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Old 11-16-2006, 12:26 AM
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i'm having an issue with the custom field thumbnail to url option

whenver i upload a picture for the thumbnail and enter the url, the thumbnail shows up fine but the link is always dead due to the script displaying the url like this:

http://http://www.whatever.com/whate...iamlinkingitto

notice the two "http://"

ive then tried going in afterwards and deleting the url, and placing the url in without http:// and it just adds two of them again

whats going on here? how can I fix it? i tried upgrading to the latest version of gars and didn't seem to do anything.

also how can i customize/fix the block that the thumbnail shows up in. i'd like to resize the thumbnail image (its to small for my liking) and possibly add a text link underneath instead of the image itself being a clickable link.
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Old 11-16-2006, 08:38 AM
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Make certain you are using the latest custom_fields.php module (check geek/gars/mods/edit/ and geek/gars/mods/persist as that was a bug from awhile ago).

To change the dimensions of the thumbnail, edit the custom field's settings.

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Old 11-17-2006, 02:29 AM
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there is no custom_fields.php file in the two folders you told me to check, there is a custom_fields.php module in the other folders (display,persistsettings,and settings) and ive updated all of the files from the latest release.
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Old 11-17-2006, 09:03 AM
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Sorry, I got mixed up there. However I still think its some old files (i.e. geek/gars/includes/gars_custom_fileds_save.php
as this was an old issue that was resolved a little while ago. I also just double checked it on a clean install and it doesnt double dip the http:// part anymore. Can you double check for me?
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Old 11-17-2006, 07:37 PM
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i dont know, like i updated all the files through FTP to the latest release, and I even updated the product file as well and for some reason im still getting that error. could it have anything to do with template edits?

i guess ill just do a fresh install if i have to.
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Old 11-18-2006, 08:48 AM
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I doubt it will do with the template edits. Try a local test install. Maybe the file permissions arent allowing you to overwrite some files? This is the most common reason.
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Make certain you are using the latest custom_fields.php module (check geek/gars/mods/edit/ and geek/gars/mods/persist as that was a bug from awhile ago).

To change the dimensions of the thumbnail, edit the custom field's settings.

HTHs
Just FYI, I downloaded code for a new install on 2/2/07 and I have this issue. Double http://.

Right now I'm just removing them from the DB but I don't think it's fixed yet.

James
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Old 03-04-2007, 12:19 PM
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james can you double check your file date? This was an old issue resolved awhile ago. However if you can also provide a tep by step to duplicate ill double check it
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Old 03-05-2007, 01:37 AM
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james can you double check your file date? This was an old issue resolved awhile ago. However if you can also provide a tep by step to duplicate ill double check it
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It's simple enough to duplicate. I added a Thumbnail To URL custom field called article source that I use to give credit to the news publishing service that I am getting news items from.

Every time I create or save the article, the url gets saved in the database as http://http://url

As I said, I'm pulling the extra http:// out of the database at the moment as a workaround.

James
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Old 03-05-2007, 08:44 AM
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I cant duplicate this. Like I said, this was an old bug quite awhile ago, alkthough the header above is accurate for 2.1.4 - I would suggest checking all of the includes and custom_fileds.php files in your mods sub folder as I have seen this before - a file isnt uploaded because of a perm error (or similar).

You can test this functionality by creating a new article in the Testing ground.

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