AutoDirector forum

Re: In over my head here :-(

Craig — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:17:36 GMT

Ahh, I think that looks like a bug within AutoDirector - it's actually in client/carlist.js rather than the PHP though. What I'd suggest is that you search for and remove this statement in the file:

this.info=reRepeat(this.info,/\_([^\|]+)\_/g,"{{strong}}$1{{/strong}}");

It'll stop you being able to use bold but the links will work. I'll look into a better fix, although it's quite a tricky problem...

Re: Getting referenced photos in a .csv file into AutoDirector

Craig — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:09:42 GMT

You're welcome.

In over my head here :-(

hootiekai — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:13:06 GMT

When I reference a photo link in a info = statement. such as
http://www.myhomeautophotos.com/photos/17/17878/17878_10011TB5_1.JPG

I get an XML Parsing Error because the link sees the "_" characters as and then as shown below.

http://www.myhomeautophotos.com/photos/17/17878/1787810011TB51.JPG

I am not a php programmer, what can I do??

Re: Getting referenced photos in a .csv file into AutoDirector

hootiekai — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:04:16 GMT

You RULE Craig.
Thank you for your support.

Re: Getting referenced photos in a .csv file into AutoDirector

Craig — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:33:08 GMT

Hi,

You need to define a profile file in the import/profiles folder. Assuming you had a single photo defined in column 12 of your CSV, you'd need a line such as:

info = "!([12])"

AutoDirector permits images using the code !(imgurl) so you're just using the content of column 12.

If your column contains multiple images, the ini file can contain PHP commands to split them up.

I hope that helps.

Re: Getting referenced photos in a .csv file into AutoDirector

hootiekai — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:25:27 GMT

Thank you Craig for the info.
Hate to ask this for showing my ignorance, where do I edit the "more info" field.

Re: Getting referenced photos in a .csv file into AutoDirector

Craig — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:46:00 GMT

Hi hootiekai,

The AutoDirector import wizard only imports image files which are stored in a local folder rather than accessed via http through a web server. If the files are on the same server there's no reason why you couldn't move or reference them locally. Alternatively, you can put references to the images in the "more info" field.

I hope that helps.

Getting referenced photos in a .csv file into AutoDirector

hootiekai — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:07:42 GMT

My customer uses an inventory management system that does supply a nice .csv file and I have figured out how to map the columns to the data-map. This .csv file also has a column with the links to the photos stored on the inventory management programs main site. This is very nice as he does not have to worry about hosting the photos anywhere.
My question is how can I make use of this photo information and get it into AutoDirectory automatically like the rest of the .csv file is used, I am having trouble coding the [image_files] entry in the profile.ini.
Below is an example of two photos provided in the .csv file, note they are separated with a "," symbol and ended the same way.
Thanks for any directions on this.

http://www.frazerphotos.com/photos/17/17878/17878_10011TB5_1.JPG,http://www.frazerphotos.com/photos/17/17878/17878_10011TB5_2.JPG,

Re: Default showroom with price lowest to highest

Craig — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:15:42 GMT

Hi,

Yes - open client/carlist.js in an editor and locate lines 83 and 84. Copy line 84 above 83 as so...

sortTypes[st++] = { name: "price, lowest first", sort: function(a, b) { return SortCars(a.price, b.price, 1); } };
sortTypes[st++] = { name: "price, highest first", sort: function(a, b) { return SortCars(a.price, b.price, -1); } };

The "price, lowest first" will now be used by default.

Default showroom with price lowest to highest

Cubby — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:40:51 GMT

Is there a way to open a showroom ordering lowest to highest price? I know the search can do this but my cleint wants this....

Cheers,
Cubby

Re: AutoDirector 1.9.1 now available

Craig — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:06:26 GMT

You can upgrade from any previous 1.x version to 1.9.1. Just follow the upgrade instructions.

Re: AutoDirector 1.9.1 now available

Newalan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:25:17 GMT

Hi Craig,

Is there any problems in upgrading from 1.8 to 1.9.1 or do I have to upgrade to pre 1.9.1 versions first?

Alan

Re: Thumbnail when clicked will not enlarge

Newalan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:19:17 GMT

The reason I have purchased multi copies is because I provide a webdesign service and they are given an option to have their own software already installed and a website created at a one time fee cost or they can upload their cars from my software for a fee per day or per month cost.

Re: Thumbnail when clicked will not enlarge

Craig — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:56:16 GMT

This problem affects the older versions of AutoDirector when you use a character such as '�' in the "more information" text. The latest version (1.9.1) fixes the issue - you should upgrade.

Incidentally, the AutoDirector license entitles you to install the administration panel on one server. That can be used to control any number of website showrooms on any domain, but you should not install multiple copies of the software itself (nor should you need to).

Re: Thumbnail when clicked will not enlarge

Newalan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:51:40 GMT

Problem solved, I did later find a similar post on this forum and the issue was caused by copy pasting details which probably introduced a non valid character.

Thumbnail when clicked will not enlarge

Newalan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:31:47 GMT

Hi,

I just installed the software on a site (one of many), When you click on the thumbnail it does not show the larger picture and goes straight to contact the site owner (this is in IE9) Tried setting the chmod to 777 on Data file too

In firefox when you click on the thumbnail you get the following Error

XML Parsing Error: undefined entity Location: http://clickspeed.co.uk/kcf/ Line Number 1, Column 1660:

model:

2007 Vauxhall Astra Life 1.3 CDTI Estate

colour:

silver

gearbox:

manual

mileage:

0 miles

details:

2007/07 PLATE VAUXHALL ASTRA LIFE 1.3 CDTI ESTATE

in metallic moondust silver with contrasting

charcoal cloth interior-air conditioning-electric

windows-multiple air bag protection system-remote

control central locking-drivers seat height adjustment-cd in car entertainment system-collapsible rear dog guard-factory fitted immobilizer-six speed gearbox- this car offers great fuel economy, one owner from new with a full

service history sensibly priced at only

Price: £5495

�5,495

-----------------------------------------------------

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Craig — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:44:03 GMT

I don't think that's a problem. It's more likely to be a server or PHP setting which is forcing pages to UTF-8 when they're not.

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Cubby — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:47:59 GMT

includes/adsite.php was uploaded correctly.

In phpMyAdmin before i install the autodirector software the "Collation"is set to latin1_swedish_ci?

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Craig — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:37:10 GMT

I'm not sure why your server's insisting on UTF-8? It shouldn't. I suspect there's a setting somewhere. You can switch to $ which solve the issue, but that's only a temporary fix.

Have you checked it was uploaded correctly?

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Cubby — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:32:31 GMT

Can i change the pages to be served as "iso-8859-1"
??

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Craig — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:01:22 GMT

I can replicate the issue. Can you double-check that includes/adsite.php has been uploaded in ASCII rather than BINARY mode. That goes for all the files except images.

I don't think it's a MySQL issue because the character is modified prior to any database updates.

However, your pages are being served in UTF-8 even though the pages are marked as ISO-8859-1. That sounds like a potential clash to me.

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Cubby — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:04:10 GMT

I have a mysql06 database
MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Cubby — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:30:38 GMT

Yes the 12 remains on the price after i save. No, not running any form filling software.

Running IE8 and also get the issue in Firefox 6.0

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Craig — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:26:13 GMT

That sounds odd. Does the '12' remain on the price after saving? e.g. 999 becomes 12999?

Which browser are you using? Are you running any form-filling software which could affect it?

Re: Price Issue! Adding 12 to the front of all prices?

Cubby — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:23:40 GMT

http://sdusedcars.co.uk/Autodirector/

default login and password.