administrator tools

[chkla]

Administrator tools are not very wel explained in the manual. In text they seem to do what I like them to do but the using of the 4th and the 7th effected for me in a database mess and needed a restore.

Maybe it's better that I describe what I want to do and maybe you have a better solution:
I have put a number of pictures in several albums which I have improved (and still am improving) afterwards.
So I want to update these pictures in my coppermineabums, but want to keep the comments and the times it has been looked up.
In other words: I want to replace the original picture, and make a new normal and thumbnail of the new original and keep all the metadata.
I tried to realize this with the administrator tools but finally it always ends up in a mess.
I also removed the original from the server and replaced it by the new picture directly in the directory, that didn't work either.
Of course uploading it as a new named picture that's is no problem at all, but then all my metadata are lost.

A hint for a working solution would be appreciated.

Kind regards, Chris P. van der Klauw

[phill104]

Maybe this tool will help.

http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic,21193.0.html

[Joachim Müller]

Administrator tools are not very wel explained in the manual.

Try the corresponding section in the preliminary docs for cpg1.5.x - they should be more detailed.

[chkla]

Phill and Joachim great advice. I think this will solve my problem.
Going to try.

kind regards chris