how to restore photos

hi, i want to restore the photos to the profiles after new installation 

so i uploaded the photos to the new installation folder in: /modules/boonex/photos/data/files/

and the photos are not shown, but the profiles do.

there something else should be done ?

thanks

Yes, the sys_albums, sys_albums_objects and bx_photos_main tables from the database also need to be restored.

However, the photos will not end up in the proper accounts unless the profile id's are the same as they were before. Not sure how you restored your profiles. If you restored the Profiles table from the database then that should match.

Also note that sys_albums and sys_albums_objects also contains the data for other modules, like Videos and Sounds. If only the Photos module was installed on the old site, then this shouldn't be an issue. But if there were other media modules, you'll need to do a quick clean-up to avoid junk data.

i imported the tables to the new db successfully. the pictures names and albums are there 

but all the photos are empty. i checked the url of the image with firebug and its

shows http://mysite.com/m/photos/get_image/browse/62d624905d2794c7e5f96e3410a95cae.jpg

where did this came from? 

 You should clear your cache.

You might have to do it manually via FTP, do remove the .htaccess files.

/cache

/cache_public

/tmp

hi newton27 i tried to delete what you wrote but nothing changed..

anyone can help  out please.

its critical

You need to check to double check and make sure the photos were actually uploaded to modules\boonex\photos\data\files and those photos are readable. Proper permission/mode set to 664 and that the modules\boonex\photos\data\files folder is writable. Mode 777

Other than that, check your php logs for errors. You may need to provide a URL so it can be examined by others. If the photos are there and the database entries have been restored and the cache cleared there should be no reason why they don't show up.

after i looked in php error log i saw that i have an error: 

PHP Warning:  filesize() [<a href='function.filesize'>function.filesize</a>]: stat failed for /home/yanivz/public_html/alpha/modules/boonex/photos/data/files/351_t.jpg in /home/yanivz/public_html/alpha/modules/boonex/photos/classes/BxPhotosModule.php on line 79, referer: http://alpha.avren.co.il/

--

PHP Warning:  readfile(/home/yanivz/public_html/alpha/modules/boonex/photos/data/files/352_t.jpg) [<a href='function.readfile'>function.readfile</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/yanivz/public_html/alpha/modules/boonex/photos/classes/BxPhotosModule.php on line 80, referer: http://alpha.avren.co.il/

and it keeps repeating on...

the codes in BxPhotosModule.php line 79 and 80 are:

header("Content-Length: " . filesize($sPath));

readfile($sPath);

The stat failed message. The first error indicates a permission problem with the uploaded photos. It can't read them. The second error is a side effect of the first one.

As i pointed out in the above post. The permissions need to be checked on the uploaded photos.

maybe i missing something. i did it all and its still don't shows the photos 

i have updated the db tables, delete cache, change permission and checked the error log.

p.s now there is no errors in the error log.

if someone pleased to help. i'll p.m him my cpanel access and my gratitude 

Have you FTP'd into your site and visibly confirmed that the photos are indeed there?

Navigate to the directory below and see if 351_t.jpg exists.

/home/yanivz/public_html/alpha/modules/boonex/photos/data/files/351_t.jpg

Did you also happen to notice that none of your members have Avatars and/or Profile photos either?

/351_t.jpg  not exists

the site i provided (http://alpha.avren.co.il/) is for tests only the real one has some fresh photos

which i am afraid to run over

Then maybe I am confused at what exactly you are trying to do. If I am reading this right..

- You installed a clean version of Dolphin for testing purposes only

- Your initial issue was that you wanted to restore photos.

- You ran the scripts needed in the 'test site' database to ensure all entries were there..

- You 'said' you copied all the photos into modules/boonex/photos/data/files/

So here are some questions for you..

1. Are you trying to get the photos from your 'live' website into your 'test' website?

2. Which photos did you copy over? Did you download all the photos from that same directory of your live website?

Both websites need to have the exact same photos if you are going to try and 'restore' them onto this test website. Are you doing this just to see if you can successfully move profiles and photos to another Dolphin installation?

 yes, i mean the ex-live site. now there is a new 7.1.5 installation with all profiles. 

but i uploaded all the photos of the ex-live site to the test site with their profiles. 

if this will work on test site i do it on the live site.

Well something got missed..

You are getting errors that 351_t.jpg, 352_t.jpg, etc.. are not found..

You said you checked the directory and you did not find them either..

Obviously there will not show up if the files do not exist..

its shows the missing files only. not all i checked it.

probably they are still in the db but not exists anymore 

There are 5 files that are created for EACH photo. I will use your 351_t.jpg as an example..

In the data/files directory, for this photo (351_t.jpg), there should be 5 files that look like this:

351.jpg

351_t.jpg

351_m.jpg

351_ri.jpg

351_rt.jpg

If all 5 of those do not exist in that directory, you are going to have problems with that particular photo. So, you need to check and make sure that you uploaded ALL the files from your 'ex-live' site over to your test site properly. We already know that some are missing..

 If the photo was deleted, they will not still exist in the database.

Note: The database just tells the website where the picture is, who it belongs to, etc.