Autothumb for DOCman
Version
1.5.1/16.1 (last update on Sep 15, 2011)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
15
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
51634
Date Added
17 September 2006
HI,
After using docman for all my standard files I was quite happy with the reuslts. I then needed to have PSD files uploaded to the server and Autothumb generate the thumbnails for them. I still have not been able to achieve this even with the GD2 & ImageMagick Libraries installed. If Docman & Auto thumb could achieve this, then the plugin and component would get a higher rating.
Thankyou,
Scott.
After using docman for all my standard files I was quite happy with the reuslts. I then needed to have PSD files uploaded to the server and Autothumb generate the thumbnails for them. I still have not been able to achieve this even with the GD2 & ImageMagick Libraries installed. If Docman & Auto thumb could achieve this, then the plugin and component would get a higher rating.
Thankyou,
Scott.
I love the idear of this mod, it's an essential extention for your DOCman but it has a massive shorcomming:
The mod itself uses the PHPthumb classes, which by design use the GD library, and if ImageMagic is installed on the server then the PHPthumb library takes advantage of it, to generate thumbnails faster.
However this is not the case with Auto Thumb, it requires ImageMagic to run, regardless of your GD library install.
So the author has disabled PHPthumbs ability to use GD library, which is what most people have the only option of using when they have there Joomla on a shared hosting plan.
SO for me this was a HUGE dissapointment.
Lets hope they see the light and fix this massive drawback.
The mod itself uses the PHPthumb classes, which by design use the GD library, and if ImageMagic is installed on the server then the PHPthumb library takes advantage of it, to generate thumbnails faster.
However this is not the case with Auto Thumb, it requires ImageMagic to run, regardless of your GD library install.
So the author has disabled PHPthumbs ability to use GD library, which is what most people have the only option of using when they have there Joomla on a shared hosting plan.
SO for me this was a HUGE dissapointment.
Lets hope they see the light and fix this massive drawback.
Owner's reply
Thank you for your feedback. We have put GD support on the todo list for the next version of AutoThumb.
