On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM, bmcc <barry.mcca...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,

> I have been slowly getting stronger with ruby and rails, but ofcourse
> the deeper I dig the more problems arrise.

> I have been using the plugin attachment_fu to handle uploading,
> thumbnail creation, and re-sizing of images. I created a scaffold and
> for a model called VillaPic (added has_attachment). I didnt touch the
> code in the edit action. When I upload a VillaPic I have attachment_fu
> create a thumnail with the same name as the original file with _thumb
> appended to the end. My issue is when I change (action => 'edit') the
> name of the main file and hit update it does not update the
> thumbnail's name to reflect the changes unless I pretend to edit the
> file again and hit update without actually changing anything.

> I tried to call these functions in the controller an the model but I
> am having a problem with the parameters and such so I dont even know
> if Im headed in the right direction: find_or_initialize_thumbnail
> (file_name_suffix) and create_or_update_thumbnail(temp_file,
> file_name_suffix, *size). I was just wondering if anyone ever had an
> issue in this area and how you solved it.

> I didnt post any code because everything is working fine but this so
> there really isnt nothing to analyze. If you have ran accross this
> issue with attachment_fu Im sure you will know what Im talking about
> without any code. If not thats cool, maybe you might want to check out
> the plugin when you have some free time.

> Thanks,

> Barry

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Greg Pederson <greg.peder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is the name field being created by the plugin or in the new form?  If it's
> created by the plugin maybe make sure your model/controller code isn't
> taking precedent over the plugin edit functionality....just a thought.  You
> may need to declare the name attribute in your model???
> attr_accessible :name

> Just a long shot guess.

> If you can't work it out or find yourself spending too much time you might
> consider using paperclip as it's really easy to integrate...IMHO

> http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/rails_file_uploads.html

> Greg

> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM, bmcc <barry.mcca...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hello Everyone,

>> I have been slowly getting stronger with ruby and rails, but ofcourse
>> the deeper I dig the more problems arrise.

>> I have been using the plugin attachment_fu to handle uploading,
>> thumbnail creation, and re-sizing of images. I created a scaffold and
>> for a model called VillaPic (added has_attachment). I didnt touch the
>> code in the edit action. When I upload a VillaPic I have attachment_fu
>> create a thumnail with the same name as the original file with _thumb
>> appended to the end. My issue is when I change (action => 'edit') the
>> name of the main file and hit update it does not update the
>> thumbnail's name to reflect the changes unless I pretend to edit the
>> file again and hit update without actually changing anything.

>> I tried to call these functions in the controller an the model but I
>> am having a problem with the parameters and such so I dont even know
>> if Im headed in the right direction: find_or_initialize_thumbnail
>> (file_name_suffix) and create_or_update_thumbnail(temp_file,
>> file_name_suffix, *size). I was just wondering if anyone ever had an
>> issue in this area and how you solved it.

>> I didnt post any code because everything is working fine but this so
>> there really isnt nothing to analyze. If you have ran accross this
>> issue with attachment_fu Im sure you will know what Im talking about
>> without any code. If not thats cool, maybe you might want to check out
>> the plugin when you have some free time.

>> Thanks,

>> Barry

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> I'll second using Paperclip, if that's an option. Just keep in mind
> that if you ever have any reasonable amount of traffic that uploads
> files then trying to process images inline is probably not a good
> idea.

> Anthony

> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Greg Pederson <greg.peder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is the name field being created by the plugin or in the new form?  If it's
> > created by the plugin maybe make sure your model/controller code isn't
> > taking precedent over the plugin edit functionality....just a thought.  You
> > may need to declare the name attribute in your model???
> > attr_accessible :name

> > Just a long shot guess.

> > If you can't work it out or find yourself spending too much time you might
> > consider using paperclip as it's really easy to integrate...IMHO

> >http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/rails_file_uploads.html

> > Greg

> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM, bmcc <barry.mcca...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Hello Everyone,

> >> I have been slowly getting stronger with ruby and rails, but ofcourse
> >> the deeper I dig the more problems arrise.

> >> I have been using the plugin attachment_fu to handle uploading,
> >> thumbnail creation, and re-sizing of images. I created a scaffold and
> >> for a model called VillaPic (added has_attachment). I didnt touch the
> >> code in the edit action. When I upload a VillaPic I have attachment_fu
> >> create a thumnail with the same name as the original file with _thumb
> >> appended to the end. My issue is when I change (action => 'edit') the
> >> name of the main file and hit update it does not update the
> >> thumbnail's name to reflect the changes unless I pretend to edit the
> >> file again and hit update without actually changing anything.

> >> I tried to call these functions in the controller an the model but I
> >> am having a problem with the parameters and such so I dont even know
> >> if Im headed in the right direction: find_or_initialize_thumbnail
> >> (file_name_suffix) and create_or_update_thumbnail(temp_file,
> >> file_name_suffix, *size). I was just wondering if anyone ever had an
> >> issue in this area and how you solved it.

> >> I didnt post any code because everything is working fine but this so
> >> there really isnt nothing to analyze. If you have ran accross this
> >> issue with attachment_fu Im sure you will know what Im talking about
> >> without any code. If not thats cool, maybe you might want to check out
> >> the plugin when you have some free time.

> >> Thanks,

> >> Barry

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> > Founder and Technical Director

> > 407-641-0327 office

> > @gregpederson twitter
> > Nsight Development, LLC.
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