BluPlusPlus Viewer Remarks Tab
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Additional information about the options on the Viewer Remarks tab is presented
two ways:
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| GUI Element: |
Include Viewer Remarks Feature On Slides |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies whether to enable the Viewer Remarks Feature on Slide Image pages |
| Values: | true/false |
| Defaults: |
false |
| Notes: |
If enabled, allows album viewers to leave remarks about slide
images. This feature requires a server that supports PHP and MySQL. (More
information) |
| GUI Element: |
Include Viewer Remarks Feature On Folders |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies whether to enable the Viewer Remarks Feature on
Index pages |
| Values: | true/false |
| Defaults: |
false |
| Notes: |
If enabled, allows album viewers to leave remarks about index pages. This
feature requires a server that supports PHP and MySQL. (More
information) |
| GUI Element: |
Remarks Section Display Status |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies default behavior of Remarks Section |
| Values: |
Always Closed/Always Open/Open if Remarks exist |
| Defaults: |
Always Closed |
| Notes: |
Always Open: remarks viewers have left and the Viewer Remarks
input window will be open when the slide image page is viewed.
Always Closed: remarks viewers have left and the Viewer Remarks input window
will open when toggled by the user clicking on the [Hide/Show] link
at the bottom of slide image pages.
Open if Remarks exist: the Remarks section will be closed by default if no viewer remarks
have been left and will be open by default if viewer remarks have been left |
| GUI Element: |
Database type |
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| Purpose: |
The database software to be used (MySQL/PostgreSQL) |
| Values: |
MySQL/PostgreSQL |
| Defaults: |
MySQL |
| Notes: |
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| GUI Element: |
Database URL |
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| Purpose: |
The URL of the database |
| Values: |
any valid URL |
| Defaults: |
localhost:3306 for Mysql/localhost:5432 for PostgreSQL |
| Notes: |
Different webhosts may have alternative ways of accessing
databases on their servers. The default should work in most cases. Consult
the webhost’s documentation or technical support for more information. |
| GUI Element: |
Database username |
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| Purpose: |
The user name that was chosen when the database was initially
set up |
| Values: |
any valid username |
| Defaults: |
dbusername |
| Notes: |
It may be wise to stay away from special characters that could
cause difficulty with some servers |
| GUI Element: |
Database name |
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| Purpose: |
The database name that was chosen when the database was
initially set up |
| Values: |
any valid file name |
| Defaults: |
dbname |
| Notes: |
It may be wise to stay away from special characters that could
cause difficulty with some servers |
| GUI Element: |
Database password |
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| Purpose: |
The password that was chosen when the database was initially
set up |
| Values: |
any alphanumeric password |
| Defaults: |
changethis |
| Notes: |
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| GUI Element: |
Database table name |
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| Purpose: |
The desired name of the table that will hold viewer remarks |
| Values: |
any alphanumeric name |
| Defaults: |
n/a |
| Notes: |
A single database table can hold many tables; the name specified
here will be the table which holds all of the viewer remarks. The same
database table can hold remarks for many different albums. |
| GUI Element: |
Admin Username |
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| Purpose: |
The desired username used to enter admin mode |
| Values: |
any alphanumeric user name |
| Defaults: |
admin |
| Notes: |
Admin mode is used to permit the editing or deletion of viewer
remarks. |
| GUI Element: |
Admin password |
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| Purpose: |
The desired password used to enter admin mode |
| Values: | any alphanumeric password |
| Defaults: |
changethis |
| Notes: |
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| GUI Element: |
Date Suffix |
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| Purpose: |
Provides more information about the date/time stamp |
| Values: |
any text |
| Defaults: |
n/a |
| Notes: |
Can be used to give time zone information (e.g. ‘ EST’ for
Eastern Standard Time) |
| GUI Element: |
Use CAPTCHA |
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| Purpose: |
To enable CAPTCHA security images |
| Values: |
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| Defaults: |
disabled |
| Notes: |
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| GUI Element: |
CAPTCHA digits |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies the number of desired digits in the CAPTCHA security string |
| Values: |
2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
| Defaults: |
5 |
| Notes: |
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| GUI Element: |
Use Moderation |
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| Purpose: |
To enable remark moderation |
| Values: |
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| Defaults: |
disabled |
| Notes: |
When enabled, remarks
must be approved by an administrator before becoming visible |
| GUI Element: |
Notify via E-mail |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies whether to enable email notification when a viewer
remark is left |
| Values: | true/false |
| Defaults: |
false |
| Notes: |
If enabled, an email will be sent to the specified address announcing
that a viewer remark has been left |
| GUI Element: |
‘To’ E-mail address for notifications |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies the email address for a notification
email when a viewer remark is left |
| Values: |
any valid email address (but see note below) |
| Defaults: |
to_address@someplace.com |
| Notes: |
Some webhosts restrict the addresses to which auto-generated
emails can be sent. When restrictions exists, typically the domain to
which an email is sent must be the same domain as the website from which
the email is sent. I.e., if the domain of the web site is “www.some_domain.com”,
the notification email would need to be sent to “somebody@some_domain.com” |
| GUI Element: |
‘From E-mail address for notifications |
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| Purpose: |
Specifies the email address from which a notification email
is sent |
| Values: | any valid email address |
| Defaults: |
from_address@someplace.com |
| Notes: |
The ‘from’ address has no restrictions |
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