Setting up/Disabling Adoptapet

October 26, 2023 at 5:36 AM

When setting up Adoptapet for a new site, follow these steps:

1. Go to System Options

2. Click Upload Locations

3. Click Create

4. On that page that loads, enter the following:

   • Description: This should match the "Upload To" field

   • URL: for Adoptapet, enter ftp://autoupload.adoptapet.com

   • Photo URL: for Adoptapet, enter ftp://autoupload.adoptapet.com/photos/

   • Username: This is a mandatory field, but not used on this page, so enter “See tblPetFinderAccount". 

   • Password: This is a mandatory field, but not used on this page, so enter “See tblPetFinderAccount". 

   • Upload To: Select Adoptapet from the drop-down options

   • Site Code: this field is not used, so leave it blank

   • Payload: enter the following (or it won't upload) - { UsePassiveFtp : true }

   • Make sure there are no spaces at the end of URLs!

5. Click Save

6. Return to System Options

7. Click on Regions

8. Make sure the correct username and password are entered against any uploading Region - these are CASE SENSITIVE so ensure they are entered correctly. 

9. Save any changes. 

10. Return to System Options

11. Click on Background Tasks

12. Find the option for Adoptapet Upload and tick the checkbox.

13. In the drop-down at the bottom of the page select "enable task" then click "Apply to selected".  This will enable the task to run.

 Running a Manual Export: 

1. Go to System Options

2. Click Background Tasks

3. Find the option Adoptapet Upload (Include All Photos) if the site has never used Adoptapet before. If it has, use the option Adoptapet Upload. 

4. Click Run

5. To check it's working, open a web browser and go to ftp://autoupload.adoptapet.com

6. When prompted, log in using the ID & Password lodged against the region in question (remember they are case sensitive)

7. Once the task has run, a file will appear here with the region login as the header

8. Click the login header to view the data sent

9. Click the Photo to view the images sent. 

Re-uploading Photos: 

1. Go to System Options

2. Click Background Tasks

3. Find the option Adoptapet Upload (Include All Photos)

4. Click Run

When you need to disable Adoptapet for a site, follow these steps:

1. Go to System Options

2. Click Upload Locations

3. Find the option Adoptapet

4. Click Delete

5. You should see a Success! message

6. Return to System Options

7. Click on Background Tasks

8. Find the option for Adoptapet Upload and un-tick the checkbox.

9. In the drop-down at the bottom of the page select "Disable task" then click "Apply to selected".