happehtheory

I was going to post the solution to my problem but the thread has been marked “resolved” so I guess it doesn’t matter anymore.

It is not working for me either. I tried two different websites and while the files do upload to the website server, nothing is showing up at S3.

The connection with S3 does work because all of the images etc that were uploaded with FTP are available to the wordpress installation.

I just tried it again. After uploading I choose to edit image and I see the image. When I choose “view attachment page” the page shows up with no image. Just the broken image icon. If I click the broken image icon, the following url and error appear.

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.happehtheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dome_Head_Example_0003.jpg

<Error>
AccessDenied
<Message>Access Denied</Message>
<RequestId>1F8DEE6C32EED1B7</RequestId>
<HostId>
1tUCbmCvksv5Vsnyr2qiMIaj4XqYSAkxgdsowNOY5dM9cEBuWvEfsyAM75FRd+PE
</HostId>
</Error>

I have checked the AWS plugin and it says:

“You’ve already defined your AWS access keys in your wp-config.php. If you’d prefer to manage them here and store them in the database (not recommended), simply remove the lines from your wp-config.”

I checked the security keys and they look correct. They were cut and pasted, not hand keyed, so I am pretty sure they are right.

I just chose a random image that was uploaded through FTP previously and if the same series of steps as described above is repeated, the image can be seen at the amazon S3 Url,

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.happehtheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Inspiration_00079.jpg

so I am pretty sure the connection between the website and S3 is fine.

It looks like I have wasted your time. I just restarted the computer and relogged into the site to check on plugins and I logged straight in.

I am baffled because the login process has been slow for awhile. It feels like I posted the message explaining the situation and that act fixed whatever was happening.

Thank you, and here’s hoping it doesn’t recur now that I am posting it is fixed.

(1) – I looked into the EXIF method and it seems like it would work if I understood how to use it. The documentation needs some simple examples with actual values. Especially with all of those warning signs about “cannot undo changes if this button is pressed”.

I found a program that allowed adding tags to images. I then used a different program for verification purposes and clicked on it’s “EXIF” tab. The EXIF tab says “XPKeywords Category1;Category2”, which are the tags I added in the first program.

How would the Assistant be set up to read that EXIF data and set the categories for the images?

(2) – Going the “latest uploaded images” route through the assistant is laborious because after uploading it is necessary to click assistant, choose the latest month, click the filter button, click the last button that takes you to the most recent uploaded images for the month, and then clicks on the back one page button depending on how many items per page the interface is set to.

(3) – Is there a setting somewhere to make the categories show up in the image listings?

(4) – Showing an edit button along with the categories and tags on the image page seems like it would be useful to many people. I could probably understand instructions on how to do that.

I just happened to notice there is an “edit media” button up at the top of the page in the wordpress admin bar that goes right to the media edit page.

So I can get to the edit screen for gallery images, but if you have the time, I would still be interested in hearing how to get an edit button to show up down on the area with the image showing in it.