High quality category thumbnails on the index page

[jay-jay]

I've been trying to make this work all weekend on my site http://xn--thinnhin-m1ae.com/admin.php. All I want is have some large sized pictures on the index page under the category titles, with no album titles or information. I've scanned over forum posts for hours, and tried different things, but nothing works. I've changed the setting for content of the main page to catlist only, and for the option to 'show first level album thumbnails in categories' I've selected 'no'. Then I've removed the sections for $alb_list[$alb_idx]['album_info'] from the index page to remove the file information, and then I've increased the size of my thumbnail pics to 350 pixels. The problem I've got now is that all I see is very poor quality photos. Also, when clicked on, the pictures and category names link to nothing. I'm thinking that it would be simpler to just wipe out the picture/file info content from the index file and insert my own php code for pics and links, but I was hoping to find a way to manage this within the application and I'm sure there is a straightforward solution, even if I haven't read one on this forum. What are the steps I need to do?

[Joachim Müller]

I've changed the setting for content of the main page to catlist only

That's nonsense. That setting needs to contain at least catlist and alblist. You can't set the album thumbnail setting to a value that is dramatically higher than the actual thumbnail resolution. If you do that, your album thumbnails will look pixeled. Also, you're using a custom theme that renders the "Powered by Coppermine" tag nearly invisible, which is a clear license breach. Restore the readability of the "Powered by Coppermine" link.

[jay-jay]

Okay, I've restored alblist.

So is there a way of increasing the thumbnail resolution? Otherwise, would you agree that the best option for what I want to do is to just insert pics directly into the index and album pages?

Regarding the Coppermine credits, the theme was supplied by Siteground, so I have no idea why it doesn't appear (all I've done to their template is change the top logo). How do I insert it?

[jay-jay]

Update: Credits fixed. Thumbnail resolution still unresolved.

[Joachim Müller]

So is there a way of increasing the thumbnail resolution?

Yes: change the corresponding option in coppermine's config, then use the admin tools to re-create the thumbnails in the size you specified.

[jay-jay]

Yes, it is all fixed. FYI, I had to delete the pic that was already displayed on the index page, as it's resolution didn't update, while the thumbnails that appeared on the album page updated fine. I then inserted one of those pics into the thumbnail upload section on the category page, and now it appears fine on the index page.

Thanks Joachim.