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Subject: Re: Roller 5 - uploaded media files not available for selection
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On 01/11/12 02:56 AM, David Johnson wrote:
> I haven't seen that behavior. I wonder if it is something specific to Glassfish 3.1.1 and the EclipseLink JPA used in Glassfish. Does this happen for all media types or just PNG?
>
> - Dave

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply - I have tried with JPEG images, and I observe the 
same behaviour. Any ideas about where to start looking for clues?

Cheers,

-- 
Dave Koelmeyer
http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz


>
>
> On Jan 6, 2012, at 1:55 AM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
>
>> On 12/25/11 11:03 PM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have installed Roller 5.0 on the following platform:
>>>
>>> GlassFish 3.1.1
>>> PostgreSQL 8.4
>>> JDK 6u26
>>>
>>> In Roller I have created both an admin account and a standard user account, but otherwise have not performed much else in the way of configuration or customization, aside from adding the "Lightword" theme.
>>>
>>> My issue is that I can apparently upload media files (e.g. PNG images) using the "Media Files" feature, but uploaded files do not appear as selectable items in the Media Files view - except after restarting the application server.
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> 1) Log into Roller as a standard (i.e. non-admin user)
>>> 2) Click on "Create and Edit" ->  "New Entry", and fill out some blog information (title, content etc.)
>>> 3) Click on the "Media Files" tab
>>> 4) On the "Actions" area on the right-hand side, click on "Add Media File"
>>> 5) Choose a file to upload (example is a PNG file), and click on "Upload"
>>> 6) Roller reports success:
>>>
>>> "Uploaded file(s):
>>> "https://192.168.1.1:8081/roller/dave/mediaresource/5f4670f......"
>>>
>>> 7) Click on "Return to Media File View"
>>>
>>> At this point I would expect to see my file visible for selection here, but I don't. Flicking the "Sort by" setting across "Name", "Date" and "Type" filters doesn't change the behaviour. Strangely, if at this point I search for the file (on the right hand side menu) explicitly for the file type "Image", the image is successfully located and displayed in the Media Files view.
>>>
>>> If I create a new blog entry or edit an existing entry and click on the "Add Image" link (I have the Xinha editor enabled), the image I have uploaded is not visible in the "Media File Chooser" window that appears.
>>>
>>> As mentioned, if I restart GlassFish, the images are then visible in the Media File view and available for selection in the "Media File Chooser" window.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>> Bump - anyone?
>>
>> (and apologies to whoever is moderating this list - I have only just realised that I have been getting my subscribed email addresses mixed up).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>