Thumbnail issues

Hi there,

It should be OK to use a full path on the custom field. About the first comment, yes the plugin uses the first uploaded image but maybe that’s not the best option and I may change that soon so WPP picks up the first image found on the post.

Thanks for your reply, Hector. The problem with specifying the path is that gallery_name in the path will change from post to post, I don’t quite see how this could work.

Is it a complex mod to pick the first linked image rather than the first uploaded image ?

I’ve meanwhile tested the feature post avenue.
Checked the FAQs too:
– /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/cache exists and writable
– GD library loaded on web server (2.3.7)
– added featured images to test posts
But I still get broken images.

Cache contains:
– timthumb_cacheLastCleanTime.touch
– index.php
Both empty.

When I try to view one of the generated thumbnails, I get:

A TimThumb error has occured

The following error(s) occured:
Could not create the index.html file – to fix this create an empty file named index.html file in the cache directory.

Query String : src=https://www.domain.com/wp-path/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/image_name.jpg&h=100&w=200
TimThumb version : 2.8.10

Problem is, index.html does exist in the cache directory.
Any hint ?

It could be a problem with permissions. The cache folder needs to be writable. Try creating an empty index.html file and upload it to the cache directory.

Thanks, that worked !
I created a new empty index.html, gave it 777 permissions and my thumbnails are now showing up based on featured images.
I guess that changing folder permissions was not enough, because the file itself was in 644.

I am however a bit nervous about leaving an html file in 777, what is the minimum permission level required by by TimThumb ?

Try chmodding it to 755.

Thanks for the suggestions, Hector.
I tried 755 and 775, but both result in empty thumbs being displayed. The only premission that seems to work is 777.