Which chat should we be using? I posted messages in the other chat
I suggest we deploy and you test it starting Friday and you let us know by Sunday if its working well and we swap the URL by end of day Monday?
This version includes: many ui consistency tweaks, back button on entities, generic work boxes for organizing, and the filtering of files in the browse tool. None of the gallery features have changed
That is a tough question for us to know. If you can wait a week I think this new version will be much better than the old one. We just need to test again because the changes are many.
Ill check with the team Tracy.
Ah, does that mean we should be waiting to make the switch from beta to live?
available in about two weeks
Yes, we are preparing a new version where that will be easier to do.
I have a feature request. When assigning a thumbnail to a gallery (from the data tab), is it possible for the default browse to be the images within the gallery itself?
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Hi Tracy, yes no problem, I altered the meeting to wednesday an hour earlier,
Thank you!
I'm sorry, i should have been more specific, is the team available either an hour earlier or an hour later? We have another meeting at that specific time on wednesday but the rest of the day is open
Hi Dieneke. Any chance we can move this meeting to Wednesday? Something came up today. Let me know.
Monday will work best. Thank you!
Tracy
Everything seems ok. I'd like to schedule a meeting with christopher and cristobal in the next week or so, when they have time, to talk through some of the sorting challenges, and get advice from your team.
Hi Tracy, we can set up a meeting at 12 ET on monday or wednesday. Let me know what works best.
Ah thank you!!!
I added the "Ordering" field to the File Properties area of the Media Viewer dialog. You can either multi-edit and give them the same number or edit one at a time and control the exact order they should be.
If you need to just move these you can edit them and change their ordering field to be a big number.
Also, i must have misunderstood, i thought Cristobal said you were adding a button to move selected images to the bottom. But it is move to top. The issue i have is that there are 5 images that i need to move to the bottom. This means i have to select the inverse and move them to the top. That is 270 images i'd have to move to the top, instead of moving just 5 to the bottom. I would drag them, but the screen does not move beyond what is displayed (doesn't scroll) so you cannot drag beyond the screeen
Everything seems ok. I'd like to schedule a meeting with christopher and cristobal in the next week or so, when they have time, to talk through some of the sorting challenges, and get advice from your team.
Hi Tracy, how you doing? Hows it everything going today?
ok thanks
Tracy
Entermedia error Check error logs: org.openedit.OpenEditException: Unable to find resource '/WEB-INF/base/emfrontend2/theme/layouts/errorpage.html?filter=translation&locale=en_US' on /assets/find/theme/layouts/errorpage.html
I restarted the instance, was in a lock situation I'm investigating. But service is back to normal.
thank you
Oke, were going to check now!
Entermedia error Check error logs: org.openedit.OpenEditException: Unable to find resource '/WEB-INF/base/emfrontend2/theme/layouts/errorpage.html?filter=translation&locale=en_US' on /assets/find/theme/layouts/errorpage.html
This is an emergency, these galleries are all live on the AGBU site and are not loading any data
The galleries are not loading on drupal, seems last nights deployment could have impacted this? All was fine yesterday
ok i'll check it out
Hello, yes it is, please refresh your JavaScript/CSS in your browser, you should be able to see the button to Move to top on the header of the Lightboxes (when something is selected) and also drag&drop groups of assets to a specific location (all this always while in the Columns view)
Please let me know when this is deployed. Thank you
OK that's great. thank you!
We finished deploying the "move to top" for Selected assets and also drag&drop for selected assets, this way we can move around groups of assets to sort them.
We also optimized the positioning script so Ordering sequence it is more accurate feeling the gaps on the columns.
This fixes are ready to deploy, I'll schedule an update by the end of the day to avoid interrupt users.
Ok great! thank you.
Network issue is now solved, confirmed by the Data Center provider.
Also scrolling issue fixed on the Final Drupal Site. We simplified the scrolling listener and now it loads smooth.
