topic Re: When/how are thumbnails generated for ftp'd files? in Alfresco Archive

When/how are thumbnails generated for ftp'd files?

dc41 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:41:30 GMT

Thumbail create works fine when files are upload via the documentlibreary , but we've just upload a number of images via ftp to the doclib, and none of them have thumbnails. Do I need to create a rule for thumbnail generation for those files upload via alternative methods?

Re: When/how are thumbnails generated for ftp'd files?

mikeh — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:35:35 GMT

They'll be queued for creation as soon as the DocLib tries to display the thumbnails.

Mike

Re: When/how are thumbnails generated for ftp'd files?

jtp — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:08:28 GMT

Another person else imported many files from a zip file using the /alfresco interface. I'm browsing through them and when I click on one to view it, it shows myself as the last modifier. I click back to the file listing in the doc library, and all the documents in that directory show myself as the last modifier, except one that isn't a standard extension. Could thumbnail generation make the system think that I modified the document? All I'm doing is viewing the listings.

Re: When/how are thumbnails generated for ftp'd files?

dc41 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:04:51 GMT

Still no thumbnails. If I upload files view the browser in Share, thumbnails appear. If the files are placed in the site by any other means, no thumbnails are ever generated. Is there a way to manually start the thumbnail process? Which program specifically generates the small png file?

OpenSource 3 on a Fedora 10 box.

Re: When/how are thumbnails generated for ftp'd files?

dc41 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:11:14 GMT

Figured it out. Convert was set with 644x permission. I changed that to 777x permission, and thumbnails are now being generated for all files.