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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

My Personal Site Kit Version 2.8 is available for download

Version 2.8 is now available for download. This version includes paging in the photo albums and many display fixes for Firefox.

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mikewhillier said...

Whenever I add or remove photos I get an access denied. What IUSR_HOST or NTFS permissions need to permitted to allow photos stored in file system to be writen and deleted?

Friday, August 24, 2007 6:56 AM

jeremy said...

If your using Windows 2003 Server, you'll need to give Read, Write, Delete, and Modify rights to the Network Service account for the Albums and Upload folders. If your using an earlier version of Windows Server or XP, you'll need to give the rights to the ASPNET user account.

Friday, August 24, 2007 9:02 AM

mikewhillier said...

Whola, that did it! Much thanks.

Friday, August 24, 2007 11:11 AM

mikewhillier said...

New question. I have made my first album and added 300 pics. From your experiences what is the practical limit in which editing comments in the admin/photos page before timeouts may be experienced?

Friday, August 24, 2007 11:50 AM

jeremy said...

Unless you've defined the sessionTimeout in the web.config, it will be 20 minutes.

Friday, August 24, 2007 4:40 PM

rob said...

I've got a previous version of your personal site kit - do you have a quick, easy way to update to the new version?

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:40 AM

jeremy said...

The upgrade instructions are one of the blog entries when you download and run the project locally. This upgrade process only applies to Version 2.5 and above.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:18 AM

mikewhillier said...

Concerning getting email to funtion. The contactus.aspx & vp page seem to call on web.config page. <add key="NotifyAccount" value="Mike"/> <add key="AdminEmail" value="mike@hillier.org"/> and this <mailSettings><smtp from="noreply@hillier.org"> network host="srv2.hillier.org" /> </smtp></mailSettings> Still no mail. Any thoughts or logging I can review.

Saturday, September 01, 2007 7:27 AM

mikewhillier said...

Please disregard last support question. Turned out to be a email server problem. Thanks.

Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:38 AM

mikewhillier said...

In the web.config file I find this: Should I change this to some more valid image? Not sure what this code segment does. <location path="~/Albums/4/61.jpg"> <system.web> <authorization> <allow roles="Family"/> <deny users="*"/> </authorization> </system.web> </location>

Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:35 AM

jeremy said...

That is a section left over from some testing quite a ways back. Your the first person to point this out to me. You should be able to just comment it out or delete it.

Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:01 AM

Mark Whitfield said...

Hi Jeremy, Currently putting the finishing touches to your 2.8 version website for my web presence. I was going to wait but I managed to corrupt my own database on my previous version by attemptng to put some embed code from Youtube site into my blog as follows : <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tm6Qc5qK5yA"> </param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tm6Qc5qK5yA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> This just seemed to corrupt my blog database so I thought I would upgrade (though I realise this might not sort the problem as it is standard comment box code). I didn't actually have a recent backup database of my site so my fault... I should know better....I thoughts on the above problem at all? I appreciate it may not be something that can be resolved though it might be worth mentioning in your blog if no resolution can be found immediately as it causes the home page to error. I didn't have the appropriate SQL Server 2005 tools to resolve my problem alas. Resorted to a March version of my site until I upload 2.8.... Other than that, your 2.8 version looks good so far though I have to put it online as yet which shouldn't take me too long... liked what you've done with it.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:22 AM

Mark Whitfield said...

Oh.. just one other thing.. I have a vague memory that there was a parameter which dictated how many blog posts were allowed on the home page for the centre column. I have either imagined this or just plain forgotten it... I have been through web.config and global.asax etc. but with no luck. Is there such a param?

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:47 AM

jeremy said...

Mark, The only thing I can suggest for fixing your database, is to remove the blog entry manually from the database. As for the number of blog entries shown on the home page, you'll have to edit that in the stored procedure blog_GetBlogEntries. I see now I may need to change this in a later version to allow people to easily change the amount of blog entries shown.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:42 AM

nategscl said...

Jeremy, In the Changes for Upgrade to 2.8.txt file it notes a new theme, Photosite. However neither that theme, nor it's master page and vb file were included in the 2.8 download. Any where I can pick these up?

Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:48 PM

Mark Whitfield said...

Cheers Jeremy... have installed and put live the 2.8 version at... ... http://www.mawhitfield.net ... adding my pictures back in... like what you've done with the gallery... changed the blog entries on front page count to 15. I think the ability to change this dynamically comes from the clubsite (standard or extended I can't remember).

Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:49 AM

aaron sobol said...

Jeremy, Thanks for the great work. I just installed your version 2.8 but it keeps returning to the default masterpage from whatever I set it to.

Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:11 AM

jeremy said...

aaron, you can fix that issue by removing the following line in the Global.asax. SiteSettingsManager.UpdateSiteSettings(1, "Default")

Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:23 PM

msudawg said...

Jeremy, The Site is GREAT. I have downloaded, installed, uploaded and everything looks GREAT! I am having one issue with email. I am currently hosted with Webhost4life and my webconfig code is: <system.net> <mailSettings> <smtp from="Admin@xxxx.com"> <network host="mail.xxxx.com" port="25" defaultCredentials="true" userName="Admin@xxxx.com" password="****" /> </smtp> </mailSettings> </system.net> Do you see anything wrong? And yes I have created the email account. (figured that would be your first thougth) Thank again for the site and all the time you spend with us!

Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:44 PM

jeremy said...

You should have these two appsettings set in the web.config as well. <add key="NotifyAccount" value="Admin"/> <add key="AdminEmail" value="youremail@yourdomain.net"/>

Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:05 PM

msudawg said...

Appsets are correct, maybe this will help, when I try to send a email from manage users, I get the follow error message "There was a problem sending the email. Please check the email address of the sender and the recipient as well as the MAIL setting located in the web.config. Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: No such user here"

Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:53 PM

jeremy said...

msudawg, That seems to indicate that the email address you're trying to email is possibly not spelled correctly or just doesn't exist. Please check all spellings or try to send an email to the admin in the user list as that email should be correct.

Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:58 PM

msudawg said...

Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:42 PM

msudawg said...

Half way resolved. If I change the network host="mail.webhost4life.com" and that seems to resolve email going out from manage users, but does not help when someone wants to email me through the contacts link. I will let you know if I resolve this.

Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:18 PM

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Monday, September 17, 2007 5:06 AM

Mike Hillier said...

Slideshow functionality question; when I select “ALL” photos in the album page, select slideshow and open my first picture the slide show does not start. It displays the first picture but waits for me to prompt next. However most of the time if I set the frame to something other than ALL, like 4, 8 or 32 it seems to work some of the time. I noticed on your site it works with “all”, did I break something here i.e. should I go back to your original 2.8 files before my evil hands touched them? Do you have any corrections to that part of the code yet? Hey when is 2.9 hitting the road?

Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:46 AM

dgilpin said...

No biggy, but I found that if there are no records in the Album_Category table and you try to add an album, an "Input string was not in a correct format" error is thrown. I replaced line 91 of Albums.aspx.vb with the following to solve the problem: If Not drpDown.SelectedValue = "" Then intAlbumCategoryID = drpDown.SelectedValue End If

Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:58 AM

dgilpin said...

Oops, that didn't completely fix the problem. More to come...

Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:02 AM

jbbarto said...

Whenever I import folders into an album the the photo doesn't get deleted from the Upload folder. Must be a problem with Firefox because it seems to work when I tested in IE. Any ideas on how to fix?

Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:02 PM

Chris said...

Hi Jeremy, Great kit! I am having trouble using the Dbase publishing wizard with the dbase in your latest kit version. I can publish the databases in your old versions however the new version won't work with the old database. When I try to publish the dbase in your latest version I get an error: There are no objects in database '[databasename]' of the types scriptable by this wizard. Any idea how to fix this? FYI, I am using Godaddy. Thanks in advance!

Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:51 AM

jeremy said...

jbbarto, This is an issue I haven't taken the time to troubleshoot yet. I am aware of it though. I always have to delete the pictures from the upload folder after I import. There is code to delete the pictures, but it doesn't appear to be working in all scenarios.

Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:22 PM

jeremy said...

Chris, I haven't actually used the ms sql server database publishing wizard. My host provides the ability to upload backup files and restore them over a current database. Is it possible for you to run the upgrade scripts located in the Database Scripts folder of the version 2.8 source?

Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:30 PM

StarUK17 said...

I am totally new to asp and visual but working through examples with great interest. My question is when I come to create a user role I get a warning box saying non-alphanumeric 7 I am at present only using local host and just trying to get the starter kit to work and then update it. What am I doing wrong Windows Vista Ultimate User required Admin Cheers for all your help and encouragement

Monday, November 26, 2007 9:23 AM

Steve said...

Jeremy, Great job on the upgrade to the PWS. Have you had a chance to adjust the resume page so it works with the GreenLeaf stylesheet? I have been having problems getting it to work with that theme. Thanks for your help. Steve

Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:48 PM

jeremy said...

I haven't ever adjusted the resume page as I haven't used it myself.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:04 PM

Dennis said...

Hey Jer, you alive? I've registered twice in the last several days but no word or emails....

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:07 PM

jeremy said...

Sorry, I just went through all the registrations. I get behind sometimes :)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:49 PM

dan said...

Hello Jeremy, Love what you have done to improve the PWS kit, and have been using it for since it's creation. I'm currently running your version 2.8, and would like to change something. On the photos page, I would like the default images per page changed from 8, to 16, or maybe even All. I have had people complain that when going through the litebox, it only shows the pictures from that page, so I want all the pictures to load. I completely understand why you put the drop down box, but in my case, I'd rather just have them all load. I see the page is refering to a dropdown box ID=drpPAageSize, but am unable to find where to change the default. Thanks for your help,

Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:21 AM

jeremy said...

Dan, Please look for the following line of code in the Photos.aspx.vb. .Items(1).Selected = True

Saturday, April 05, 2008 10:50 AM

dan said...

That worked like a charm! Thanks!!!!

Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:06 AM

face said...

Jeremy, Have you given any thought to adding the EXIF data to the images? Just wondering if you were, I myself am adding that to my site. I will keep you posted and I will def. share the code with you as you have been so nice as to share your code with all of us :) Thanks Brian (registered as face)

Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:47 AM

sergeos said...

how can adding stored procedure into database, which can change photo and add link to the gridview?

Monday, June 30, 2008 4:39 AM

Joe Parker said...

Has anyone gone through and adjusted all of the style sheets to work with the resume page?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:50 AM

Martin Pennington said...

Are there any plans for a new version of the Personal Starter Kit Jeremy? Needless to say th

Friday, November 21, 2008 1:02 AM

Martin Pennington said...

...the current version is great. Keep up the good work...

Friday, November 21, 2008 1:03 AM

RogerHill said...

Hi Jeremy, Your version 2.8 of the PWSK looks great. Thank you for making it available. I would like to incorporate some of your modules in my own site, if that's OK with you. However, I have a problem in that I don't know VB. Have you or anyone else ported your coding to C#? Thanks

Monday, February 02, 2009 2:51 PM

jeremy said...

There used to be a version in C# that someone converted from my kit, but I haven't seen it for well over a year. I think he dropped it.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:42 AM

Lightning said...

Very late comment, but i cant make the lightbox to work

Friday, February 13, 2009 3:43 PM

JackD said...

Hi Jeremy I'm using the kit that was converted to C# and it's great. The only problem I have now after getting a new host is that sometimes it doesn't show the thumbnails but says no photo, could I possible change some timeout somewhere ?

Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:40 PM

IanB said...

Hi I've discovered that the kit requires sql2005 or better. Is there a way of using the kit with sql2000?

Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:20 AM

jeremy said...

I know that some users converted the db to sql2000, but that's been a couple years ago now. You might be able to use SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard to script the tables and data with SQL 2000 compatibility. I'm not sure though.

Friday, April 24, 2009 2:55 PM

online casino said...

Just to let you know I used SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard to script the tables, and it worked.

Monday, August 09, 2010 11:08 AM