Posted by Michael Fesser on 01/23/08 09:07

..oO(Erwin Moller)

>In my opinion you try to fix the wrong thing.
>thumbnailing 800 images is a big job, even for a good server.
>
>I do not understand WHY this thumbnailing must happen when the folder is
>opened.
>Why don't you make a cronjob that checks for missing images, or even
>better: make a thumbnail the moment a new image is added?

Or on-the-fly if the thumb is requested on a web page: if it doesn't
exist, it's created and stored. Pretty easy to do with a custom 404
error handler.

Micha

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