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Title: why can't i upload, says my .gif file is "Not a GD extension"?
Post by: neorder on July 15, 2004, 04:07:44 PM

1. hig.gif Not a GD extension.
2. SP32-20040405-003647.gif Not a GD extension.

i do have GD2 installed at my server.

Title: Re: why can't i upload, says my .gif file is "Not a GD extension"?
Post by: Joachim Müller on July 15, 2004, 04:49:12 PM

There's currently no GIF write support in GD (only gif read support), that's why you can't upload gifs with automatic thumbnail creation.
There are three options:
1) wait untill gif support returns in GD (the patent that caused non-gif support has expired, but your webhost will probably not install the next GD version as soon as it comes out)
2) use ImageMagick to work with gifs, but remember there are drawbacks as well: there's no support for animated gifs and there's no compression for modified gifs, leaving the thumbnail size ridiculously large (you can't install ImageMagick yourself, your webhost would have to anyway: not really an option)
3) Change coppermine config: let GIFs be handled as documents/movies instead of images. There are postings on this board that explain in detail how to do this.

Your issue isn't new, please search the board in the future before asking.

GauGau

Title: Re: why can't i upload, says my .gif file is "Not a GD extension"?
Post by: MisterTea on July 16, 2004, 06:46:14 PM

Thanks this is helpful, I'd like to change the coppermine config but I've been searching the forums for 10 minutes and can't find anything relevant. Can you help me rephrase my search to find the related postings?

Title: Re: why can't i upload, says my .gif file is "Not a GD extension"?
Post by: Joachim Müller on July 17, 2004, 09:34:22 AM

http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=7158.0

GauGau

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Support => cpg1.3.x Support => Older/other versions => cpg1.3 Upload => Topic started by: neorder on July 15, 2004, 04:07:44 PM