[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Badly-designed Interface

I tried to install picturesurf-gallery but I got this error message:

Warning: PicturesurfGallery::PicturesurfGallery() [function.PicturesurfGallery]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/includes/config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/alefba.us/httpdocs:/tmp) in /var/www/vhosts/alefba.us/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/picturesurf-gallery/gallery.php on line 51

Warning: PicturesurfGallery::PicturesurfGallery(includes/config.php) [function.PicturesurfGallery]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /var/www/vhosts/alefba.us/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/picturesurf-gallery/gallery.php on line 51

@bluebird2

What plugins do you have installed currently?

We’ll try and replicate your environment to reproduce the bug.

Many.
What does “open_basedir restriction” mean?

@bluebird2

The problem is in require_once statement.

Plugin is attempting to load a file via relative path, like:
require('includes/file.php')
and it appears your server settings do not allow that, and “open_basedir restriction” should mean just that.
so we changed include paths to be static, like:
require($PathToServer . '/includes/file.php')

Please, try now.

@ phycel:

You said “Haha… The fact that this thread started out as pure whining is a bit humorous. So hopefully someone will find it constructive in the end!”

Well, I, for one, do find this thread constructive as I was feeling quite frustrated with NGG as the OP was. What is NOT constructive is chiding over someone’s ideas whether you find them constructive or not.

More disturbing is how this thread has been hijacked!

Anyway, back to searching for template options for NGG. Hopefully after a few weeks of clicking and tinkering I can shout the praises of NGG and tell how easy it is to use. By that time, as a strong supporter, perhaps I will spend more time actually contributing to the improvement of documentation for all those who are frustrated, and there are plenty.

It’s easy, If you’re frustrated with it help make it better. If you can’t be bothered doing that, don’t complain.

travel-junkie,
THis forum exists for the users’ complains, so the developers make their creations better or answer the questions. If you have nothing to say you better stay silent.

By the way, here is a list of my suggestions to make the software better. If you really want to know about my contribution to make NextGen better you can read the list here:
https://sourena.net/nextgen/

mate, i didn’t say anything about you specific, did i? it says a lot though that you thought i did. and this forum exists so people can get help, not for people to complain. there is a difference, you know?

This forum is for suggesting too. You can suggest a plugin as a good one and a plugin as a bad one. You can share your experience with others. And you can assist them with their problems or get assistance.

What you call complain I call sharing the experience, so other people who are looking for a specific plugin know what what is right and what is wrong about the software.

I answered your comment because I began this discussion here. Apparently many here didn’t want any criticism of the software in any way.

Anyone that will come up with an new nextgen ui mockup? I’m waiting ??

I think the OP has every right to complain if he likes, but perhaps a small rework in the wording would have kept the wolves at bay here.
I guess I’m used to open source and community developed software, so these issues didn’t rub me the same way they did you. I just naturally assume that oftentimes you have to go get what you want off the the ol’ interweb because it just isn’t going to be in the application.
I think that Alex really hit it with his first response when he said that the OP didn’t motivate him. Given that the guy spends his own time to develop the plugin and for the most part, does it for his own purposes, I’d say that he did an awesome job with it.
I have issues and some problems with it as well, but nothing too extreme. I think that when you understand that this type of community-developed software isn’t ever going to be the same thing that you’d get in a retail package, then it becomes second-nature to just do what you gotta do.
Also, your link to your page that shows your suggestions is an excellent one and I think a much better way to get your points across. Kudos for that.

Not that you needed my comments at all. I was just intrigued by the post and thought I’d toss in my 2 cents. ??