place, but my navbar is not center and I tried the stuff you wrote in one of the other threads, it`s not working. I guess I am missing something.
Fullscreen slideshow won't return to gallery
My fullscreen gallery works and looks great using Win XP and IE6 overhere!
Trouble starts when I want to exit the fullscreen slideshow. After clicking 'Return to Gallery' I enter a fullscreen version of gallery I was in. By fullscreen version I mean: like the F11 option in IE, but without buttons or windows bar. Another funny thing is my customized header is gone and replaced by the SmugMug one. The only way to exit the screen is by using Alt-F4 to close the window.
Hope this makes sense... Example gallery: Blue Angels.
I have this exact same problem. Even Barb's site doesn't work. I though no site would work for me but I tried this site and it works! Maybe there is a clue here?
I'm experiencing the same problems with Vista and using IE7 - no go - just hte black screen with the words in the midle of hte page - however the link above does work for me using the same pc.
I also tried using my work laptop, using IE6 and that still does not work.
However, when I use my Opera browser it does work using Vista - go figure, Microsfot's browser causes the issues !
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Thanks Denise. That's the most recent version. I'm passing that information on.
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That update makes it work in all galleries on her computer (though slow to start).
Great, thank you. Good info.
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Still no love in IE, with the most recent flash.
In FF (2.0.0.9) - first time I tried I got a "Holy Cow" upgrade flash message. Did that, now it works fine except in the wrong monitor.
That is to say, I was viewing FF in the secondary monitor and the slideshow opened in the primary.
Are slideshows completely busted for password-protected galleries. They work (slowly though 6-8 seconds to load for each image) on non-password protected galleries, but don't work at all on password-protected galleries.
I view the gallery like a normal viewer. I'm prompted for the password. I enter the password and am taken to the gallery. I press the slideshow button. I first get the Press Esc message, then that goes away and all I have is a giant black screen. Nothing ever appears. I can press Esc to get back to the gallery.
The old Smugmug slideshow used to work on password protected galleries and the slideshow button is still offered. I've done no customization related to slideshows. I'm just talking about the built-in slideshow that comes up when you hit the slideshow button in a gallery.
Same result with IE6 and Firefox. Slideshows work for me on public galleries with no password.
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Hi Andy:
The issue isn't with the first image load. It's with the new fancy thumbnal nav along the bottom. I think most people will be drawn to click on thumbnails that they think look interesting. When I do this, there is a noticable lag before images load. And it doesn't matter whether the slideshow is paused or not. From the example above, if I click on one of the Ghost Rider shot, there is a 7-second delay before the image shows up (or worse still, not even the progress bar). I then click on a few other shots, and they come up right away (crossfading as soon as I click), but the I went to click on the Hulk (hello), and again with a delay, this time only 2 seconds, but still, when you're used to the instantaneous switching in Lightbox, or the old JS slideshow or in the new slideshow style presentation, this is really annoying.
Version 9.0.115.0 of Flash.
--Darryl
With Safari vistor mode, the slideshow stop at the wedding cake, and jumps through more than one photo at a time, in areas
With Firefox I only see the first photo.
One of my concerns is , when possible clients go to my site , they will turn away, especially if they are told to install latest editions in software or empty caches.
Pamela
www.exposedimages.net
One more piece of possibly related information - the slideshow style (from the style dropdown) also does not work on any of my galleries in IE7 on Vista. It's fine in Firefox, and my XP machine is at work, so I'll need to check that in the morning.
Symptoms? I get a screen showing my gallery description, the slideshow controls, and a big empty space for the missing slideshow.
--- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
Hey Jfriend,
we think we have a solution for this and are testing it out, more info soon.
Sam
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Hi,
I think we actually fixed your site earlier today. Can you check and let us know?
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(The home page slideshow)
Yeah it is the right theme and the slideshow is now working. Wednesday I plan to update a redo a lot of stuff. Thanks for the fix.
