Another another Koken migration
Posted: 08 Mar 2021, 05:59
I love koken. I really love it. But I had to upgrade my server, and koken is no more working.
I've been looking for a replacement for days.
I eventually tried X3 and bought it, can't say I love it. It's the one I dislike the less. edit: I actually kind of like it after spending more time with it and seeing the dev reactivity.
I could have tried another one, but they didn't offer a demo or a full refund. Won't even mention the name.
So I managed to rebuild a website with the demo and the forums here were quite helpful.
I understand due to the nature of X3, I have to give up on the extreme versatility of koken's database structure and all that comes with it.
I can also live without the themes, they never really mattered to me.
BUT
I seriously miss the keywords search, and a fully transparent integration with lightroom.
This is the serious issue I have with X3.
I managed to use a plugin to create a folder structure that works with X3. Any change I make in a photo in LR, keywords (not used in X3), caption, title, etc. is supposed to reflect in X3.
But it isn't.
If I understand correctly the problem comes from the page.json file.
When lr updates the website with FTP, if it deletes the page.json file, the changes in the photos are correctly updated, but then any custom image used in an album page is lost. If I don't delete the page.json, well, the update does absolutely nothing.
It's really SUPER not practical.
Is it even possible to do that?
There are a few more little things that annoy me, but with more understanding of how it works I'm pretty sure it'll be ok.
I've been looking for a replacement for days.
I eventually tried X3 and bought it, can't say I love it. It's the one I dislike the less. edit: I actually kind of like it after spending more time with it and seeing the dev reactivity.
I could have tried another one, but they didn't offer a demo or a full refund. Won't even mention the name.
So I managed to rebuild a website with the demo and the forums here were quite helpful.
I understand due to the nature of X3, I have to give up on the extreme versatility of koken's database structure and all that comes with it.
I can also live without the themes, they never really mattered to me.
BUT
I seriously miss the keywords search, and a fully transparent integration with lightroom.
This is the serious issue I have with X3.
I managed to use a plugin to create a folder structure that works with X3. Any change I make in a photo in LR, keywords (not used in X3), caption, title, etc. is supposed to reflect in X3.
But it isn't.
If I understand correctly the problem comes from the page.json file.
When lr updates the website with FTP, if it deletes the page.json file, the changes in the photos are correctly updated, but then any custom image used in an album page is lost. If I don't delete the page.json, well, the update does absolutely nothing.
It's really SUPER not practical.
Is it even possible to do that?
There are a few more little things that annoy me, but with more understanding of how it works I'm pretty sure it'll be ok.