Thumbnails won’t display

  • ron-s

    (@ron-s)


    16 years, 9 months ago

    Hello everyone,

    I have been trying to trouble shoot an issue (without success) that I hope someone can give me a hand with.

    I choose to use BranfordMagazine as my theme which uses the TimThumb script to generate the thumbnail images for the front page. The problem is that the thumbnails will not display at all.

    I have been working the the author of the theme along the theme forum with no luck, the suggestions I have tried include:

    – Changing the permissions of certain files to 777
    – Changing between relative and absolute url’s along with different url variations.
    – Making sure that GD Library is installed (it is installed by default with php v5.*)
    – Including additions to my .htaccess file as suggested by the TimThumb website.
    – Making sure my default image location is wp-content/uploads

    The TimThumb script does appear to be working, the url for the image that is supposed to be displayed appears as:
    <img alt="" src="http://majesticvacations.net/wp-content/themes/PRiNZ_BranfordMagazine_latest/branfordmagazine/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://majesticvacations.net/wp-content/uploads/shirtbutton.jpeg&;w=75&;h=75&;zc=1"/>

    …the url is where this picture is located and is correct as far as I can tell.

    My site is located at http://www.majesticvacations.net

    Does anyone have any ideas?

    Thanks in advance,

    Ron

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  • henkholland

    (@henkholland)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    http://majesticvacations.net/wp-content/uploads/shirtbutton.jpeg

    yes, thumbs exist but else? It is beyond my knowledge.

    Have you tried re-uploading the theme’s and script files? Maybe something is broken; that happens with ftp uploading.

    Thread Starter ron-s

    (@ron-s)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    henkholland,

    My original install was done with the installer provided by my web host (iPower) on the back-end, while trouble shooting this issue I did try manually reinstalling the files via FTP and I got the same result.

    I am not sure if it is related, however I did notice that the images in my gallery are no longer displaying, my gallery is Gallery 2 which I have had for a couple of years without any problems until recently. Working on this problem as well.

    shane-g

    (@shane-g)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    Have a check with this:

    1 Upload and install this plugin:
    -> http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/filosofo-old-style-upload/

    2 Go to Options > Uploads.
    3 Enter your destination directory. I think the best is to use your images folder in your theme folder so that any images you upload will be in an easily portable place. So the path could be something like /home/server/public_html/wp-content/themes/themefolder/images. The plugin will suggest a path, and it is usually right.
    4 Enter the URI of the folder. It’s something like http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/themefolder/images.
    5 You might as well up your maximum file size. I make it 500 kb.
    6 Allowed file extensions: jpg, jpeg, gif, png,
    7 Minimum level to upload: I leave it at 6 since I have no idea what this means.
    8 Click Update Options.

    Now create a post with thumbnails:

    1. Create an image for your post with the right width and height. The size of the image depends only on the design of your site and where it is going to appear.
    2. Go into the admin of your site. Click on Upload (it’s on the upper nav bar).
    3. Select the file you are uploading, select No Thanks so it won’t create a thumbnail, give it a description (that’s good for Google) and click Upload File.
    4. Once it’s uploaded it will show you the entire URL of the image. Note particularly the last part of the link where it says the name of your image, especially if there are any capitals in any part of the name. You will have to enter the exact file name in step 8.
    5. Go to Create Posts. Enter your post and title as you wish. Make sure to select the category you have selected as the one that will appear with the thumbnails. Now scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen where it says Custom Fields. Click on the plus button to expand it.
    6. Enter the word Image (with a capital I) in the Key field.
    7. In value, enter the exact name of the file you uploaded. For example picture.jpg or image.gif. Click Add Custom Field.
    8. Save your post.

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

    Thread Starter ron-s

    (@ron-s)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    Shane,

    Thanks for your suggestion, for some reason I can not update the options, I am getting a permissions error even though I am logged in as an admin. The specific error says: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

    I have tried permissions to 777 on both the upload folder along with the plugin itself with the same result.

    Have you run across this or have any suggestions?

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