OK, I guess I'll wait. This does seem like a really basic test case that was missed though. I'm sure glad I didn't just go live with a bunch of sports galleries in the last few days that would now have busted slideshows.
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If I try to click on one of the sizes in the flyout menu, the menu starts to travel on down the page, detaching itself from the photo. Really weird. And a bit amusing. :giggle
Using FF.
That's an interesting problem you are having for sure!
I can't replicate that at all. Your gallery, lightbox, and the photobar are working fine for me using Firefox. Can you clear your cache in FF and see if that helps?
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Cleared the cache and restarted the browser, and I'm still running into the issue. Works fine in IE7, though.
Just to show I'm not going crazy:
I'll sleep on it and give it another try in the morning. Last time I had a wonky thing happen in FF, we couldn't figure it out. Come the next morning, everything had snapped right back to normal. We'll see if the same approach works this time around.
The new slideshow button works fine in IE (which I never use).
Any suggestions?
http://capturedimaginings.com aka hoyboy.smugmug.com
But, I do like the new flash slideshow! Although, if I could make a suggestion, do a bit of a speed test on the slideshow the first time it's opened and store in a cookie the results. Then, scale the images to make it faster on slower connections. Just a thought..
David
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WolfSnapDesigns
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Thanks, in anticipation!
Using FF Firefox/2.0.0.12, the slideshow currently is not working and before it would be stuck on the first image and then it would skip about two images on to the fourth shot or so on the homepage. Gallery slideshow does not seem to work.
Using IE 7.0.5730.11
On the homepage slidesho only some of the images will come up in the thubnail but the slideshow will not play. It's just stuck on the first image.
Gallery slideshow shows it loading up for a second, but after that, nothing.
EDIT: Seems to be fine now both in FF and IE.
EDIT II: Now neither is working again. I give up. Hope things get fixed soon.
I'm getting a black box which when clicked on takes me to a slideshow of nothing that should not be there!
Clearing my cache does not fix this!
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I appreciate all the changes that Smugmug is making to make our sites better, especially stretchy.
Still an issue. It only plays the gallery one time.
www.bellafaccie.com
I have this exact same problem. Even Barb's site doesn't work. I though no site would work for me but I tried this site and it works! Maybe there is a clue here?
http://kootenay.smugmug.com/gallery/4505679_6DcUX#265507332 <= this works!
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Raptorcaptors website and dennismullens site works for me in FF. Why doesnt mine?
When I do get one photo to show on homepage slideshow the borders of my photos are missing on the sides.
THe same goes with the border in safari.
Is there a fix soon?
Also; on the left bottom of FF window , it shows , Read api.smugmug.com , when I go to my site.
Pamela
www.exposedimages.net
Really stupid question, BUT how do I do that. I am just getting started on that whole thing (I am one of the copy paste people!) ???
It seems like that just the slideshow button is huge, coz the show doesn`t start until I press the button.
Wrong place, but my navbar is not center and I tried the stuff you wrote in one of the other threads, it`s not working. I guess I am missing something.
Thanks in advance!
Greeting from Vienna
My fullscreen gallery works and looks great using Win XP and IE6 overhere!
Trouble starts when I want to exit the fullscreen slideshow. After clicking 'Return to Gallery' I enter a fullscreen version of gallery I was in. By fullscreen version I mean: like the F11 option in IE, but without buttons or windows bar. Another funny thing is my customized header is gone and replaced by the SmugMug one. The only way to exit the screen is by using Alt-F4 to close the window.
Hope this makes sense... Example gallery: Blue Angels.
www.marcoglasbergen.nl
I'm experiencing the same problems with Vista and using IE7 - no go - just hte black screen with the words in the midle of hte page - however the link above does work for me using the same pc.
I also tried using my work laptop, using IE6 and that still does not work.
However, when I use my Opera browser it does work using Vista - go figure, Microsfot's browser causes the issues !