Can i change the thumbnail

linspatz

Joined: 2002-08-21
Posts: 3

Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 02:10

I would like to change my thumbnails for my pictures. I try to replace/delete them and i get the error:
ERROR:> Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access).

Please help me

muggles

Joined: 2002-08-19
Posts: 22

Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 02:39

Can you give us a little more info to go on?

1) URL to your gallery
2) Gallery version
3) OS gallery is installed on
3) Browser which caused error
4) Anything else that may help

Thank You

linspatz

Joined: 2002-08-21
Posts: 3

Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 03:30

URL: http://www.tonk.biz/vn/gallery/
Ver: 1.31
OS: I think its linux
Browser: It was FTP program

I just wanna use my own thumbnail and not a minimized one of hte picture

vallimar

Joined: 2002-08-15
Posts: 487

Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 07:11

Probably the only way to do that is to go in and replace the
generated thumbnail with your own. Just make sure you name
it the same and place it in the same place and that should take
care of it.

There is no way to do this from within Gallery and to add it would not
be a simple task I think.

As for those errors, I've seen that happen when you delete the file or
the permissions, but you haven't done anything through gallery.

linspatz

Joined: 2002-08-21
Posts: 3

Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 12:19

thats what i tried but i got this nice little error
ERROR:> Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access).

infact i can not change delete add anything in the albums folder though a ftp. -.-

gary_c

Joined: 2002-08-22
Posts: 1

Posted: Thu, 2002-08-22 02:44

I tried to change a thumbnail via ftp but couldn't change the file permissions. Normally I can change the permissions either using WS_FTP (Windows) or using the file manager that my domain host provides through their control panel. With Gallery's albums, though, the CHMOD change attempts were blocked. I'm not sure yet what was causing the failure; maybe somebody with more UNIX knowledge can help out on that.

What I wanted to do was replace the default movie thumbnails (for mpegs) with custom thumbnails made with stills from the movies. I saw in the album's file listing that each mpeg thumbnail has a unique number (though they all show the same default image), so I figured I could replace each one with a still. Didn't work, though, since Gallery seems to be protected the albums from "tampering."

-- gary_c

vallimar

Joined: 2002-08-15
Posts: 487

Posted: Thu, 2002-08-22 04:36

Well, in all probability, the files are owned by the httpd daemon
and not you, which probably also means you only have read access
to them. Therefore, any attempt on your part to modify the permissions
of these files will fail. You can ask the server admin to manually change
the permissions for you so that you may modify the files to your liking
but outside that, I'm not sure what more you can do.

linspatz Joined: 2002-08-21 Posts: 3	Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 02:10
	I would like to change my thumbnails for my pictures. I try to replace/delete them and i get the error: ERROR:> Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access). Please help me
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muggles Joined: 2002-08-19 Posts: 22	Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 02:39
	Can you give us a little more info to go on? 1) URL to your gallery 2) Gallery version 3) OS gallery is installed on 3) Browser which caused error 4) Anything else that may help Thank You

linspatz Joined: 2002-08-21 Posts: 3	Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 03:30
	URL: http://www.tonk.biz/vn/gallery/ Ver: 1.31 OS: I think its linux Browser: It was FTP program I just wanna use my own thumbnail and not a minimized one of hte picture

vallimar Joined: 2002-08-15 Posts: 487	Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 07:11
	Probably the only way to do that is to go in and replace the generated thumbnail with your own. Just make sure you name it the same and place it in the same place and that should take care of it. There is no way to do this from within Gallery and to add it would not be a simple task I think. As for those errors, I've seen that happen when you delete the file or the permissions, but you haven't done anything through gallery.

linspatz Joined: 2002-08-21 Posts: 3	Posted: Wed, 2002-08-21 12:19
	thats what i tried but i got this nice little error ERROR:> Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access). infact i can not change delete add anything in the albums folder though a ftp. -.-

gary_c Joined: 2002-08-22 Posts: 1	Posted: Thu, 2002-08-22 02:44
	I tried to change a thumbnail via ftp but couldn't change the file permissions. Normally I can change the permissions either using WS_FTP (Windows) or using the file manager that my domain host provides through their control panel. With Gallery's albums, though, the CHMOD change attempts were blocked. I'm not sure yet what was causing the failure; maybe somebody with more UNIX knowledge can help out on that. What I wanted to do was replace the default movie thumbnails (for mpegs) with custom thumbnails made with stills from the movies. I saw in the album's file listing that each mpeg thumbnail has a unique number (though they all show the same default image), so I figured I could replace each one with a still. Didn't work, though, since Gallery seems to be protected the albums from "tampering." -- gary_c

vallimar Joined: 2002-08-15 Posts: 487	Posted: Thu, 2002-08-22 04:36
	Well, in all probability, the files are owned by the httpd daemon and not you, which probably also means you only have read access to them. Therefore, any attempt on your part to modify the permissions of these files will fail. You can ask the server admin to manually change the permissions for you so that you may modify the files to your liking but outside that, I'm not sure what more you can do.

Can i change the thumbnail

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