Hey Pete, I'm actually on shared hosting, so I can't modify the core files.
I did try extending the dmImage object to change this property, but it wouldn't "take". As I'm now using the CFImage plugin to replace the built in resizing with CF8's resizing, I'm not sure if this would apply anyway. Cheers, K. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Pete Kucera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kay, > I'm not sure if this is the same in FC 4, but it's a start. > > If you can locate the cfproperty tag for the thumbnail image (in FC 5, it's > in core/packages/types/dmImage) you can set the pad color by changing the > color in ftPadColor. See property below. > > <cfproperty ftSeq="26" ftFieldset="Image Files" name="ThumbnailImage" > type="string" hint="The URL location of the thumnail of the uploaded image > that should be used in " required="no" default="" ftType="Image" > ftDestination="/images/dmImage/ThumbnailImage" ftImageWidth="150" > ftImageHeight="150" ftAutoGenerateType="Pad" > *ftPadColor="##ffffff"*ftSourceField="SourceImage" > ftCreateFromSourceDefault="true" > ftAllowUpload="true" ftlabel="Thumbnail Image" /> > > I know you have read Daemon's position on modifying directly in the core, > but I agree with you on this small attribute. Keep a log of small changes > you'll have to make when you upgrade core's. > > Good Luck! > > Pete Kucera > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Kay Smoljak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> I'm using Jeff's excellent CFImage plugin for FarCRy 4.0.11 (so, version >> 1.0 of the plugin). >> I have a simple requirement on one particular site: when FarCry generates >> thumbnails, it pads them with a white background. On this site, I need them >> padded with black. >> >> I'm looking through the documentation and I think I can do it by extending >> the plugin, but that seems like a bit of overkill to change one parameter. >> Also, as I'm on shared hosting, installing any additional plugins is a PITA >> (CFImage is already installed). >> >> Can anyone tell me the simplest possible way to change the thumbnail >> padding colour? >> >> Cheers! >> >> -- >> Kay Smoljak >> business: www.cleverstarfish.com >> coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com >> personal: enterthegoatlady.com | heapsbad.com >> >> >> -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: enterthegoatlady.com | heapsbad.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