I'm still working on the improvement to the sorting, to move blocks of images to the beginning of the Gallery.
ok thank you
I think is related to the last request to remove the overflow from the body (last week) + the version I update this morning is not firing the load more images event. I have a fix ready, gonna deploy it now
seems the images are there but not loading
We are still seeing load issues for the galleries. The images stop loading https://dev-emedia.pantheonsite.io/node/22
We are going to add the ability to move a group of images to the top with a button.
We reported network issue to the provider. It seems to be slowly resolving itself.
Something is going on, what are you seeing on your end?
We are still seeing things so slow they are not loading to drupal from entermedia, Now i am getting this message on the page "Failed to fetch the enter media web gallery."
ok will test thanks
Hello, no, we noticed some network intermittency happening now, but looks like is back to normal
Cristobal, are you guys doing anything on the beta site right now? I'm having some gallery loading issues, trying to troubleshoot and wasn't sure if it was caused by your team actively updating the beta site or anything like that
So to recap, though i thought when we were on zoom that the sort was correct, it still is not. The sort will not hold my "where used" sort
all other test galleries for these images have been removed
because of their "ordering" numbers
The sort is still not right, after all of that. My 'where used' sort will not stick no matter what i do. There are 5 images that are showing up in the middle of my sort
also because i reuploaded these 6 images i think i now created some duplicates
Cristobal i am still seeing some inconsistencies where i tell the gallery i want to sort by "Where Used" but if i switch between Table and Column view, it switches back to Ordering.
AGBU / sorting / eMedia - October 29
Sorting large image galleries
Tracy explains that the client has created a large gallery of 275 images for a gala event, and manually sorting them by dragging and dropping is not feasible. The client's employee Alex had previously named the files in a way that allowed them to be sorted, but the client's boss did not agree with that approach.
Applying tags to group images
Tracy advised the client to apply tags to the images to group them into categories like "venue shots", "cocktail hour", and "gala program". The goal was to have the images sorted in that order, with any untagged images at the end.
Challenges with sorting by tags
Tracy describes the difficulties she encountered trying to sort the images by the applied tags, as the sorting was happening alphabetically rather than in the desired order. She ended up using a custom "where used" field to manually number the groups, which allowed her to get the images in the right order.
Inconsistent behavior and missing images
Tracy continues to struggle with the sorting, as the images do not seem to be honoring the custom ordering she set up. She also discovers that some images appear to be missing from the gallery, but the total count is still correct, leading to a confusing situation.
Potential solutions and next steps
Tracy and the group discuss potential solutions, including adding a dedicated grouping field that the client can use to organize the images, rather than relying on the file naming convention. They also identify issues with the ability to copy images to an existing gallery that need to be investigated further.
Recap and action items
The group agrees to wrap up the discussion, with the key outstanding issues being the inability to copy to an existing gallery, and Tracy needing to manually compare the images to identify the missing ones in her "good" gallery. They plan to have another meeting to further address these challenges.
ok
that could be faster for now
Else i can download the 6 images and reupload them
ok
Let me work on that right now, I was able to reproduce it locally
Cristobal - i found the missing images but cannot add them
Topic: Tracy - emedia sorting
Time: Oct 29, 2024 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Got it!
yes, do you want to use my zoom or you'll send one?
Yes, 9.30 here, 11.30 ET, is that good?
thank you, is it possible for this morning?
Hi Tracy, ill set up a meeting to go over the sorting.
Hi. Christopher/Cristobal, are you available for a zoom this morning? I'm free after 9:30am Eastern. I have recreated a gallery for AGBU many times last evening, trying to get built-in sorting options to work (not drag and drop). But everything I try, the sort always defaults to "Ordering" field that i cannot edit or change. It will be easier to show you on zoom the challenge i am facing. Let me know. Thanks!
Yes i think you can deploy it
About your comments about the ordering difficulty, we are currently working on do some visual indicators making the Drag&Drop more evident, but we are not closed to your suggestions, we are currently e vaulting this with the Dev team.
We fixed the drag&drop issues for the 2+ page loaded. I can deploy it to the Beta site if you think it is ok to do it now (like no users using it)
OK thanks. Also, is it possible to expose the Ordering field?
