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    • CommentAuthorropehawn
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2009
     
    How do you remove images from the gallery. I have deleted the main file and then done a makethumbs and it still shows all the old thumbs, when i try to delete the thumbs from the data folder i do not have the permission and i can not change the permissions either.
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2009
     

    Not sure why you wouldn't have permissions to delete your own thumbnails. If your using FTP you should be able to delete the _thumbs folder or delete all the thumbnails in the folder. Then you can run the makethumbs script and it should remake all the thumbnails from the large pictures.

    Let me know what it is either way in case someone else runs into the same problem.

    • CommentAuthorropehawn
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2009
     
    I am using FTP and it will not let me delete the _thumb folder no matter what i do.
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2009
     

    That's something I have never seen. Try changing the permissions on the folder holding the _thumbs folder to 777 and then see if you can delete it.

    • CommentAuthorropehawn
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2009
     
    It will not let me change the permissions
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2009
     

    Hmmm. I would say your FTP user account is not an admin account for the server. Can you log on to FTP with any other account?

    • CommentAuthorBish153
    • CommentTimeDec 22nd 2009 edited
     
    Having the very same problem. Won't let me delete or change permissions for the _thumbs folders
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 22nd 2009
     

    Would seem to be the same problem as ropehawn to me. If your FTP account is an admin over your directory, you should be able to do anything with the files.

    What is happening is that the makethumbs.php script is creating the _thumbs folder and all the thumbnails in it. When a script makes files and folders using PHP file system functions it sets the server as the file's owner instead of you. On any shared hosting account I have come across this has never been an issue because the FTP account should have rights to do anything with the files. I don't know if it may be an issue with the FTP program being used. I use Filezilla and have never had problems like this.

    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 22nd 2009
     

    You could try and install a PHP file manager of some sort. I did a quick search on the web and came across this simple looking one called File Thingie. Put that in the fig folder and you should be able to manage the files using a web interface.

    • CommentAuthorkroket
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009 edited
     
    Same problem here.
    I've uploaded pics in a gallery, but now I can't remove them.
    I went to /fig/admin and into edit pics, even deleted all the pics
    I didn't want, but still if I go to my site and watch the gallery I can
    see them and opened them. Like my changes wasn't saved. Then I went
    to directory and erased all unwated pics, and now I can still see them in my
    gallery window, but can not opened them. So thumbs are still there.

    Now I've looked a bit around and saw something weird. If I click on my gallery link,
    all my pics are ok and without any unwanted stuff. But If I click on a banner pic wich
    is linked to my gallery site, then I get old gallery with all my unwanted pics... How's
    that possible?
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
     

    kroket, I think your problem is different than the other two users that posted here. They couldn't delete the pics from the server.

    Your problem sounds like a caching problem where you need to refresh the page that the gallery is on. Also deleting the images in a gallery will not delete it's thumbnails, although this really shouldn't matter as fig should only show a thumbnail if the large image exists. You can keep the thumbnail folder clean if you want by deleting all the thunbnails and running the makethumbs.php file again.

    • CommentAuthorAntigen
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009
     
    When in doubt, F5 (refresh) is your friend. Confucius say; trust in shortcuts before banging head on keys.

    Having no issues myself (though my cynicism is baffled by Cademan's cordial nature) I'm hoping for closure for above issues with his very well explained solutions or perhaps further from any above individual that the issue persists so new venues may be imagined.

    Happy Holidays ;)
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009
     

    Thanks for the kind words Antigen. Most of my real world jobs have been in customer support of some kind, so I'm used to dealing with frustrated and, once in a while, angry people.

    • CommentAuthorimagine
    • CommentTimeApr 6th 2010 edited
     
    Just want to add that I have just encountered this problem of not being able to delete the thumbs folder or any of its contents.
    I can see in your script that you have the make directory command set the permissions to 777, but when it ran on my site it created the folder and thumbs with 644 permissions. Using both ftp (filezilla) and a http file manager, I can neither delete nor chmod the files or folder.
    The site is on shared hosting, so not sure what i can do about it at the moment.

    I just setup a test folder to test it and adjust thumbnail sizes, etc. and then went to delete it and ran into this problem.
    • CommentAuthorimagine
    • CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
     
    ok since I had the data folder renamed and sitting in my fckeditor/ckfinder folder structure, I was able to delete the folder and contents using ckfinder.

    doesn't give an answer why it does it, but hopefully it helps someone.
    • CommentAuthordbradbury
    • CommentTimeApr 12th 2010
     
    i couldnt delete either, so i contacted my server, they said to use the option in my control panel, fix chmod and owner rights, then i tried again, and it was fine,, im using 000webhost btw..
    • CommentAuthorFluffy
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2010
     
    Have the same issue here.
    For me to fix my images I had to rename the data folder and make a new one.
    It just won't let me delete or do anything to those thumbnails it's generated.