Forum: Photography


Subject: [The Last] Last Week in the Gallery [07/10/04]

Misha883 opened this issue on Jul 17, 2004 ยท 22 posts


Misha883 posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 9:03 AM

artistdownload.ez?fileid=12743&key=15604


Misha883 posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 9:29 AM

As some of you may know, this clickable collection relies on the way 'osity had been naming thumbnails in their database. For example, a thumbnail called "GalleryThumb713428" would link to an image at "http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=713428". The "713428" number in common made all of this magic possible. This LWitG collection was never an official Renderosity operation; just something I had been doing for fun while sorting out all the soft porn from Gallery. This relied on the image naming convention, which was never published or promised by the 'osity management. Unfortunately, for reasons which I am sure are very good, today 'osity changed the manner of naming and displaying thumbnails. Now, every thumb is a bmp with filename "untitled". [Though I'm sure they had very good reasons... anyone else notice how much this slows the download? Otherwise, the bmp is not a problem, just the non-descriptive nane.] So, because of this naming change, this will unfortunately be the last weekly collection of Gallery images. I will be pursuing through official channels how we may recover this feature, as folks here really seemed to like the weekly collection. However with the new naming scheme I do not right off hand see an easy way to do this without a huge manual effort. I deeply appreciate all the encouragement, hugz, and smoochies all of you have rewarded me with this past few months.


cynlee posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 11:06 AM

:( whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! yes... i noticed it's taking longer to load a page of thumbs... wonder what the reasoning was behind it :/ sob... i'll miss your "LWITG"! as well as you missing your weekly hugz... thanks for your hard work on these, i feel like i should post a complaint... sigh huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugz!!!


enax posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 3:08 PM

Sad news, your pretty LWITG has helped me very much. Thanks again, I hope you solve these problems and to see "your week" again. Renderosity is very slow now certainly.


Nilla posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 5:08 PM

Oh Misha say it isn't true... I have really enjoyed this feature you have been providing just because it helps me see some images that otherwise I may have missed. I hope things get worked out soon. And I thought it was my computer that was the problem! :( Brenda :(


aangus posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 5:18 PM

Typical, I manage to get three pictures in LWITG and then the plug gets pulled .....Hmpht!


3DGuy posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 5:33 PM

Hm I've just checked the names of several random thumbnails in the photography gallery and they were all named like you said: GalleryThumbxxxxx.jpg. On my end I don't see any bmp called untitled. Can't imagine they would resort to BMP files either, that would make absolutely no sence from a storage POV or a bandwith POV.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-


cynlee posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 5:46 PM

ok... i just checked "properties" too on the thumbs... saw what 3DGuy says... so what gives misha? hmmmmmmm? you need help putting these together? :]


Misha883 posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 8:03 PM

Right now, everything past about Gallery ID 718475 shows up as untitled.bmp when I right-click Save picture as, at least here it does. Started nearly between July 16/17 transition. In "properties" the name shows correctly. Curiousier and curioser...


cynlee posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 8:14 PM

i don't know misha... when i save pic as... it still shows gallery#.jpg... so the LWITG may still be a go! :D


Misha883 posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 8:24 PM

Really odd... In 'Osity site, anything newer than last night, if right clicked is named untitled.bmp. Image stores OK as a bmp file. Older images work fine. Also, does not allow me to View->Source. I'm suspecting some sort of new security measure, but so far no one in the Mods Forum has fessed up.


Misha883 posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 8:54 PM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12379&Form.ShowMessage=1856177

The fix (searching Google: right click save picture untitled bmp) worked! Another fine quality product from Redmond; where they drive fishooks into their backs for entertainment. Damned if I can understand why the bug affected new Galleries, but not the old... So, looks like I can continue to look forward to hugz and smoochies!

3DGuy posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 9:02 PM

Maybe it's a caching thing that left the old one in .jpg for you. and people wonder why I use Mozilla ;)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-


cynlee posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 9:04 PM

TG you got it figured out... you had us worried... :p i'm constantly running my system through windowwasher rolls eyes


logiloglu posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 9:09 PM

a great week. wonderful images. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!


FearaJinx posted Sat, 17 July 2004 at 9:15 PM

Thanks for the LWitG!!! It's been fun and I enjoy it!


Akinom posted Sun, 18 July 2004 at 6:40 AM

Thanks, Misha! Again I've missed some fascinating images and now I could view them... I'm really happy with your weekly work! Thanks!


Raven_427 posted Sun, 18 July 2004 at 4:22 PM

Thanks again Misha! :-)


lionking123 posted Wed, 21 July 2004 at 2:08 PM

What about Last MONTH in the Gallery ?!


Misha883 posted Wed, 21 July 2004 at 9:16 PM

Attached Link: http://market.renderosity.com/~photo/newweb/archives_main/mishaslist.htm

"What about Last MONTH in the Gallery ?! " Michelle runs a "Gallery of the Month" feature. There is a link to this at the top of the Photo Forum page. She has also archived past Weeks at this link: http://market.renderosity.com/~photo/newweb/archives_main/mishaslist.htm

lionking123 posted Thu, 22 July 2004 at 3:08 AM

Ya I know Misha883 but I said a jpeg for the month gallery :))


3DGuy posted Thu, 22 July 2004 at 11:44 AM

There's too much good stuff uploaded in a month to stuff into one JPG ;)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-