Tracy
Also, Cristobal. I am still having trouble with the lightbox / columns view. The first bunch of rows i get the drag and drop feature, but then it goes away. I am in Chrome, the first 5 rows of images are good, then i cannot drag anything after that. I can't click on an image, select it, drag it, nothing. I may need to zoom with you Tuesday morning if you are not able to see what i mean?
Hello Tracy, yes we just got that noticed in our end, I'm fixing it right now and should be ready to deploy soon.
Also, Cristobal. I am still having trouble with the lightbox / columns view. The first bunch of rows i get the drag and drop feature, but then it goes away. I am in Chrome, the first 5 rows of images are good, then i cannot drag anything after that. I can't click on an image, select it, drag it, nothing. I may need to zoom with you Tuesday morning if you are not able to see what i mean?
Hi Tracy, Ill Check in with Cristobal. Dieneke
Hi Cristobal. So the client is looking to reorder some of the images in the gallery that has 276 images. Drag/Drop is too difficult for this many images. I'm wondering if we can expose the Ordering field so that for some assets, we could quickly just edit the order number in the metadata?
Ok thank you Cristobal
Tracy I just confirmed counts are right, I test it easily with the Chrome Network tool and it is loading the 275 images ok. right now the order in the Columns view it matches with the Table view.
I think the best way to verify this is what you did at the end, change to table view, go to the page 1 and to the last page and identify 1st and last image, page 1 first image will match obviously in Columns view, and last image will not be always the last image (Bottom right corner) in the Columns view each columns grows independently, but definitively the last image will be always at the end of one of the columns.
sure
ahh, no, no Chrome issues reported for us, you want to show me?
is it just a chrome issue?
another browser it is fine
another browser it is fine
hello yes Im free
In columns view, 276 images, it seems they do not all load for sorting? Seems to be a chrome issue? I know you mentioned chrome being problematic. Let me know
Cristobal, having another issue with Sorting, By any chance can you jump on zoom with me again? Client is on a major deadline today
Tracy, yes you need to use quotes on this type of files names since they contain spaces + dashes, dashes not followed by spaces works ok like in dates 2024-10-12
We also reindexed the asset table so I can confirm "2024-10-12 - AGBU GA - Gala - 014.jpg" it is working ok now.
i think maybe it is all the spaces in the name, but searching for these types of names, even in the full search, is not working for me
Cristobal, i am finding difficulty browsing for images to assign as a thumnbail for a gallery. This image exists with name "2024-10-12 - AGBU GA - Gala - 014.jpg" but when i try to search in the thumnbail assignment, it comes up empty
yes do you have a link?
we can zoom if you are available? i'm free
We will need to see how is failing in your side
i have been trying to drag any image, so has the client, and it does not work for either of us
Tracy
Hello, Cristobal. Drag and drop sorting is no longer working on the beta site. https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/find/views/modules/entitygallery/index.html?entityid=AZLAE1bhC1uOxJ3MkY7z
Hello Tracy, I just tested the sorting in the Gallery you sent and it is working ok. One common mistake is trying to move an image one spot to the right, the way the sorting works is that we always "push" the images to the Right so this will not affect the order, For moving 2 contiguous images you need to drag the image in the Right in top of the one in the Left.
Please let me know if this was the case you were testing or if there is another way it could be not working.
Hi Tracy, we will have a look at it!
Hello, Cristobal. Drag and drop sorting is no longer working on the beta site. https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/find/views/modules/entitygallery/index.html?entityid=AZLAE1bhC1uOxJ3MkY7z
Yes, the ccs change, good to know!
Which update? The gallery CSS? That is good.
Hi, Tracy, can you give us any feedback on the update?
Yes it is, let me know if the css change fixed the issue
Thank you, is the site updated?
Hello, I did the change, I'm updating AGBU beta site now
Thank you
Ill check this with Cristobal asap!
