New Extension: nGen File Field for FieldFrame

Having a weird issue in IE7 with editing posts with existing ngen files uploaded.

After the edit page loads, the ngen field disappears. This is only in IE7.

The fields I’ve noticed this in are ffmatrix fields as well. I’ve verified using the latest version of the CP jQuery (1.1.2) as well as ngen file and fieldframe (0.9.10 and 1.3.4).

Interestingly enough, going in with the developer toolbar and disabling hte position relative on the ngen field causes it to display, but then causes the delete icons to be all out of alignment.

Feature Request: Would it be possible to store the thumbnails in another folder much like how imgsizer does it?

Great Extension!

All works fine, but the thumbnail previews aren’t displaying in the publish screen, I just get a question mark.

Any ideas?

I’ve also been experiencing the “Allowed memory size of xxxxx bytes exhausted” error message, which seems to be a common problem for a lot of people.

My question is, why does that error make it impossible for you to edit any other entries? I can’t edit any entries at all in any of my weblogs (since they all use the nGen File Field). I would’ve thought this error would only crop up on that particular entry which has the big file?

I found the culprit BTW, a big 3MB JPEG uploaded to the images uploads folder by one of my users. Deleting that JPEG got rid of the memory exhausted errors for now, but I wouldn’t think 3MB is too big for a file really. And it’s really puzzling me that a single file in the uploads folder would screw up the editing for all entries.

BTW the PHP memory limit on this webhost is 16MB. Which is a lot bigger than 3MB, so I guess it must be cumulative or something?

44sunsets, you should consider upping the memory limit to at least 32M. See if still get that error after changing.

Yep I’ve put in a request to the webhost to increase the PHP memory limit to 64M. I hope they allow it, otherwise it’ll get really tricky.

I posted this in another thread a while ago but just in case it was missed: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/131414/

I’ve read pages 17 to 26 and couldn’t see this problem mentioned…

Everything works fine except that the “Use existing file” button doesn’t show up. I’m using the latest File Field and Fieldframe. EE Build 20090723.

Why would this happen?

Hello, I am having big problems with my nGen file field. I do not think that the files are being uploaded. I have a forum post about my issue here: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/132821/

If anyone is able to help me with this, I would be most grateful! Best, Rory

Are you able to upload using EE’s native file upload feature?

Aha. Now we are onto something. No, I cannot upload using the native file upload feature. I had tried to use it once, it did not work, and I forgot about it because I did not have a use for it at the time. I don’t know what it does! But here’s what happens when I try it:

I go into a blog entry. I click “upload file” (below the green buttons near top). I get a popup window. I browse to a file (in this test a .jpg image). The destination directory is set to “main upload directory”. This is set to /images/uploads in my EE file upload prefs. I click the “upload” button. I get a warning message that says, “Error, A problem was encountered while attempting to upload your file” and I have a back button to take me back to the upload screen. I have no idea what is wrong here. Can you help?

Could there be something wrong with my EE installation?

Thanks so much! Rory

I’ve gotten that error before and it’s usually that the permissions to the folders are incorrect or that the path to the uploads folder is incorrect.

For folder permissions, make sure your uploads folder is set to 777 (from your other thread, it sounds like it is, but doesn’t hurt to check again).

For the path, head to Admin > Weblog Administration > File Upload Preferences. Then click “edit” for the upload folder you’re wanting to check the path for/upload files to. In there, make sure “Server Path to Upload Directory” and “URL of Upload Directory” are set correctly.

Ugh. My head is spinning. I remember that I looked into the uploads folder path issue when I installed nGen File Field fro FieldFrame weeks ago, but have not tried to use it until now. I thought I had the paths right. This is what they are set to:

Here’s where they are set: Admin > Weblog Administration > File Upload Preferences

1. Server path to upload directory: D:/Inetpub/seidenschein_com/images/uploads/

In my FTP program, I right-click on my uploads folder and do a “copy fetch address” command and this is what I get: ftp://seidenschein:@ftp.seidenschein.com/images/uploads/

How do I figure out if the server path that I have in my EE File upload prefs page is correct?

2. URL of upload directory: http://64.106.177.24/images/uploads/

For this one, do I have to replace the numbers with my actual domain name (seidenschein.com)? I used to use the numbers for accessing the site, before we moved the domain name over to the host where this EE site lives. Is this the problem? I think I must not be the problem because I can navigate to the site using either the numbers or the domain name.

So, I have no idea how to modify the paths, or if this is the problem.

When I right-click on the “uploads” folder, and do a “get info” command, it says the permission is 777.

So confused. Thanks in advance for your help. Rory

1. The best way to check if your upload path is correct is to view PHP info right within EE. Go to Admin > Utilities > PHP Info and then look for DOCUMENT_ROOT - whatever that is is your path to anything on your site. Then add /images/uploads/ to it and that’s your upload directory path.

2. For the URL you’ll probably want use the domain, yes.