$value) { if ( is_string($value) ) { $bool = ($value == 'false') ? false : $value; $bool = ($value == 'true') ? true : $bool; $conf[$key] = $bool; } } // // Don't forget to update range for new advices // $cases = range(1,34); srand ((double) microtime() * 10000000); shuffle($cases); $cond = false; foreach ($cases as $id_adv) { if ($cond) break; $adv = array(); switch ($id_adv) { Case 1 : $adv[] = 'Current value: public. '; $adv[] = 'Try $conf[\'newcat_default_status\'] = \'private\';'; $adv[] = 'You will have more time to describe and check your pictures.'; $adv[] = 'Time to decide between private and public status.'; $adv[] = 'If you choose private, time to distribute authorization.'; $adv[] = 'Your new category will be well prepared.'; $cond = ($conf['newcat_default_status'] !== 'public'); $confk = 'newcat_default_status'; break; Case 2 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['slideshow_period'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'This value could be too small for low band connections.'; $adv[] = 'Think about higher value like 4.'; $cond = ( $conf['slideshow_period'] < 4 ); $confk = 'slideshow_period'; break; Case 3 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . implode(', ', $conf['file_ext']) . '. '; $adv[] = 'Should never contains extensions which can be executed'; $adv[] = 'on the server side like *.php, *.PHP, *.asp, ...'; $cond = ( in_array('php',$conf['file_ext']) ); $confk = 'file_ext'; break; Case 4 : $adv[] = 'Show IPTC Data from your picture:'; $adv[] = ' 1 - Copy one of your jpg pictures (a public one)' . ' in ./tools/
' . ' 2 - Rename it as sample.jpg.
' . ' 3 - Run ./tools/metadata.php
' . ' 4 - Analyse results to determine which IPTC fields could be' . ' useful for your visitors.'; $adv[] = 'Beginners would prefer to keep $conf[\'show_iptc\'] = false;'; $adv[] = 'Advanced users would take care of $lang values and impacts' . ' on templates.'; $cond = true; $confk = 'show_iptc_mapping'; break; Case 5 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['top_number'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'This value is maybe too high for low connections, ' . 'think about 25-50 depending on your thumbnail sizes.'; $cond = ( $conf['top_number'] > 50 ); $confk = 'top_number'; break; Case 6 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['top_number'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'One? It could be too low for random pictures, ' . 'think about 5-10 depending on your thumbnail sizes.'; $cond = ( $conf['top_number'] < 2 ) ? true : false; $confk = 'top_number'; break; Case 7 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['anti-flood_time'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'For normal flow processing, your value is probably too high. ' . 'Reasonable value is 60 (default).' ; $cond = ( $conf['anti-flood_time'] > 100 ) ? true : false; $confk = 'anti-flood_time'; break; Case 8 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['calendar_datefield'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Authorized values are ' . "'date_creation' or 'date_available'" . ', otherwise you can get unpredictable results.' ; $cond = ( !in_array($conf['calendar_datefield'], array('date_creation','date_available')) ); $confk = 'calendar_datefield'; break; Case 9 : // If (iptc or exif) are used and date_creation is updated // Then it's Ok, you can use date_creation by default for calendar // else ... Advice $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['calendar_datefield'] . '.'; $adv[] = "'date_creation'" . ' is NOT filled by ' . 'any activated use metadata mapping fields.'; $adv[] = 'So activate metadata usage or change to ' . '$conf[\'calendar_datefield\'] = \'date_available\''; $adv[] = 'Activate metadata usage as you want:
' . '1 - $conf[\'use_iptc\'] = true; or $conf[\'use_exif\'] = true; ' . 'each way will be correct.
' . '2 - And respectively map:
' . '$conf[\'use_iptc_mapping\'] = array( ..., \'date_creation\' ' . '=> \'2#055\', ...
' . 'or/and:
' . '$conf[\'use_exif_mapping\'] = array(\'date_creation\' ' . '=> \'DateTimeOriginal\', ...