Hi Cristobal. When we are placing the galleries in AGBU's version of Drupal we have found a minor issue with the gallery CSS we are receiving. The overflow-y applied is affecting the scrolling and the other css are affecting the default layout of site on large screens. Can you please remove the overflow-y from here html,
body {
width: 100vw;
height: 100vw;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow-y: auto;
}
OK thank you Cristobal
I updated the Beta site and all changes looking ok, also the button to go to the galleries is working ok now. (For the Sept 26th gallery you may find some images in a different order, I just used this gallery to test drag&drop ordering.)
Hello Tracy, we actually have an update for the gallery (lightboxes) I need to update AGBU Beta, there are some improvements on performance and the way we store them, let me update you and do couple of tests, I'm sure this will fix the issue you described.
Hi Cristobal. I noticed that when i add the images to a gallery in EnterMedia, then i drag them to Published, on that same screen, if i click on the Publish to Gallery blue button on the right hand side, it does nothing. I thought previously that clicking that button brought me to the gallery settings, where I could enable the gallery, copy the link, etc.?
Thank you Cristobal
Tracy, JS on the Drupal plugin got updated, gallery now looks better and the same as in the DAM.
Meeting 2/10
To address challenges with Emedia gallery functionality and discuss reported GUI issues.
Key Takeaways
Gallery sorting and gap-filling issues identified; potential JavaScript discrepancy between Drupal plugin and main product
GUI team actively working on resolving reported theme and scrolling issues
New feature planned: ability to move any image to the top of the gallery
Topics
Gallery Functionality Issues
Tracy demonstrated difficulties with image placement and gap-filling in the gallery
Inconsistencies observed between Drupal backend view and frontend rendering
Hard refresh partially resolved issues, but discrepancies persisted
Cristobal identified potential cause: separate JavaScript for Drupal plugin may be outdated
GUI and Theme Updates
GUI team addressing reported issues from Alex
Transitioning from old theme system to updated version
Known scrolling and empty space problems being worked on
Expected to reach stability in "a couple days"
Planned Gallery Improvements
New feature in development: hover functionality to move images to top of gallery
Aims to enhance user control over image positioning
Next Steps
Cristobal to fix JavaScript discrepancy in Drupal plugin
GUI team to continue resolving theme and scrolling issues
Tracy to be kept updated on progress for client communication
Prioritize gallery functionality fixes over GUI issues due to project timeline
thanks
thank u
Topic: Tracy - emedia lightbox
Time: Oct 2, 2024 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Passcode: 495395
Can you provide a zoom link?
Meeting link?
Great thanks!
yes, that works!
Would 12:30 ET be ok?
You mean tomorrow, Wednesday?
How bout 1pm ET?
I can set up a meeting for Tuesday.
Hi Christopher, Cristobal. Can we have a quick meeting on Tuesday if you are available? I have some questions with the sorting lightbox. I found that as I was dragging and dropping to reorder images, i got into a situation where i could not fill holes at the bottom. As a result, i end up with an empty botttom right column. You can see my work here https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/find/views/modules/entitygallery/index.html?entityid=AZIwA6AxjeXTeuBdYQqv and here https://dev-emedia.pantheonsite.io/node/19
Ok, it is working for me, but i need to understand the limitations of the lightbox drag and drop sorting. I repositioned files, but now at the bottom, i canno seem to drag to fill any of the holes. It 'looks' like I should be able to drag images to fit the empty spots but i cannot. Same gallery September 26 Sample Gallery
Hello Tracy, please try following:
-Refresh you Java Script in the browser (ctrl+F5)
-Remember tat first step is to Frag & Drop images from the "Unsorted" tab to the "Published" tab, then in this tab you will be able to sort the images.
Please let me know if that works for you.
Hi Cristobal. I am trying to sort the images in my existing gallery, named September 26 Sample Gallery but the feature does not appear to be working for me? My steps:
1. Click on Galleries tab
2. Open September 26 Sample Gallery
3. From Lightboxes tab, cannot drag and drop to reorder
Can you let me know the correct steps or what I am doing wrong?
