Couple Questions about CMSs

[TaintedPearls]

For those of you using a cms to run your site and photobucket to host images, please answer this question.

Do you have to upload your images to both your server and photobucket?

Is there a script that you only have to upload to photobucket?

[Smurfwicked]

For those of you using a cms to run your site and photobucket to host images, please answer this question.

Do you have to upload your images to both your server and photobucket?

Is there a script that you only have to upload to photobucket?

I'm not using my scripts to host images on photobucket but I think I can answer.

Do you have to upload your images to both your server and photobucket?
If you want them to be in both places yes.

Is there a script that you only have to upload to photobucket?
It would be possible to have it where all your images was hosted on photobucket and not on your server if you wanted. I really don't see the point in having them on your server when you use photobucket for hot linking them anyways.

[TaintedPearls]

I'm not using my scripts to host images on photobucket but I think I can answer.

Do you have to upload your images to both your server and photobucket?
If you want them to be in both places yes.

Is there a script that you only have to upload to photobucket?
It would be possible to have it where all your images was hosted on photobucket and not on your server if you wanted. I really don't see the point in having them on your server when you use photobucket for hot linking them anyways.

i have marshall's graphic and layouts scripts and you have to upload to both photobucket and the server for the scripts to work. i'm trying to find a script that lets you just host on photobucket and it pulls the images from there with the link you input.

[Smurfwicked]

i have marshall's graphic and layouts scripts and you have to upload to both photobucket and the server for the scripts to work. i'm trying to find a script that lets you just host on photobucket and it pulls the images from there with the link you input.

Okay. Well that actually should make for a easy modification then. What you would want to do is this:

Find every place of code where the script pulls the image locally from your server to be displayed on your site and replace that with the code that is used to when the code for that image is to be used that links that same image to photobucket.

If you can paste those 2 small section of codes I might be able to help you make the modification yourself.

[SlickEddie]

i have marshall's graphic and layouts scripts and you have to upload to both photobucket and the server for the scripts to work. i'm trying to find a script that lets you just host on photobucket and it pulls the images from there with the link you input.

With a non-database type cms, the cms uses the images on your site to build the pages. Access to the file list on photobucket is probably restricted and if it weren't, it wouldn't be as efficient as if you had the images locally. Plus, it's always a good idea to have it locally as a backup and in case photobucket goes down for the day.

With a database type cms you can have the set up you are looking for as the list of graphic files are stored in the db.

[marshall_26]

SlickEddie is correct, I'd suggest a system that uses a database.

The scripts your referring to use the local files to build reference since there is no database to store that information.

This is the biggest reason I no longer write scripts that don't use a database, there are too many limitations ;)

[TaintedPearls]

so marshall your new script doesn't require double upload?

[marshall_26]

so marshall your new script doesn't require double upload?

Only if your using the automated import feature.

If you just add a layout, graphic etc.. in the admin panel, no it doesn't.

Also if your using the photobucket importer (for graphics only) it doesn't require it.