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Thu, 11/19/2009 - 00:10
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rboudwin
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Do Not Create New Folders

I do not want new folders created for images. I want my images to go straight into the folder that I specificed in my baseurl and basedir.

I "& images" portion in config.cfm, but it is still creating a subfolder Images. I can view the correct folder, and then the new Images folder that I don't want.

config.resourceType[2].url = config.baseUrl & 'images';
config.resourceType[2].directory = config.baseDir & 'images';
config.resourceType[1].url = config.baseUrl & 'files';
config.resourceType[1].directory = config.baseDir & 'files';
config.resourceType[1].url = config.baseUrl & 'flash';
config.resourceType[1].directory = config.baseDir & 'flash';
to
config.resourceType[3].url = config.baseUrl;
config.resourceType[3].directory = config.baseDir;
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Fri, 11/20/2009 - 03:13
rboudwin
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ckfinder creates new subdirectory

HELP! Anyone?

I do NOT want ckfinder to create folders. My baseurl and basedir paths are pointing correctly to my image folder. The first time I browse the folder in ckeditor with ckfinder, they come up correctly in the folder.

The next time I browse the folders with ckfinder, there is a NEW subfolder with some of my images in it. What is going on with this? I don't want this subdirectory to be created.
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Fri, 11/20/2009 - 14:09
wiktor
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

Please note that baseUrl and baseDir are just helper variables.
All you should do is to change the config.resourceType configuration correctly.

If you want to store images in the "baseDir" folder, then if you leave the default "Files" and "Flash" resource type configuration, you will see them inside of the "Images" resource type, because by default they are subfolders of the "baseDir" directory. For example, if you set baseDir to "/path/to/images/", then images will be located in "/path/to/images/images", files will be located in "/path/to/images/files/" and so on.

So, if your path to images directory is for example:
"/path/to/images/"
but you want also to have files under
"/path/to/files/"
then you should set baseDir to "/path/to/".

If something is still not clear, just paste here your configuration file (please remove sensitive data first), explain where files and images should be located and I'll try to help you.

Wiktor Walc
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Sun, 11/22/2009 - 03:26
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

I don't want it to create the default images and files subfolders.

Using your example, I want all the files to go to /path/to/ - without the images or files subdirectory being created.

Currently, the ckfinder is created /path/to/images/_thumbs/images/_thumbs/images/_thumbs/images/

Why does it keep adding a _thumbs/images beneath the images subfolder? I don't even want the images folder to be created at all.
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Sun, 11/22/2009 - 08:50
wiktor
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

Ok, so now everything is more clear. Set all resource types location to /path/to/ (or even use just one resource type, however if you're using CKFinder with CKEditor you would have to slightly modify the configuration settings passed to CKEditor).

There is a separate configuration for thumbnails:
config.thumbnails.url = config.baseUrl & '_thumbs';
config.thumbnails.baseDir = config.baseDir & '_thumbs';

Because you want to store all uploaded files in "/path/to/", you should move the thumbnails folder outside "/path/to/".

Alternatively, if you set the thumbnails folder to "/path/to/_thumbs/", I think you can try hiding it with "config.hideFolders" setting.

Wiktor Walc
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Sun, 11/22/2009 - 13:35
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

I don't mind it creating a _thumbs directory under my images directory. It's very handy.

What I don't get is why it keeps creating them over and over every time I browse the site images directory.

Shouldn't it only create one folder _thumbs/images and keep posting the thumbnails inside that directory?

Every time I open it, a new _thumbs/images folder is created beneath the last _thumbs/images folder:

"/path/to/_thumbs/images/_thumbs/images/_thumbs/images"
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Wed, 11/25/2009 - 04:04
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders - Please HELP

Once this is resolved, my text editor problems will be over.

I had a client review their site today. They said everything was great with one exception. They wished the text editor would search their image folder better. I had not mentioned a thing about it, so it is being noticed.

Please help me with this as I am sure it will help others. Thank you.
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Fri, 12/04/2009 - 01:20
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

Anyone able to help with this? I didn't find anything on it in the forums. I hope the answer will help others.

Why is my images folder creating images and thumbs subfolders deeper and deeper every single time I view the folder directory?

:cry:

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Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:26
alfonsoml
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

Because it is trying to create a thumbs folder for the _thumbs folder.
Instead of allowing browser that folder you should tell the users to use the context menu with the "use thumb" option.

This might change in the future, but for the moment this is the way that it is.
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Fri, 12/04/2009 - 16:33
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

I'm not understanding.

The software automatically creates a _thumbs folder? Since it doesn't see one in my directory, it is trying to recreate one? If I go ahead and create a _thumbs folder, will it stop creating new subfolders deeper and deeper?

I don't understand what you are saying here "Instead of allowing browser that folder you should tell the users to use the context menu with the "use thumb" option."

Thank you for clarifying.
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Fri, 12/04/2009 - 16:59
alfonsoml
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

Sorry but English is not my native language, so I might not be able to explain this properly to you. Maybe someone else can find the proper words to explain what I want.
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Sat, 12/05/2009 - 03:50
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

I created a _thumbs directory under images (images/_thumbs) and it is still creating more subdirectories:

images/_thumbs/images/_thumbs/images/_thumbs.

Thank you for answering. You English is fine. It's me. I'm just having trouble understanding.

Thank You.
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Sat, 12/05/2009 - 04:15
rboudwin
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

I changed the thumbs directory to : '/sites/images/temp/_thumbs'

The _thumbs path does not show up in ckfinder now. I don't see the creation of that folder anywhere. Could that be right?
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Mon, 12/07/2009 - 23:13
rboudwin
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HELP, Please! Re: Do Not Create New Folders

I would really like for this to create a _thumbs folder under the folder that I specify. Is there not a way to do this?

I want this:

myimages/_thumbs
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Mon, 06/07/2010 - 15:35
sandwich
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Re: Do Not Create New Folders

This folder multiplication problem is really plaguing a client of mine. Any chance of bumping this up in priority a bit?
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