Thumbnail Failure in Nextgen Gallery

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I am getting the same error.

I tried uploading 4 new images to a gallery and it successfully created a thumbnail for the last file I uploaded but it failed on the 3 others. I tried deleting the images and uploading again and failed again.

I am using WP 2.7 RC2 and NextGen 1.0.0 RC2.

Just noticed that 3 files that failed were landscape ones where as the portrait oriented image successfully had a thumbnail created. All were 800×600 (or 600×800 in the portrait’s case).

All fixed!

I found in the bug report list at the link above that someone recommended that using PHP5 instead for 4 would resolve this issue. My 1&1 server was running 4.4.9 and so I added a .htaccess file and forced it to use PHP5 (5.2.6 is running now) and everything works great. All the thumbnails that failed earlier are now created. This is what I added to my .htaccess file:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

Too easy!

Hmm, already running php 5 and that htaccess trick just crashes the entire blog.. Off to look for another solution

netflow – please post anything you find here. i’m having the same problem.

Same issue here – 1&1 server, no thumbnails, only large images showing. caringforapathy’s solution worked for me, too – adding a .htaccess-file forcing php 5 did the trick. Nothing else crashed or looks wrong now…

Thanx , many greetings from Germany – Gabi

Hi! I have the same problem! I’m using 1and1 server.
Please can anybody explain step by step the “.htaccess” thing, i have no idea how to do it.

Thanks.!

It’s an issue with 1and1 and not having PHP 5 as the default install.

Adding the two lines to your .htaccess file will fix the problem. With the new lines in my .htaccess file I have no errors, without it the errors come back.

It is a very confusing problem with 1and1 as it acts as if it is a permissions issue but it’s not.

For step by step…

The way I do it is to show hidden files in my FTP program (currently using Transmit on Mac). I then right click to edit my .htaccess file using what ever text editor I have available. Simply add the two lines:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

I pasted them in the top of the file.

Save file and do a refresh of the overview page for the Gallery. It should now show you are using PHP Version 5.2.6 in the info area.

I have tested this tonight and without running PHP5 this plug-in and several others have issues on 1and1.

I have submitted a ticket to 1and1 about this, but adding the handler and type to the file works just fine.

Thanks for your instructions! I have no luck with that, i’ve created the .htaccess y the “Blog” folder of my site and the NextGen Gallery Overview says Version 5.2.6 but thumbnails not working!

1 and 1 uses shared storage…sometimes it works and if there is not enough memory you get this

Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 33030144) (tried to allocate 3072 bytes) in /homepages/5/d187830993/htdocs/tlb/blog/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/lib/gd.thumbnail.inc.php on line 183

I really need to find another host or upgrade…this sucks

thanks so much caringforapathy and Dyno223! that worked like a charm for me!

Also had the thumbnail problem using nextgen gallery on a 1&1 hosted site. Added the 2 lines as recommended via .htaccess and it worked…..for awhile. Then, it stopped working. Checked .htaccess — and the change was overwritten – reverted to original settings. For this to work, must WordPress core files be installed in a sub-directory and not root? Not understanding why the .htaccess file got overwritten otherwise.

when the .htaccess file had the 2 lines added, was unable to access newly created pages – ‘received Error 403 – Forbidden’ errors. so guess there’s 2 problems. ugh.

when I added the two lines to my htaccess file, IE would then ask me to open/save/cancel any attempt to open a php url.

However in my host’s cpanel php config I was able to switch to version 5. I verified this by reloading the nextGen overview page which lists php v 5.2.8

Still receiving errors when trying to generate thumbnails of 1000 pixel wide landscape photos. Many – but not all. Could this be related to size of the image (filesize – not dimensions) ?