But for sure, maybe a way to at least filter out the galleries that are for the youth programs, that would be helpful, since they are all mixed together
Those galleries are mostly test data except the ones that were created for the Youth Programs this summer. I'm going to clean up the test data soon. I'm not sure what the best filter would be, because sometimes it is for an event not a program? If the galleries are sorted by newest created on top, i don't think it will be an issue, but we'll see
Thank you guys. It's looking super. One thing I noticed is they have added 36 galleries. Tracy can I show you how to add a Program field so they can sort them better?
Tracy and Jozzer, Agbu Beta site reindex finished, I configured all new features including the Theme and the lightboxes, I also applied some fixes to the emedia plugin for Drupal and deployed to the tTest site, galleries are looking good there.
Hi Cristobal. Just wanted to check in on the server setup
AI summary of the call:
Meeting Purpose
Discuss and clarify the workflow for updating existing galleries in the AGBU eMedia system.
Key Takeaways
• Existing galleries can be updated by adding new images and adjusting sort order without changing the published URL
• System is undergoing updates to match terminology with the current beta site
• Cristobal will complete server setup and configuration within ~2 hours, after which the team can test the new features
Topics
Gallery Update Workflow
• Users can add new images to existing published galleries
◦ Option to upload files directly or add from existing system collections
• Sort order can be adjusted for newly added images
• "Publish" step acts as a security control before making changes live
• Published changes reflect in Drupal (or other shared links) without altering the gallery URL
System Updates and Terminology
• Current system uses "activities and galleries" instead of "light boxes"
• Terminology mismatches between current system and beta site noted
◦ E.g., breadcrumb navigation doesn't match current beta site terms
• Cristobal acknowledges need to align terminology with recent changes
Server Configuration and Testing
• Cristobal working on server setup and configuration
◦ Estimated 2 hours to complete indexing and settings
• New JavaScript implementation to be tested
• Team will be notified via chat when setup is complete for testing
Publishing Mechanism
• "Publish Gallery" button functionality remains unchanged
• Still provides options to enable/disable or completely publish the gallery
Next Steps
• Cristobal to complete server setup and configuration (~2 hours)
• Cristobal to notify team via chat when indexing is complete
• Team to test new features and updated workflow once notified
• Follow-up meeting possible if important questions arise during testing
So the way in to each gallery is going to be from the thumbnail first. User will see the thumbnail, and when clicking the thumbnail it will load that gallery page (all in drupal). But what we are finding is that the thumbnail we are receiving for each gallery is only 200px by 200px. Is there a way for us to get a larger/higher rendition of the asset for a higher quality thumbnail?
Tracy, about the Carousel, the gray spaces in the top and bottom of the Horizontal images are because this gallery contains some Vertical images, since we don't want the thumbnail-carousel jumping around the height of the Main image is fixed, that is why we added the customization settings on the Carousel, there you can enable the Fixed Dimension option, You can see I set it in your test gallery and now it looks better.
Let me review Carousel
I can find notes about the Thumbnail size request, can you remind me please what was the request?
Also Cristobal, it seems we have the fixed size issue for the carousel view (you can see all of the gray background instead of the height being the height of the image) This was fixed earlier this summer but seems to have returned https://dev-emedia.pantheonsite.io/node/16
Seems if we render the gallery (Carousel) without IFRAME, it appears with gray background
Is there a way to fix this issue?
Any thoughts on the thumbnail size request?
ok it is working now, error gone
Hello Tracy, there was a mistake in the specific version I updated the Beta site for the Gallery changes, but I just fixed the 404 error.
When i create a new gallery on beta, i get "404: /$subcomponenthome/gridsample/preview/entitytabmedia.html" and cannot seem to add files to the new gallery. New gallery i created is Gallery September 25
OK great. I see it all now. So the way in to each gallery is going to be from the thumbnail first. User will see the thumbnail, and when clicking the thumbnail it will load that gallery page (all in drupal). But what we are finding is that the thumbnail we are receiving for each gallery is only 200px by 200px. Is there a way for us to get a larger/higher rendition of the asset for a higher quality thumbnail?