' . '3 - Finally, a new task is up to you: Metadata synchronization.' ; $cond2 = ( $conf['use_exif'] and isset($conf['use_exif_mapping']['date_creation']) ); $cond3 = ( $conf['use_iptc'] and isset($conf['use_iptc_mapping']['date_creation']) ); $cond = ( $conf['calendar_datefield'] == 'date_creation' ); $cond = ( ($cond2 or $cond3) and $cond ) ? false : true; $confk = 'calendar_datefield'; break; Case 10 : $adv[] = 'Current value: false.'; $adv[] = 'Not useful, private status is better, so code ' . '$conf[\'newcat_default_visible\'] = true;' ; $cond = !$conf['newcat_default_visible']; $confk = 'newcat_default_visible'; break; Case 11 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['level_separator'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Try something else like $conf[\'level_separator\'] = \'+ \';'; $cond = ( $conf['level_separator'] == ' / ' ); $confk = 'level_separator'; break; Case 12 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['paginate_pages_around'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Usual range is between 2 and 5. To be light, choose ' . '$conf[\'paginate_pages_around\'] = 2;
' . 'To offer large jump, choose $conf[\'paginate_pages_around\'] = 7;'; $cond = (($conf['paginate_pages_around'] < 2) or ($conf['paginate_pages_around'] > 12)); $confk = 'paginate_pages_around'; break; Case 13 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['tn_width'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Should be a close value to your thumbnail width.' . $adv[] = 'Usual range is between 96 and 150, ' . 'about $conf[\'tn_width\'] = 128;'; $cond = (($conf['tn_width'] < 66) or ($conf['tn_width'] > 180)); $confk = 'tn_width'; break; Case 14 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['tn_height'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Should be a close value to your thumbnail height.' . $adv[] = 'Usual range is between 96 and 150, ' . 'about $conf[\'tn_height\'] = 128;'; $cond = (($conf['tn_height'] < 66) or ($conf['tn_height'] > 180)); $confk = 'tn_height'; break; Case 15 : $adv[] = 'Thumbnail height and width have to be equal.'; $adv[] = 'Choose $conf[\'tn_height\'] = ' . (string) $conf['tn_width'] . ';
' . 'or $conf[\'tn_width\'] = ' . (string) $conf['tn_height'] . ';'; $cond = ( $conf['tn_height'] !== $conf['tn_width'] ); $confk = 'tn_height'; break; Case 16 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'For security reason, please set ' . '$conf[\'show_version\'] = false;'; $cond = $conf['show_version']; $confk = 'show_version'; break; Case 17 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'For a lighter gallery just have a look to ' . '$conf[\'show_thumbnail_caption\'] = false;'; $cond = $conf['show_thumbnail_caption']; $confk = 'show_thumbnail_caption'; break; Case 18 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'For a lighter gallery just have a look to ' . '$conf[\'show_picture_name_on_title\'] = false;'; $cond = $conf['show_picture_name_on_title']; $confk = 'show_picture_name_on_title'; break; Case 19 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'If you do NOT have any category descriptions just have ' . 'a look to $conf[\'subcatify\'] = false;'; $cond = $conf['subcatify']; $confk = 'subcatify'; break; Case 20 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'Leave $conf[\'allow_random_representative\'] = true;
' . 'but analyze if you can avoid for performance reasons.' ; $cond = $conf['allow_random_representative']; $confk = 'allow_random_representative'; break; Case 21 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['prefix_thumbnail'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Be careful your $conf[\'prefix_thumbnail\'] is NOT standard.'; $adv[] = 'Do NOT change it except if your thumbnails are NOT visible.'; $adv[] = 'Distant site may use a different prefix but ' . 'create_listing_file.php must be modified.
' . 'You will get a warning message during synchronization in ' . 'that case.'; $adv[] = 'Try to keep the same prefix thru all your sites either ' . 'local or distants.'; $adv[] = 'Keep this parameter in your ./include/config_'. 'local.inc.php.
'. 'See our wiki configuration page for more information about ' . './include/config_local.inc.php.'; $cond = ( $conf['prefix_thumbnail'] !== 'TN-' ); $confk = 'prefix_thumbnail'; break; Case 22 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . (string) $conf['users_page'] . '.'; $adv[] = 'Unless you have a low band connection, you can draw up ' . '$conf[\'users_page\'] to a higher value ' . 'if you have more than 20 members.'; $cond = ( $conf['users_page'] < 21 ); $confk = 'users_page'; break; Case 23 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'Should be false, only few webmasters have to set ' . '$conf[\'mail_options\'] = true;
' . 'A specific advice you can get from an advanced ' . 'user on our forum in some mailing issues.' ; $cond = $conf['mail_options']; $confk = 'mail_options'; break; Case 24 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'Should be false, only PWG dev Team have to set ' . '$conf[\'check_upgrade_feed\'] = true; for test purpose.' ; $cond = $conf['check_upgrade_feed']; $confk = 'check_upgrade_feed'; break; Case 25 : $adv[] = '$conf[\'rate_items\'] has ' . count($conf['rate_items']) . 'items.'; $adv[] = 'Your $conf[\'rate_items\'] would have 4 or 5 items not less.'; $cond = ( count($conf['rate_items']) < 4 ); $confk = 'rate_items'; break; Case 26 : $adv[] = '$conf[\'rate_items\'] has ' . count($conf['rate_items']) . 'items.'; $adv[] = 'Your $conf[\'rate_items\'] would have 5 or 6 items not more.'; $adv[] = 'Check your best rated pictures prior to remove some values.' . '
Reduce excessive rating and change your ' . '$conf[\'rate_items\'].'; $cond = ( count($conf['rate_items']) > 6 ); $confk = 'rate_items'; break; Case 27 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'Could be true, think about $conf[\'show_iptc\'] = false;' . '
Some Professional photographers choose false ' . 'their reasons are not really professional.' ; $adv[] = 'Do NOT confuse between show_iptc and ' . 'use_iptc (have a look on metadata page ' . 'on our wiki).'; $cond = $conf['show_iptc']; $confk = 'show_iptc'; break; Case 28 : $adv[] = 'Current value: true.'; $adv[] = 'Documentalists and professionnal photographers would ' . 'set it true, but beginners should leave it ' . 'as $conf[\'use_iptc\'] = false;'; $adv[] = 'Take care of mentionned fields in metadata synchronization.' . '
Mentionned fields would be rewrited with IPTC values ' . ' even those ones are NOT empty.'; $adv[] = 'Do NOT confuse between show_iptc and ' . 'use_iptc (have a look on metadata page ' . 'on our wiki).'; $cond = $conf['use_iptc']; $confk = 'use_iptc'; break; Case 29 : $adv[] = 'How to deal with IPTC:'; $adv[] = '1 - Copy one of your jpg pictures (a public one) in ./tools/' . '
2 - Rename it as sample.jpg.' . '
3 - Run ./tools/metadata.php' . '
4 - Analyse results to determine which IPTC fields ' . 'could be used to override database fields.'; $adv[] = 'Beginners would prefer to keep $conf[\'use_iptc\'] = false;'; $adv[] = 'Advanced users make documentation efforts prior ' . 'to upload their pictures.
