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Dynamic album thumbnail? - kocho - 2013-08-05
Hi all,
I hope I haven't missed this somewhere on the forum or user guide, but is it possible to set a specific thumbnail image for an .alb / dynamic album?
I have a folder and within that, 6 or 7 dynamic albums. I can't work out how to give each of those dynamic albums a specific thumbnail (not based on last viewed, most viewed, etc).
Any ideas?
Dynamic album thumbnail? - fretzl - 2013-08-05
As with all albums you can set the thumbnail manually on the backend. On your album page there's a "Thumbnail" dropdown where you can choose the thumbnail.
(admin -> albums -> parent album -> dynamic album -> locate the "Thumbnail" dropdown)
Dynamic album thumbnail? - kocho - 2013-08-05
The options are only:
first alphabetically
most recent
most viewed
oldest
random
Aren't they?
If that's the case, then I cant select a specific thumbnail (amazingthumbnail.jpg for example) to be the thumbnail for the dynamic album.
Dynamic album thumbnail? - fretzl - 2013-08-05
Below those options, in the same dropdown, you should see all filenames present in the album.
Dynamic album thumbnail? - kocho - 2013-08-07
Thanks fretzl for getting back to me.
Just to confirm, what I have is:
album
-- dynamic album
-- dynamic album
-- dynamic album
For each of those dynamic albums (which obviously contain albums inside each of those), I want a thumbnail to be specified.
In the drop down for each of those dynamic albums, I only see:
first alphabetically
most recent
most viewed
oldest
random
but no subsequent filenames of images within its folder/s.
I had a look, and this goes for any .alb folder in my installation.
Dynamic album thumbnail? - acrylian - 2013-08-07
It really should look like this:
http://www.zenphoto.org/test/dynalbum-thumbselector.jpg.html
If it doesn't you should review your error logs.
Dynamic album thumbnail? - sbillard - 2013-08-07
If there are no images in the root dynamic album you will not get the list of images [sic]. To use an image from a subalbum (or any other image) as a thumbnail you will need to edit your dynamic album file. Add the line `THUMB=/album/image.jpg` to the `.alb` file.
You may need to refresh the database if the thumbnail does not initially show up.