Thumbnail generation

Nell · 2006-03-17 02:05:40

This might be a silly question, but I searched everywhere and couldn’t find an answer.

I need to generate thumbnails of the images I upload. I was reading this tutorial and it mentions that since RC5 is out, TXP comes with a built-in thumbnail generator.

But I don’t see any thumbnail generation tools in admin. I’m using TXP 4.0.3.

How can I do this?

Thank you.

Last edited by Nell (2006-03-17 04:10:21)

squaredeye · 2006-03-17 03:00:35

Neil,
Have you been to the images tab?
UPload an image.
Its all right there.

If that doesn’t suit your fancy, try glx_admin_resize

Good luck

Nell · 2006-03-17 03:05:15

I have uploaded images, and I only see a field that says “Upload thumbnail”. Nothing to generate one.

Could it be that I’m missing something in my server?

Thank you Matthew.

Edited to add: Maybe I’m not being clear, sorry about that. I want Textpattern to generate automatically the thumbnails for me, so I don’t have to make every thumbnail in Photoshop and then upload it.

Last edited by Nell (2006-03-17 04:11:38)

wet · 2006-03-17 07:20:19

The “Generate thumbnail” panel is only shown if your host supports server-side image generation (namely the gd library).

So the lack of that panel is an indication that your webspace has no graphics features installed. Talk to your host on whether this is an accidental omission or a billable add-on.

Last edited by wet (2006-03-17 07:20:52)

Nell · 2006-03-17 19:29:47

Thank you wet! I had no idea this was needed. Is this somewhere in the documentation? I couldn’t find it.

wet · 2006-03-17 20:38:24

No, it isn’t documented.

Nell · 2006-03-17 22:55:45

Thanks again :)

Nell · 2006-03-18 02:12:02

My server already had the gd library installed :(
Is it necessary to configure it or something?

wet · 2006-03-18 18:26:09

No, it either works, or it does not.

I have once seen an installation of PHP which was compiled without gd support though the library itself was installed on the server. Maybe someone with a more in-depth knowledge of PHP, gd and their connections could assist, as I am by no means an expert on this field.

jammo · 2006-03-19 06:25:27

here to assist with a few screen shots amigo.

browse & upload your image

Enter thumbnail image size

Image is thumbnailed

Image had re-thumbnailed

i hope these explanations help you better.

Nell · 2006-03-19 09:08:42

Thanks wet, guess I’ll have to ask my friendly neighborhood PHP expert.

Thanks jammo. Unfortunately something is wonky with my server and it won’t even show me the size fields.

By the way, lovely tattoo. Very nice design and investigation!

jammo · 2006-03-19 16:44:08

in your favorite text editor, enter this:
phpinfo();

the output should reveal something about your installed GD library.
as you can see, mine says i have version 2.0.28, enabled, etc …

i hope your problem can be resolved.
just ask your host. most current hosts enable GD for you.

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