' . 'IPTC fields have to be described in ' . '$conf[\'use_iptc_mapping\']'; $adv[] = 'In any case, show_iptc_mapping and ' . 'use_iptc_mapping must be totally different.'; $cond = true; $confk = 'use_iptc'; break; Case 30 : $adv[] = 'How to deal with IPTC:'; $adv[] = '1 - Copy one of your jpg pictures (a public one) in ./tools/' . '
2 - Rename it as sample.jpg.' . '
3 - Run ./tools/metadata.php' . '
4 - Analyse results to determine which IPTC fields ' . 'could be used to override database fields.'; $adv[] = 'Beginners would prefer to keep $conf[\'use_iptc\'] = false;'; $adv[] = 'Advanced users make documentation efforts prior ' . 'to upload their pictures.'; $adv[] = 'Take care of mentionned fields in metadata synchronization.' . '
Mentionned fields would be rewrited with IPTC values ' . ' even those ones are NOT empty.'; $adv[] = 'In any case, show_iptc_mapping and ' . 'use_iptc_mapping must be totally different.'; $cond = true; $confk = 'use_iptc_mapping'; break; Case 31 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . ( ( $conf['show_exif'] ) ? 'true':'false' ) . '.'; $adv[] = 'Should be true, some information from your camera ' . 'can be displayed.'; $adv[] = 'Think about EXIF information could be different depending ' . 'on camera models.
' . 'If you change your camera these fields could be ' . 'partly different.'; $adv[] = 'Many professional photographers choose false, ' . 'their reasons are to protect their knowledge.' ; $adv[] = 'Do NOT confuse between show_exif and ' . 'use_exif (have a look on metadata page ' . 'on our wiki).'; $cond = true; $confk = 'show_exif'; break; Case 32 : $adv[] = 'How to deal with EXIF:'; $adv[] = '1 - Copy one of your jpg pictures (a public one) in ./tools/' . '
2 - Rename it as sample.jpg.' . '
3 - Run ./tools/metadata.php' . '
4 - Analyse results to determine which EXIF fields ' . 'could be used to override database fields.'; $adv[] = 'Beginners would prefer to let default values.'; $adv[] = 'Advanced users would take care of $lang values and ' . 'impacts on templates.'; $adv[] = 'In any case, show_exif_fields and ' . 'use_exif_mapping must be totally different.'; $cond = true; $confk = 'show_exif_fields'; break; Case 33 : $adv[] = 'Current value: ' . ( ( $conf['use_exif'] ) ? 'true':'false' ) . '.'; $adv[] = 'Documentalists and professionnal photographers would ' . 'set it true, but beginners should leave the default value.'; $adv[] = 'Take care of mentionned fields in metadata synchronization.' . '
Mentionned fields would be rewrited with EXIF values ' . ' even those ones are NOT empty.'; $adv[] = 'Do NOT confuse between show_exif and ' . 'use_exif (have a look on metadata page ' . 'on our wiki).'; $cond = true; $confk = 'use_exif'; break; Case 34 : $adv[] = 'How to deal with EXIF:'; $adv[] = '1 - Copy one of your jpg pictures (a public one) in ./tools/' . '
2 - Rename it as sample.jpg.' . '
3 - Run ./tools/metadata.php' . '
4 - Analyse results to determine which EXIF fields ' . 'could be used to override database fields.'; $adv[] = 'Beginners would prefer to let default values.'; $adv[] = 'Advanced users would carefully chose overrided fields ' . 'prior to synchronize.'; $adv[] = 'Take care of mentionned fields in metadata synchronization.' . '
Mentionned fields would be rewrited with EXIF values ' . ' even those ones are NOT empty.'; $adv[] = 'In any case, show_exif_fields and ' . 'use_exif_mapping must be totally different.'; $cond = true; $confk = 'use_exif_mapping'; break; } } ?>