Thumbnail Problem

[aycagd 0]

I try to switch my theme to Platform Pro, but i have a serious thumbnail problem.... In my theme i use "thumb" as custom field to display thumbnails, but when i switch to platform pro, i need to set a featured image to have the thumbnails displayed. Considering the number of post to edit, it is a very time consuming task. I think if i change the custom field name, the problem can be solved. But i do not know much about coding.... Thanks

[Sourena 2]

If you are fine with generating thumbnails out of images inside the posts Generate Post Thumbnails plugin might be helpful: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/generate-post-thumbnails/ But if you want the exact same images defined in your custom field that needs some additional work.

[euthenics 0]

Hi. Could you point me to any tutorial in which I can learn more about this configuring images defined in custom field? Need to learn more about customising thumnails instead of relying on Generate Post Thumnails plugin. Thanks.

[Kate 3]

@Ayca You could also set a PHP if statement in your template.postloop.php to either display your custom field thumb or the built-in WP thumb, whichever is used for that particular post. @Oliver Do you already have thumbnails setup? If not, then I would recommend just sticking with WP's "Featured Image", which is activated by default in PlatformPro.

[euthenics 0]

@Kate - Thanks for the advise. Once I activated the PlatformPro theme, I could not see any thumbnail in all my existing post even though it is already enable by default. So I had to use Auto Thumbnail plugin to generate it. On the other hand, I would like to learn more on how to customize image thumbnail and video thumbnail similar like how 'Engadget' website does it.

[Kate 3]

Hey Oliver - For now, though, are you set?

[euthenics 0]

@Kate - Yes.