Image upload does not respond and generate empty result

Hi:
That happened to me too. It seems that you need to modify the HTML Filter to HTML Full of the content type.

Hi:
Excuse me to guide you in that way. Well.
You go to Site Configuration, Entry Formats and you choose Full HTML and then save. That allows you use other HTML codes like img, object, etc. First image i'm sending (but in spanish)
From this way, every content you build is gonna have this property and inside the content (body) you can use these markups. But if you want to change this property, when you create or modify the content the property is bellow the body (not collapsed)
I suggest to create a new gallery content cause perhaps the node created doesn't work.
I hope this solve your problem.

Running the recommended version (1.19-beta5) and have checked all the permissions per instructions in this and other threads - I am getting "Validation error, please try again. If this error persists, please contact the site administrator" when trying to upload pictures. This is currently running this locally on windows XP/Apache 2.2.15/PHP 5.3.2/MySql5.1.44. I have a production LAMP live site that I need include this functionality on, but I am reluctant to try it there without getting it working locally.

This is a pretty big deal for my client. HELP!!!

Update: Against my better judgement, I pushed it to the production system (Linux) and it fails equally well there as well. Same error: "Validation error, please try again..."

Update#2: Ok, I fiddled with the user permissions and it created subdirectories under files/gallery_asssist/1. Now there is are is a files/gallery_asssist/1/gallery_assist32, files/gallery_asssist/1/gallery_assist32/img, files/gallery_asssist/1/gallery_assist32/prev, and files/gallery_asssist/1/gallery_assist32/thm. And, when I try to upload, it returns with "1 files uploaded sucessfully". However, the files are not being created in any of those directories nor is it changing the "count" of images where it says Gallery Assist (GA): Add and edit items (0). This is pretty frustrating.

Update #3: Ok, finally got it to work - I ended up changing the file size upload limit in Site Configuration/File Uploads. Changed the Default maximum file size per upload: from 1 to 2 MB. Can't say that anything in particular pointed me to this, but it seems to have done the trick. It occurs to me that there are a number of settings like this (not to mention permissions settings) that there is NO mention of in the documentation and yet affect how this module works. I hope this helps someone besides me.

Thanks all for listening.

Hello people and escuse my delayed answer. I was very busy in the last time so that had no time for my baby here. The whole creation of this thread is in my eyes a big mistake. I answer in parts.

@paradesi: by update to 6.20 you had search in the issues regarding this update. It exists instructions about what people have to cosider and to make bevor and after this update for example clear all caches and better directly clear the sessions table etc.

#1 Manuel's solutions made the same described above. By change settings from the global configuration the Drupal system make automatically these tasks for example: rebuild menus, clear caches, rebuild permissions etc etc.

#7 Spark_man: Your report handle about another issue. I find it is better to create a new thread for it.
The error you got is given by the folder permissions. This means, GA can't write in the folder gallery_assistXX or in containing folders because write permissions are wrong. This is the cause why some ISP's offers to their clients a tool to rebuild the folders permissions.

You handle another point that have not to do with the permissions problematic:

Can't say that anything in particular pointed me to this...

I understand this as I have to explain in the documentation of GA, how people have to set the web server enviroment. I feel so flattered but GA is only a contributed module that works only if drupal works properly and Drupal works properly only if the web server is set correctly.

Whatever, I assume it is the upload size limit that had produced this issue. The "upload_max_filesize" is a setting variable from php.
GA expose in the administration of assignments at the end of fieldset "Node type upload settings", in the line "Your PHP settings limit the maximum file size per upload to XX MB" which is the upload maximal allowed size in your web enviroment.

I hope you have understood me. If not please let me know it.
Regards and have a pretty weekend.

Juan Carlos

Juan Carlos,

Thanks for the reply. First, forgive me for panicking - who told you that you were allowed to step away from your computer when I am trying to stand up a website? (Just kidding of course). You are absolutely correct that the initial problem I had was permissions related and then I found that I had to adjust the settings in both the file upload limits fields and also in PHP.INI because the photos exceeded 2 MB in size.

These problems could be easily avoided if there were a checklist of some kind (maybe in the README file?) that pointed out key settings that need adjustment for the module to work correctly. Simply relying on the error messages is inadequate because the messages are not descriptive enough to be of use.

Gallery Assist is a wonderful module and your support and dedication to it is admirable. Thanks for the help and keep up the good work.