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Hi,

i must be doing something wrong, cause when i upload images the thumbnails don't show at all, i get broken image holders. how can i fix this? i used firefox initially, but later tried it with safari and still don't work.
in firefox, when i upload an image it doesn't give me any thumbnails at all, it just says 'edit' instead of the thumbnails. in safari, it actually displays squares with question marks where the thumbnails should be. i'm pretty new to indexhibit, and have no idea about coding and css.
please help?

Can you show us your site.

http://www.heesco.net/
i had the images in 'over and over' gallery setting, as to avoid the thumbnail problem. i've changed it to 'grow' so you can see the problem.

Not sure what's up but it's clearly a permissions issue...can't view the files on your site. It's beyond Indexhibit...and unfortunately...it might not work on your site.

oh noooo...
permissions issue with my internet service providers? i've checked with them about the specs and they told me that everything is fine. i can see the files once i click on the broken image holders, it's just the thumbnails are not working.

We've seen this a few times...not all servers are the same even if they meet the same requirements.

The easy fix...go into your files and gimgs folders and change all the files to have permissions of 0644 - they they should work. BUT, you will still have the same problem every time you upload files (so you will need to do it each time).

Could you send me a note about this and I'll try to work with you directly to contact your host about this...I'd like to know why it doesn't work as well...

contact [at] indexhibit [dot] org

As a follow-up to this we solved the problem. It's partially a bug with Indexhibit and partially how this particular server works. We needed to force permissions explicitly onto the image, thumbnail and system thumbnail. So, in the /ndxz-studio/module/exhibits/index.php file at line 1411 we changed to these:

1. @chmod($IMG->path . '/' . $IMG->filename, 0644);
2. @chmod($IMG->path . '/th-' . $IMG->filename, 0644);
3. @chmod($IMG->path . '/sys-' . $IMG->filename, 0644);

This won't necessarily work on all servers, but if you are having this problem it's worth a try.

Hi Vaska A,
It's been working all the time perfectly until I have checked it now. My site is totaly blank?! Why?
On "preview" in Exhibit is blank, too. Only you can see images when you go to "edit".
What is wrong? What happened?

Please help.

Adam

Hi Vaska,
I am experiencing the same problem people are relating above.
I contacted my server, I tried everyhthing they said, I've tried as well what you advised to do...and it is still not working when I am uploading my files, the preview is perfect and then on my website they still appear with the small square and question mark.
what should I do?
thank you in advance

What is your site?

www.clemencejoly.com

the first image works, the other ones don't.
because the first one has been changed by my server.

i just made a post to the forum. I think its probable that my site is experiencing the same problem.
how can i solve it? should i change info on line 1411?

I am experiencing a similar problem, where the photos upload to the gimgs directory but the thumbnail area is not working. It's strange because the thumbnails for my background images are ok. The permissions are all right- the directories are 777 and the files are 644. Is it a problem if I only have three digits to set the permissions?

My webhost says that the problem might be that my PHP server is in 'safe mode' for security issues. This is resulting in my images uploading, but being owned by the server, which restricts my permission writing ability. The problem is that the server doesn't want people uploading files other than images (like PHP's and other scripts)- does the PHP have to be out of safe mode for image uploading and thumbnails to work?

I had the same problems and my web hosting change a dir file and then it was solved.. So no 777 acces problem, nog safe mode.. but.. a directory problem