Thumb creation not working, no error

Kirby 2 Solved ✅
1

Hi there,

I’m trying to make use of the thumb() function within a tag file, but it won’t generate any thumbs. Instead it still refers to the original (png) image files. Unfortunately I also cannot find any error message in the logs of my linux machine (running apache2).

The regarding code snippet:

foreach ($images as $image) {
            $output .= '<a href="' . $image->url() . '" title="' . $image->title() . '" data-dialog="">'
                    . '<img src="' . thumb($image, array('width' => 100, 'crop' => true, 'quality' => 80))->url() . '" alt="' . $image->title() . '" />'
                    . '</a>';
        }

Any suggestions how to proceed here?

Thanks in advance!
Matti

2

Can you generate thumbs outside of the Kirbytag, e.g. through code in your template? Or does the panel create thumbs?

3

If you can’t create thumbs at all, please check whether the thumbs folder exists and is writable by your web server.

4

Nope, nothing happens in the template neither. Again, no error messages in the apache log.

Panel doesn’t create thumbnails neither. I’m running kirby 2.1.0.

Sorry, I forgot to mention, I created a thumbs folder which is writable for the webserver as well.

6

Is the GD Library enabled?

If the thumb generation fails, there is usually no error message. The reason why it might fail, can be several:

  • /thumbs folder missing or not writable or wrong permissions
  • GD Library missing or not working properly
  • Images too big (i.e. > 2000 px width), will fail, you will have to enable ImageMagick to create thumbs for such images
1 Like
7

I installed imagemagick and changed the driver setting in kirby. Now it works fine.
I guess there has been a problem with the libgd configuration or it hasn’t been installed at all.

Still I find, I should get an error message from kirby, if the driver is not found.

Thanks a lot for your help!