Switching to no medium-size photos

[memobug]

I would like to make a change in the way my photopost gallery operates so that I will only have a single size photo.

I have been running like this for years:

Max allowable image width=800
Max allowable image height=640
Trigger medium height & width=641
Save and display medium and large images?=yes

Q1: If I turn off "Save and display medium and large images?" what happens to existing medium size images?

Q2: Will I need to rebuild images or manually delete intermediate sizes from the database, or what?

Regards

Matt

[Chuck S]

Try setting medium to 0 and then run a rebuild medium scan.

I would have to do further testing to see the ramifications of doing something like this midstream on how it effects or the way to get rid of mediums

[memobug]

Originally Posted by omegatron

I would have to do further testing to see the ramifications of doing something like this midstream on how it effects or the way to get rid of mediums

I would appreciate it!

Regards,

Matt

[MonchaVX]

Any word on this?? I'd sure like to rid my site of the medium images.

[Chuck S]

You can have no medium is you set medium threshold to 0 but your not going to get rid of mediums already built unless you edit the sql in the photos table

[memobug]

Hi Chuck,

Do you mean no NEW mediums will be generated but the existing mediums and links to them will remain?

Regards,

Matt

[Chuck S]

I mean if you set medium to 0 no mediums will be created for new images correct but as always existing mediums will show

If your familar with sql you can use phpmyadmin and issue a command to set all mediums to 0 so they do not display

UPDATE photos SET medium='0' WHERE medium != '0'

[coloradok5]

Originally Posted by omegatron

I mean if you set medium to 0 no mediums will be created for new images correct but as always existing mediums will show

In addition you would aslo have to set "Save and display medium and large images?=no" Correct?

[Michael P]

No - that option is just for saving thumbnails and no medium or large images.

[coloradok5]

Originally Posted by Michael P

No - that option is just for saving thumbnails and no medium or large images.

OK, thanks, I kind of thought that but wasn't sure, I like not having the extra image stored plus it gives the gallery a cleaner look.

[Pauline Kenny]

I have just upgraded to 5.0 and would like to get rid of my medium photos. Has this SQL query changed with the new release?

UPDATE photos SET medium='0' WHERE medium != '0'

I do not see a "medium" field in the photos table. I see 3 fields: medwidth, medheight, medsize.

Second Question:
Once I run this query to change the fields for the medium images, do I then go up to the server and delete all images in all medium folders?

Thanks!!

[Michael P]

You would need to run:

UPDATE photos SET medwidth=0,medsize=0,medheight=0 WHERE medsize > 0;

And then you could remove the files withing the medium folders, yes.

[Pauline Kenny]

Thanks - that did it!