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Bulk changing of Album Thumbnail option

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  1. darkufo

    Contributor
    Joined: Mar '11
    Posts: 123

    Hi,

    I have an album with 50 Sub-Albums and each of the 50 have 10 Sub-Albums. These 50 all have the Default Thumbnail option set to Random. Is there any way that I can do a bulk edit/change to set the 50 and their subalbums to Most Recent rather than Random?

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    acrylian

    Developer
    Joined: Jul '07
    Posts: 13,367

    I am afraid, no. Except changing it in the database direclty.

    Btw, I somehow thought we once changed the default to latest to avoid overhead.

    EDIT: Forget what I said... Of course there is. On the admin overview page there is a button "reset albumthumbs".

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    Posted 2 years ago #
  3. darkufo

    Contributor
    Joined: Mar '11
    Posts: 123

    Ah thanks acrylian, I was afraid you'd say that.

    Is the database change simple that I can do in my database panel.

    I know SQL and not afraid to do that.

    It seems for me the default is random

    Posted 2 years ago #
  4. darkufo

    Contributor
    Joined: Mar '11
    Posts: 123

    Thanks

    "EDIT: Forget what I said... Of course there is. On the admin overview page there is a button "reset albumthumbs"."

    What happens to my other albums that I've already configured to use a specific image. I only want it for these 50 and their subs.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    sbillard

    Chief Developer
    Joined: May '07
    Posts: 9,770

    The global option of course resets ALL albums. If you want to reset indivigual ones you have to do that from the album's edit page.

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    Posted 2 years ago #
  6. darkufo

    Contributor
    Joined: Mar '11
    Posts: 123

    Thanks.

    How can I stop new albums that are created having this as the default option.

    It's really slowing our site down having random images displayed.

    Cheers
    Andy

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    sbillard

    Chief Developer
    Joined: May '07
    Posts: 9,770

    Use the second button of the utility to set the default. But note, Unless you select a specific image as the album thumb it is unlikely to change the performance. Each of the other options require fetching all the album images.

    Don't forget to read the Forum rules and usage resources
    Posted 2 years ago #
  8. darkufo

    Contributor
    Joined: Mar '11
    Posts: 123

    Ah thanks, makes sense.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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