thanks. i'll be honest though, i have no idea what im looking at in the xml file. when i open it in a simple text editor it looks exactly the same as it does in anything else. i just can't understand why it doesn't work on that specific site.

could there be something about the domain/host/server that i'm missing?

thanks for the tattoo comment, although they arent mine...haha. but he does all mine. if you'd like to see his work, check out
memorialtattooatl com . if you are into that kinda thing.

and also, that memorial site is on the same account/host that i'm trying to get this new one to work on. as you can see the same thing i'm trying to do works perfectly on the memorial site.

ugh, its depressing me...haha.

thanks for your help, though!

i'll be honest, i hate to say i have no idea what either nano or vim is. when i edit the xml file on my own, i can do it in either dreamweaver or golive. i suppose this is also where i should say i am on a mac and not normally a web designer/programmer...haha. sorry. i'm a print designer.

previously i have been using the svmanager to create and maintain my galleries on other sites with no probs.

hmmm, i tried it, but nope, the gallery is still not showing up. thanks for the try. any other ideas? i'm beginning to think i might just have to give up and go another route. i'd love to keep using simpleviewer though, as i've never had another issue with it. thanks again!

thanks!
i have no idea what that means, though...haha. sorry.
how would i go about unbreaking it?
or fixing it, rather.

any idea on why it would make a broken xml file here and not somewhere else?

thanks again!

ah, sorry. no, i initially use Transmit to upload the "svmanager" files. and the images are uploaded through the svmanager (and i assume the viewer.swf and everything is made from that). but the initial installation files are the only thing i FTP up there myself.

i will ask the host about hotlink protection.

as an update, i have noticed that the galleries show up locally on my hard drive, it's when they are uploaded, the galleries don't show up. i have made sure that the images and thumbs paths are correct in the xml. i have also made sure all the permissions are correct.

again, the simpleviewer loader plays, but the thumb and image boxes never pop up. just the loader and then the little simpleviewer button link in the bottom right. i don;t get the white Xs or anything.

i am able to change the background color on the gallery, but for some reason, the boxes just don't show. weird, it's driving me crazy. i can do the exact same thing on the same server on a different site and it works perfectly.

any ideas or help? obviously it's driving me insane..haha.

thanks!

thank you for the quick replay.

i have done the compatibility test, all ok.

i am using the same browser, and i have tried multiple browsers to test.

i have been creating new galleries on the old site no problem.

the gallery.xml file is in the correct place and it's contents look exactly the same as the old ones.

a view source on both the old and new galleries also look exactly the same as does everything in the ftp.

it's very odd (obviously) haha.

i even tried to do it the old school way and not use svmanager at all and create the gallery manually, i get the same result.

the gallery is there in svmanager. all the images and thumbs are shown in the images or sort buttons. and it is in the gallery index. it is just when i try to view the gallery that it doesn't show. the loader bar goes but none of the photo boxes or anything show up after that, just a blank screen (or the little simpleviewer button down at the bottom).

i've tried deleting it all and reinstalling it and recreating the galleries about 5 times already, and im ready to pull my hair out. any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. thanks again!

i'll keep trying on my end too.

cool. yeah, that's what i've got. i was just hoping to make it more "automated" to where each buildgallery.php in each folder automatically made the correct image and thumb paths for it's xml.

as it is right now, i have to run the buildgallery, download the gallery.xml, change the paths, then re-upload the xml.

i guess i'm trying to take out the "middleman"...which is me...haha.

thanks!