Gallery Upload - Writing
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Gallery Upload - Writing
There have been a growing number of problems encountered when uploading writing to the gallery. When a written document is uploaded to the gallery it gets converted to HTML so that a nice inline rendition of the contents can be shown right on the item page without having to download the original file. The technology used to accomplish this is rather old and has been having some problems.
Therefore I will be rewriting this for at least some types of documents soon. I will update with results once this has been deployed to production.
Update:
So I have implemented a new document converter for DOC and DOCX format documents. Anything else will continue to use the old one, so they aren't broken (or any more broken they already were). But for .doc and .docx the new converter will certainly be far more stable. It also supports embedded images like the old one, and I think its formatting is a bit better.
Also important, since the new one is actually understandable, if there are formatting issues, there is a chance we can actually address them instead of it being a black box.
Its now deployed on production so new documents will be using it.
Update:
Okay, we are getting some interesting (an annoying) formatting issues with page layout. Lets see what can be done...
Therefore I will be rewriting this for at least some types of documents soon. I will update with results once this has been deployed to production.
Update:
So I have implemented a new document converter for DOC and DOCX format documents. Anything else will continue to use the old one, so they aren't broken (or any more broken they already were). But for .doc and .docx the new converter will certainly be far more stable. It also supports embedded images like the old one, and I think its formatting is a bit better.
Also important, since the new one is actually understandable, if there are formatting issues, there is a chance we can actually address them instead of it being a black box.
Its now deployed on production so new documents will be using it.
Update:
Okay, we are getting some interesting (an annoying) formatting issues with page layout. Lets see what can be done...
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Leshana - Apex-Predator
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Thanks for the update on this issue, and for working on a fix for us!
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Groblek - Intermediate Vorarephile
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Good to hear, can't wait to see the new update! =D
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DoubleOSnake - Participator
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Leshana wrote:There have been a growing number of problems encountered when uploading writing to the gallery. When a written document is uploaded to the gallery it gets converted to HTML so that a nice inline rendition of the contents can be shown right on the item page without having to download the original file. The technology used to accomplish this is rather old and has been having some problems.
Therefore I will be rewriting this for at least some types of documents soon. I will update with results once this has been deployed to production.
I'd be planning to add .docx files into the gallery soon, not sure if this was to be known as a good idea and I wasn't technically certain if it would be compatible or cause issues for others to read. Does this affect .txt files, as files made in notepad are different from other formats of writing as well?
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KingKabal777 - Intermediate Vorarephile
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Thanks a lot, Leshana!
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Belloc - Somewhat familiar
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
I haven't uploaded anything recently but glad to know we'll be having something new soon. Thank yous Leshana!
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MarinLaFey - Somewhat familiar
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Zwanzik wrote:Praise the Leshana!
Haha, I'd praise both Leshana and Eka for their power.
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KingKabal777 - Intermediate Vorarephile
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Ah, good. I've been mostly issue-free, but I have noticed weird formatting issues with a few stories I'd uploaded. Good to see these getting sorted out.
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Teruyo - Intermediate Vorarephile
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
So I have implemented a new document converter for DOC and DOCX format documents. Anything else will continue to use the old one, so they aren't broken (or any more broken they already were). But for .doc and .docx the new converter will certainly be far more stable. It also supports embedded images like the old one, and I think its formatting is a bit better.
Also important, since the new one is actually understandable, if there are formatting issues, there is a chance we can actually address them instead of it being a black box.
Its now deployed on production so new documents will be using it.
Also important, since the new one is actually understandable, if there are formatting issues, there is a chance we can actually address them instead of it being a black box.
Its now deployed on production so new documents will be using it.
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Leshana - Apex-Predator
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Leshana, Supah awesome new avatar *cheers*
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Shmendrich - Somewhat familiar
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
(Not sure if it really belongs here, but) The only strangeness I'm finding with the new converter is that it seems to include margins and ignore empty lines. E.g., compare the formatting of this one and this one (both using .docx)
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Lightness0001 - Somewhat familiar
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Hmm, I seem to be having a small issue, I did everything the same that I always did, but the formatting looks weird on the story I uploaded today. It has a big empty space to the left and seems to require scrolling sideways to read it all properly. Is this something I did or something on the site's end? https://aryion.com/g4/view/390846
Basically the same issue Lightness0001 is having.
Basically the same issue Lightness0001 is having.
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Current character focus: Chris Redfield!
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coop500 - ???
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Posted a thread then noticed this thread so I'll copy it here and delete my thread.
I don't like the formatting. It looks very bad.
My most recent chapter of GaG has an excessive amount of line breaks compared to everything else I have written in recent history. This is not the result of a change I have made to the format of my stories, but rather, something seems to have gone wrong when parsing it to HTML. Any ideas? Because it looks fugly. Oh, and it has margins I didn't put there either.
If this is a new autoformatting feature, I don't like it.
I don't like the formatting. It looks very bad.
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Aces - Advanced Vorarephile
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
I'm running into issues still. .docx won't give me spaces between lines and .rtf result in boxes everywhere.
For an example of .docx
See: https://aryion.com/g4/view/391076
For an example of .rtf
See: https://aryion.com/g4/view/392047
For an example of .docx
See: https://aryion.com/g4/view/391076
For an example of .rtf
See: https://aryion.com/g4/view/392047
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Zwanzik - Been posting for a bit
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Same problem here with the DocX issue
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Current character focus: Chris Redfield!
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coop500 - ???
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
If anyone has found quick fixes or ways to format documents that get around these issues, please share!
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Zwanzik - Been posting for a bit
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Okay, we are getting some interesting (an annoying) formatting issues with page layout. Lets see what can be done...
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Leshana - Apex-Predator
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
The margins are fine. Those make sense. The automatic paragraph layout can be mildly annoying.
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Aces - Advanced Vorarephile
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Re: Gallery Upload - Writing
Yeah the margins are probably fine, after getting used to them. The ignoring empty lines thing, between paragraphs, is pretty annoying though.
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