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phil44

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Significance of "Upload Path" setting
Posted: 30 Apr 26, 22:11
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This is a continuation of an old, locked, thread : https://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?messageID=360377

I'm a little confused about this setting:
  • Doesn't it duplicate the Album Address setting in General / Site? I'm not sure what either setting is necessary.
  • If we don't share on Facebook, can we do without these 2 parameters? Perhaps other social sites might also need it?
RobM

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Re: Significance of "Upload Path" setting
Posted: 30 Apr 26, 22:44   in response to: phil44 in response to: phil44
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it's only needed for FaceBook sharing, don't use social media so not sure what other such sites would require. If you don't use social media it can be ignored.

Tiger manual entry
'Upload path / URL
Some services need to full path to the album page, like Facebook. Unfortunately when you make the album the final address is unknown to the skin (and jAlbum), this is why this box is here.'

Settings>General entry
'This field will be left blank until after an 'upload' has been performed, it will then show the URL path to your web hosted album. Some skins may need to know the URL before being uploaded, for example those supporting social sharing functions. To avoid having to do a 'Make - Upload - Make - Upload' you can manually enter the URL path. The path expected will be your root web address plus the project name e.g. http://myjalbum.jalbum.net/myProject. If you enter an alternative path you will need to change the suggested upload folder to match what you have entered, otherwise the URL will be wrong.

You may need to refer to the skin manual to ensure it does not specify an alternative method of entering the published URL path.'
JeffTucker

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Re: Significance of "Upload Path" setting
Posted: 30 Apr 26, 22:49   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
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That said, they do appear to be duplicative. I suspect the skin setting pre-dates the general jAlbum setting, and could now be removed.
phil44

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Re: Significance of "Upload Path" setting
Posted: 1 May 26, 18:24   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
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It's much clearer to me now, thanks for your explanations :)

JeffTucker wrote:
That said, they do appear to be duplicative. I suspect the skin setting pre-dates the general jAlbum setting, and could now be removed.
@Laza, I think Jeff is right... ;)
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