images uploaded by ftp don't get thumbs in ressource browser

Can i somehow trigger it to generate them?

Not without CRON and a custom bit of code. It’s likely a permissions difference between the FTP user and the Apache/PHP user.

Quote from: rthrash at Mar 18, 2008, 02:16 PM

Not without CRON and a custom bit of code. It’s likely a permissions difference between the FTP user and the Apache/PHP user.

Could you elaborate a little on the way that code should be implemented? I am hoping someone allready has a solution to share but I’d be willing to go write some code for this but I certainly could use some pointers.

On a sidenote I wouldn’t need a cron-job because I just uploaded by ftp because i needed to upload quite a few to make a start. In the future they’ll typically be uploaded individually by the resource browser. Setting up a CRON however wou

The resource browser will generate it’s own thumbnail on the fly, provided that it has permissions to:

a) read the image file
b) create a new .thumb_blah.jpg file in the same folder as blah.jpg

The resource browser runs under the same process as php on the webserver, so whatever user this process runs as will need the appropriate permissions to access the folder where the images are.

To test this, you could set the permissions on the folder and it’s files to 0777 using your FTP client - then try using the resource browser. On most servers, this will enable thumbnails to be generated. You may need to talk to your server admin/ISP to fully resolve the permissions required.

then try using the resource browser.

Will the resource browser generate the thumbs simply by using it? Or are they generated during the upload?

Simply by using it - they’re generated on demand, provided that the resource browser has permissions to do so - see above.

Good to know, thanks