Indexhibit Support

Hi there,
after my image upload stopped working in the old version, I upgraded to v.2.1.4 just now.

Followed instructions in the tutorial section, and confirmed importing the old content, still have to adjust templates and formats, but for now NO exhibit pages are showing in the index - I am lost. Recreating my whole site will cost me more time than I have, so any tips are appreciated.

Many thanks
Heike

Hi Heike,
We have the same problem. Any help is appreciated also here!
Thanks!
Caro

The hint is to visit all pages and sections through the administration page (-> edit -> preview) and the images will regenerate.

For the most part upgrading is an easy experience. Make sure you follow the tutorial (in the Tutorials section).

Note that it is not a one-to-one upgrade translation. If your site has been heavily customized using the legacy version you will need to spend some time reworking the new templates. Simple things like margin adjustments, link colors can easily be re-integrated into your site.

Note that some exhibit formats may not exist with version 2. Grow (the previous default) is now Visual Index. Thickbox does not exist but you can also use Visual Index as a replacement. There is a beta version of Slideshow in the forum if you search for it.

In some cases, your images may not appear after you upgrade - simply visit each exhibit via the studio and your images will be regenerated automatically.

And remember to link back to Indexhibit somewhere on your site.

Thanks!

From my experience that doesn't work.
I made a clean install, imported from my old installation via the installer, copied the files folder manually, etc. like told in the tutorial.
After the installation only the navigation appeared on the site. No text, no images. In the studio, everything is there. Visiting every exhibit in the studio didn't do anything. Still an empty page is shown.
Yours
Sem

And what is your site?

I think you deleted all the images from your files folder...

Otherwise, was your site so extensive that you can't reupload things?

And all the other people here with the same problem would have deleted their files folders too then?

If I had deleted the images from my files folder, they probably wouldn't show up in the studio preview of the exhibits, right?

1. The cause of the vanished content after the update lies somewhere else. Here's the html code bit for a page that originally contained a lot of text:
2. <div class='top'><!-- --></div>
3. <!-- text and image -->
4. <div class='textspace'></div>
5. <div id='img-container'>
6. <div class='over'>
7. <div class='asset'>
8. <img src='localhost/hpVerena/page_ih215/files/gimgs/1_1_internet1.jpg' width='' height='' alt='' class='lazyload' /…;
9. </div>
10. <div class='spacer'> </div>
11. </div>
12. <div class='over'>
13. <div class='asset'>
14. <img src='localhost/hpVerena/page_ih215/files/gimgs/1_1_unbenannt-2.png' width='' height='' alt='' class='lazyload' /…;
15. </div>
16. <div class='spacer'> </div>
17. </div>
18. </div>

1. As you can see, there is nothing inside the <div class='textspace'></div> where the text should be.

The two images referenced later in the code bit don't show up because they're trying to load images with the "1_" prefix while the corresponding images in the files folder don't have that prefix.

And again: all these things show up in the studio, text, images, all.
And no, previewing, editing and all those tipps don't change a thing

There's no use in telling you the url of the site because that is running in sort of a patched 0.73 version.
The problems I'm talking about occured when I tried to install the upgrade on a local installation under xampp.

1. Maybe you could just give a hint, why the above mentioned <div class='textspace'></div>  is empty on the published site, while the text is visible in the studio preview, that would be helpful, for a start.

Sem

I can't see your website...I have never advocated using xampp with Indexhibit (there are too many setup issues).

I have a hunch that you are not 100% upgraded with new files - the behavior is something I have never seen before. But, I can't see anything online...it's very hard to say much.

I see your point but as I said before, I can't install the updated version on the actual website, because I'm depending on that site to be working and showing my content.
And having experienced all that trouble with the upgrade I really can't recommend trying the update process on a live system. I never experienced any big problems with my own code on local servers so I really am convinced that any code installation should be able to be tested on a local server before deploying it to the live server. I think that's sort of common practice too.
If there was any useful technical documentation on the Indexhibit CMS, I think I'd gladly try to fix the issue myself. But without documented dependencies between database, code and frontend I see no way finding the cause within a reasonable amount of time.

Sem

Well, I disagree with that - mamp and xammp have been nothing but problems (I have seen that since the beginning of this project). Documentation, forum help, updates, free help...more work than I am able to do (in my completely unpaid, donated time, status on my project - I sure wish I had some help, too - I have asked publicly many times over the years).

Sadly, people want me to do more and more...I simply can't afford it.

Don't use what doesn't work. Luckily, there are some nice options out there you can rely upon.