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Thanks for your response. I read through everything that you provided in the links. The Installation process looks straight forward. But the rest does not. I'm wondering what would happen to the CE4 folders that I installed in the web galleries and web templates folders and now show up in LR? Wouldn't easier to simply remove those folders, install Backlight, design new pages in Backlight and then upload the old galleries. I've saved them all as collections.
I'm ready to start with Backlight although I have yet to purchase. I currently have a CE4 that includes Auto Index, and an Enabler, Gallery, Pages, Publisher, TTB BE and View Point Sizer. The most important question before I purchase is, can I continue to have Fotomoto integrated in Backlight. Assuming I can continue to use Fotomoto, is there a central place for information to help with the transition from CE4 to Backlight? I've watched Matt's Introduction to Backlight on You tube.
A few questions about Backlight. 1. Are there installation directions specific for people (me) who are going from CE4 to Backlight?
2. Can I put Backlight on my laptop as well as desktop?
I got it figured out. I was logged into Windows by a different family member and not me, the administrator. When I logged in as me most everything became available in all my programs. Some stuff in LR is missing but I think I can get it back.
I'm still going to look into Backlight never the less. But after some upcoming jobs. Thanks for your help.
They were hidden and everything is there, TTG engines, presets, etc. However, they are not showing up in LR as they were before. Some background. I keep my photos and backups of catalogs on an external drive. In windows 7, I could open lightroom in one of two ways, 1-clicking on the Icon on my desktop or 2. finding the latest catalog backup on the external drive, clicking it and it would open. Now in windows 10, when I open LR either way, I simply get LR with none of the presets, name plate changes etc. The folders and images are there as are the collections and all that seems to be working but none of the TTG engines, presets, etc. Again, they show up in the folders on the C drive but not in LR itself.
1. Should i simply reload everything? Any ideas?
No did not have to reinstall LR.
I'm leaning toward simply moving to Backlight but not quite ready to give up on CE4. Rod, I'm very familiar with the path and how to get to the Web templates in Windows 7. It worked well. However, i can't get there in 10. I can't find the AppData folder on the C drive. Any ideas?
Just to be clear, to move to Backlight, I would have to purchase it and start all over again in terms of the website design. Correct?
I just received an involuntary upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I lost all my CE4 TTG settings in LR.
1. Do you have some literature on how to deal find my settings in 7 and get them into 10 with a reasonable amount of ease?
2. If not, do I have to start over?
3. If so, not knowing anything about Backlight, would it make more sense simply to more to it?
When I install the 2016 gallery I assume all the previous gallery settings will remain the same. 1. Is that true? 2. Does the 2016 gallery overwrite the old gallery? 3. In Publisher do I have to develop or modify anything before I can publish images using the new gallery? 4. I assume I have to republish all existing galleries already on my site in order to have the new gallery apply to those existing images. 5. True?
I got Voyager and it worked extremely well. I was a bit surprised and am very happy. Thanks so much for the recommendation. Also...
I had saved my work in the web module as templates in the Templates Browser and I did not save my presets with the catalogs. So everything was as you described and therefore is working. I'm making extensive notes of this process so next year I will not need your help. I hope. Lightroom and all it's plug ins continue to amaze me. It's such a great program but there's a lot of work to understand it and be able to take advantage of it's capabilities. Again Thanks. Cheers!
Every year I make a new LR catalog and designate it by the current year e.g. “2016”. I keep all catalogs on an external Hard Drive. This year I have a new drive as the old one was full. When I made the new 2016 catalog and put it on the new drive some things transferred but the most important things did not. My presets transferred. My CE4 TTG work that was developed in the Web module and in Publish Services did not.
1. Should the CE4 settings in the 2015 Web module and Publish Services have transferred to the 2016 catalog? If so, is there a setting that I missed to will allow me transfer them? If there is no setting is there a work flow problem that I missed that would allow the transfer to 2016?
2. If the answer is that they should not have transferred then, Is there an easy way to manually transfer the settings from Web Module and Publish Services in the 2015 catalog to the 2016 catalog. I’m thinking about a hack.
3. If the questions above are not on the right path, what are my options?
I was able to get everything up and running with minimal problems. Just a couple of clarifications for future upgrades.
1. In TTG-be and using Fille Zilla, I overwrote the admin and framework folders, then logged into ttg-be/admin. Then did the same things with the publisher folder. I assume I can do all three folders overwrites at once and only one log into ttg-be/admin. correct?
2. Once in TTG-be/admin, I don't have to do anything other than log in. Correct?
I've downloaded the latest updates, unzipped the folders and they are on my desktop. Beside the TTG-BE" read" and "CE4 Publisher Change log" are there any other directions that you can refer me to make sure I get this correct?
