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I am having trouble with the image next to subcategory name. I would like it to be the random images which I set to 'yes' in the parameters. This works great when the page is viewed with all categories and subcategories, but when a page with just subcategories is viewed, it displays the folder icon instead.

For example, you can see when "Backdrops" selected from the top menu, what that page looks like:
http://www.oliphantstudio.com/main/inde ... s&Itemid=5
Random images showing for subcategories. Perfect.

Verses:
When "Architecture" (or any of the other 3 categories that contain subcategories) is clicked from side menu
http://www.oliphantstudio.com/main/inde ... l&Itemid=5
It shows the subcategories with folder icons.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

Hi, it seems like there the random image as folder icon doesn't work but why?

see it in parameters component:

Display random image as folder icon (I think it will be set to yes, because it is working for categories view but try to check it, maybe there is a "use global" value so it needs to be set to yes)

Jan

Yes! That was why it was showing the folder icon. In the Menu item (In Menu Manager) parameters under Category View Settings (Thumbnails)-- "Display random image as folder icon" was set to global. Changing it to "Yes" worked.

But it links to medium image size, as you can see in the image attached, I need to change it to small image.
I tried to find the code to change in some php files, without success. Do you know which file and lines of code I need to change so it pulls the small image instead of the medium?

Thank you!

Solved
How to fix the medium thumbnails from displaying in category view:
components/com_phocagallery/helpers/phocagallery.php

Change lines 86-89

case 'medium':
$filename_thumbm = 'phoca_thumb_m_'. $filename_orig;
$thumbnail_name['abs'] = str_replace ($filename_orig, 'thumbs/' . $filename_thumbm, $filename_orig_path_abs);
$thumbnail_name['rel'] = str_replace ($filename_orig, 'thumbs/' . $filename_thumbm, $filename_orig_path_rel);

TO:

case 'medium':
$filename_thumbs = 'phoca_thumb_s_'. $filename_orig;
$thumbnail_name['abs'] = str_replace ($filename_orig, 'thumbs/' . $filename_thumbs, $filename_orig_path_abs);
$thumbnail_name['rel'] = str_replace ($filename_orig, 'thumbs/' . $filename_thumbs, $filename_orig_path_rel);

Great,

thank you for this information. Jan

After I applied this hack, I realized that it also changed my rollover thumbnails back to the smallest image as well. I still want those to be my medium size.
(This whole post is a result of applying the small/medium/large image hacks used here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3529

So instead of the previous code to components/com_phocagallery/helpers/phocagallery.php file, if you just want those subcategory icons to display random images that use the smallest image size do this change.

In the file: com_phocagallery/models/category.php
line 183 To: Sorry for the confusion!
-Cathy

Ok