[wp-testers] Thumbnails not updated correctly

[Ryan Scheuermann]

Hi Karl,

This is a known issue.  It's being fixed in the next version of WP, but 
as a solution to your current problem...

The database stores the file path as a serialized array in the 
database.  So, when you're looking through the DB values, you'll see 
something like this:

"file";s:62:"/home/username/public_html/wp-content/uploads/images/plant.jpg"

That number (62) is the number of bytes/characters in the value 
(/home/username/public_html/wp-content/uploads/images/plant.jpg).  So 
when you change the path, you must also change the byte count preceding 
it. 

Try updating that and the images and thumbnails should show up.  Or you 
can re-upload all your images.  The next version of WP will not store 
the absolute path in an array like this.  Sorry for the trouble!  Hope 
this helps!

Ryan Scheuermann

----
Concept 64, Inc. | Phone: 610.349.0703 | Web: www.concept64.com



Karl Wångstedt wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I've come upon a strange problem that I for my life can't seem to 
> solve. I've been searching in the WP support forums and google, but 
> nothing... So I turn here to see if someone might have a solution.
>
> Yesterday I moved my developing site to my standard domain. It's a WP 
> 2.0.2 installation. The developer domain is on the same server and 
> just another subdomain. The developer site has the adress 
> http://utv5.wangstedt.net and my standard site has 
> http://www.wangstedt.net.
>
> Nothing strange about that. I just updated the blog to the new domain 
> name.
>
> But when I then got into edit mode I saw that the pictures I've u/l:ed 
> from within WP didn't show. I figured the database was not upgraded to 
> the new domain everywhere, so I did that manually. (That might be 
> something to add to trac?)
>
> Now the pictures showed, but not the thumbs. But the DB was correctly 
> update with the search paths, and the thumbs were at the right 
> location/folder.
>
> If I u/l a new picture, the thumb is being created correctly and shows.
>
> Anyone know how to solve this so I don't have to u/l all pictures all 
> over?
>
> Thanks
> Karl Wångstedt
> ---------------------------------
> W W W . W A N G S T E D T . N E T
>
> Karl Wångstedt      0278-61 12 33
> Stenhuggarvägen 3g  070-578 13 04
> 821 41  BOLLNÄS
> ---------------------------------
> Det här brevet skickades med en Macintosh från Apple.
> Garanterat virusfri med Mac OS X.
>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-testers mailing list
> wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
>
>
>