k3davis

Currently all of the toolbar customization settings are global (can’t be changed per instance).

Kevin

I understand better what you’re saying now. However, I hesitate to implement this suggestion for a number of reasons. I don’t think this option would be generally helpful for the vast majority of the users of the plugin. Also, the maximum file size is a moving target from site to site, as mentioned above, and perhaps even impossible to determine accurately. (In your suggested scenario, it’s possible that files of 9MB would still appear but not work.) To make matters worse, some servers are configured in such a way that I don’t have a 100% reliable method of obtaining the file size in the first place.

Here’s a hint toward implementing it yourself, though, if you’re interested in trying it. Find this block of code in gviewer.php (currently around line 70):

$fsize = gde_formatBytes($status['fsize']);

		$code =<<<HERE
%A%
<iframe src="%U%" class="gde-frame" style="width:%W%; height:%H%; border: none;" scrolling="no"></iframe>\n
%B%
HERE;

and try replacing these relevant portions:

$fsize = gde_formatBytes($status['fsize']);

		$max_mb_size = '10'; // set max size to display (in MB)

		if ($status['fsize'] > $max_mb_size*1024*1024) {
			$code = "%A% File too large to embed.\n %B%";
		} else {
			$code =<<<HERE
%A%
<iframe src="%U%" class="gde-frame" style="width:%W%; height:%H%; border: none;" scrolling="no"></iframe>\n
%B%
HERE;
		}

You can of course change the text to your liking, or just remove it, but the %A% and %B% show the download link (depending on whether you’ve set the position to above or below the viewer) so you’ll want to leave one or both of these.

Let me know if you need more help. I’ll keep considering if this idea is something that should be implemented into the plugin as a setting in the future.

Kevin

Hi again,

The memory limitation is one of a number of things, depending on your setup. Google, mainly, and perhaps your local PHP configuration (especially if using the Enhanced Viewer). There is no “magic number” that is a file too big. It seems to vary from 7-12MB, generally.

Your best option is to optimize your embedded documents for web use. If you’re embedding a PDF, you only need to have the document at a screen resolution, not print-ready. This should result in a small enough file even on very large and graphics intensive documents. Then, if you need to allow download of a “higher resolution” version as well, you can add that link without embedding it.

In short, Google’s viewer can’t handle large files due to the nature of how it operates. You must adequately compress the files to have good results. Since I don’t have access to the file size limit, and it varies from place to place based on configuration and network condition, I’m not sure how I can account for this in the plugin.

If I have misunderstood your question/request, please let me know.

Thanks,

Kevin

Hi bashquandry,

Honestly I haven’t done any of the work to see how difficult it would be to do this, so I’m not sure. The plugin was designed to use the public viewer and not the Docs (now “Drive”) functionality, with user authentication and the whole bit. So I’m not sure off the cuff how feasible that extension would be. I will look into it for the future.

Thanks for asking – it’s good to know what options people are looking for when I go to improve the plugin.

Kevin

Hi jbierman,

The issue here is that the file you’re linking to, while it ends in XLS, is actually an HTML document. When I open it in Excel, it warns me of this (extension doesn’t match file type). I save it as a native XLS document, and it embeds normally using GDE, with no (obvious) loss of formatting.

Hope this helps!

I don’t see the plugin being used on that page.

The message you mention is Google generated, but the plugin may come in to play along the way – I’d have to see the URL and error message to know for sure. You can post here or use the “Support” link in your plugin list or the footer of the settings page.

Kevin

There are many plugins and tutorials on the web that explain this. Here is one (at random). Google “how to install google analytics in wordpress” or something similar for others. Once the tracking code is working on your site and you’ve set the GDE options as above, you should be all set.