Hello Tracy, gallery was working ok on the standalone link, but once embedded in the gallery there was a Css+Java Script conflict, I just fixed and tested in the gallery and changes are applied.
I don't see the download icon for the larger image #2 above. when i click on an image to open the larger view, there is no option to download
Sorry for the delayed response, I just updated AGBU Beta instance with the 3 requests.
Hi Cristobal. Few things we are looking for updates on as we need to release a version to AGBU for their review this week.
1. Removal of the gray background for empty slots
2. Add download icon to large image
3. Can you change the download icon to WHITE? It is very hard to see in the blue
Hi Cristobal. Were you able to remove the gray color for the empty spot?
We also simplified the URLS, now both Gallery and Carousel urls will be with the /view/ prefix (https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/publishingdestination/view/AZHjmQa6T8b1XAov6CGp) we do not need to have them separated since we internally have a Gallery type field that sends the right code to the oembed endpoint when requested.
Hello Joozer, yes, gray boxes are to fill the endings of the columns, I can remove the color so you can see how they look without it.
We load images when scroll with some buffering just to try to make it more fluid, first set of images are the ones that fit in the original space so it should be fluid for most internet connections.
I'm adding the download link request to the list.
Hi Cristobal,
There are gray blanks at the bottom to fill out the grid, is that required? Can we not have background color = none?
Also, it seems it is not lazy loading, it is spitting all images. It seems okay to me, but not sure about someone with slower internet connection.
Can we have download link on the larger preview view -- similar icon on one of the corners.
Hello, I was able to adapt our JS to Drupal standards, now Gallery is loading images correctly when scrolling, Popup works and also Download works ok.
Next step here is I'll need to adapt the final HTML to render in emedia (I think I'm going to use a outside wrapper loading the JS) but this applies only for the Preview buttons we have in our App.
Hello, We are on zoom
Hello Christopher and Cristobal,
Here is the placement of the gallery on Drupal page, https://dev-emedia.pantheonsite.io/node/12
It seems we are still having issue with the infinite/lazy loading of more images.
Hello, Carousel and Gallery both now should work with the same Endpoint, so, for endpoint:
https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/publishingdestination/oembed
Gallery: https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/publishingdestination/gallery/AZICffP4Fzeuc3RONQvJ
Carousel: https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/publishingdestination/view/AZHjmQa6T8b1XAov6CGp
They both works.
Please let us know the progress in your side. We are meeting tomorrow using the Scheduled calendar event.
We will have it deployed by 2 to the B site. I won't be there but Cristobal can show the new link and test it.
Christopher, i've pinged Joozer and he will check it in to github. In the meantime, can you please give us the new endpoint as Joozer requested on Friday "Also, I think you are building a NEW endpoint for Gallery (leaving the Carousel endpoint as is). Please give us that endpoint, so we can configure it for you so you can start the testing on Drupal."
Yeah, its looking good. We are just working on the larger view and download options. Joozer, I would like to review the approach. Please let me know when it's checked in. https://github.com/entermedia-community/extension-drupal
Checking in on progress, Christopher anything with masonry that we can see? Client is looking for an update. Thanks
As discussed yesterday, we have updated the code on the site to dump the html from the oEmbed JSON
Value from the oEmbed JSON element "html:" is dumped on the Drupal page
JSON https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/publishingdestination/oembed?url=https://agbubeta.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/publishingdestination/view/AZHjmQa6T8b1XAov6CGp
Drupal https://dev-emedia.pantheonsite.io/node/11
If you change your code to update JSON, it will also update the Drupal page.
Also, I think you are building a NEW endpoint for Gallery (leaving the Carousel endpoint as is). Please give us that endpoint, so we can configure it for you so you can start the testing on Drupal.
Updates: We placed the gallery tools into the Export area. I got the basic masonry layout working in code, looks nice. Next steps is to add the infinite scroll and get the overlay to show. Coming along well.
Hello Christopher, will keep you updated on progress.
You guys here?
Hey guys, we will look into how to register as an oEmbed provider for Drupal