I have 6 CE4 folders on my desktop ready to go: two auto index folders-one is an enabler, one gallery, one pages, one publisher and one viewport sizer folder. I should make a copy of the current folders with the same names in the web galleries folder on my computer. Then delete those files folders from the web galleries folder. Then simply drag the new folders to the place where the old folders were in the Web galleries folder on my computer. Note that the CE4 Publisher has not been moved. I think I'm done with that part.
Now I have 3 more folders: CE4 Publisher lrplugin, Publisher and TTG-be.
Go to my site using Filezilla. Find the TTG-Be folder and sub folders "Admin" and "Framework" and "Publisher". Make a copy of those folders. Then delete them from my site. Then drag the new folders with the same names to the place where I just deleted the old folders. In the TTG-be "read" file directions on page 1of 3 you state i can "log in as **admin to ttg-be/admin**. Do I need to log into that on my site?
The CE4 Publisher Changelog states I should replace the **CE4-Publisher.lrplugin**. Not sure where I do that.
Are all my settings in LR going to remain the same?
1. Have all of the components been updated?
2. Are there directions as to how to update each of the components? In the July update, I noticed that Publisher and TTG have "read me" files. But both July files are exactly the same as the read me files from the update in June.
3. How can I find the numbers (e.g. Publisher 2.3.0) that are assigned to each of the updated components?
I know nothing about web-browser crashes. Does that mean there is a small, finite limit to the number of photos I can upload? Or does that mean it is near limitless? Will my website run more slowly if a lot of images (e.g.175) in one gallery?
Is there a limit as to how many photos I can put in a gallery?
Thank you for your response. It was helpful in terms of increasing my understanding of CE4 Publisher. I haven't decided to what to do at this point. I noticed that there is a new CE4 update that may include some some changes to the Publisher. I'll probably wait until I get the new updates installed and working before deciding. Again Thanks, I have no other questions at this point.
Rod,
I haven't heard from Ben. Is there another way that I should be contacting him? or do I just wait until he has time?
Ben,
Sorry, did not see your question. Everything I have now and upgraded from, was CE4.
1. I tried republishing an album. I got an entirely new album. If you go to my site, it's the Dragon Fly albums. The new one is the one with no text in the galleries. http://www.martinjenichphotography.com/galleries.php. The problem I had was there was no way to access the existing Dragon fly album because it did not exist in Publisher Services. I had to simply use the same title.
2. As far as accidentally deleting the albums, something like that is always possible with me. But if it involved manually deleting every album individually, I'm sure I did not so that. It's possible if it could be done in mass. But i have no recollection of doing anything like that.
3. Might this have something to do with no being able to save CE4 in Publishing Manager? We discussed this problem previously and essentially decided to ignore it.
4. I looked in my LR modules folder on my C drive and there's only one entry and it's not CE4 or anything related to TTG. should that be?
5. would it make any sense to manually put the CE4 in the modules folder as is your practice?
6. Do I initiate contact with Ben or do you do that?
I completed the three actions in the sequence in which they were presented in the read document i.e. 1. replace the ttg-be publisher application directory, 2. Login as admin to ttg-be/publisher/admin, 3. Replace the CE4 Publisher .lrplugin, and restart LR.
I did all of the above after the updated the changes to TTG-BE i.e. the other update. However, that should not be a problem as I checked LR functioning after I made these changes and before I made the changes to Publisher. Any ideas?
Let's assume that I won't be able to get the albums back in Publisher Services. I assume it will be a problem only if I want to make some changes to those albums. If i did want to make changes I could just republish that album and I should be good to go. Correct?
I got all the updates done and was able to publish (and delete) a test album. So things seem to be working Ok. But in Publisher services, under TTG CE4 publisher, I lost all references to previous albums. The albums are still on my site but not listed in Publisher Services. 1. Should that be? 2. If it should be, is there a way to get them back? 3. If not, how do I republish to those existing galleries if I want to change something?
I looked in both the update and on my site. I find "application". Under that heading are eight folders on my site: TTg be/publisher/application (then eight folders beginning with config and ending with views). The update have the same structure but have nine folders-delegates is in the updates. I don't find one labeled application directory. Am I missing something?
I want to be sure I'm doing this correctly before it actually do it so I don't screw it up. I have two updates -TTG BE and Publisher. I've downloaded the Read txt. files for both. I made the changes with TTG-be. Things seem to be working OK. Frankly, I noticed no difference when I uploaded a new gallery so I assume things are OK. When I looked at the changelog, I'm not sure I would see any differences. Correct?
My next questions have to do with Publisher. 1. In the directions it calls for replacing the application directory. There's no such thing as the application directory. There is an application. Are they the same thing? 2. It also calls for replacing the lrplugin. I assume I use Plug In Manager in LR and remove the current lrplugin and add the update. Correct?
Is there a way to prohibit anyone from downloading an image(s) from my site? I know water marking could act as a deterrent but is there a setting to not allow it in the first place?
Fotomoto is working and it's great. I just received a test print and everything worked the way they said it would. Thanks for your help.