I'm just wondering if it's possible to clear the image cache and have it automatically rebuilt?

I've been working on a fairly large site that makes extensive use of the various image sizes available in K2. Different areas have different presentations of the various images.

It's been working very well, but in the last day or so seems to have developed a problem - new images are showing up in the wrong size in item lists derived from tags. I haven't changed the size in the settings, but the new images are showing up wrongly.

This is also happening with mod_k2_content.

I've tried re-uploading images with no success.

Is there a way to clear the image cache and get it to rebuild the images properly?

Has anyone had any other issues like this?

Look at this root: yourserver\media\k2\items\ and there you will find two folders called cache and src. At src are stored original images uploaded and under cache folder are same images resized to diferent width you have on your K2 settings.

rgds

Thanks for that - will it totally stuff up if I delete the cached images or will they be rebuilt?

Sure there should be a way to do this within K2 itself?

I really dont know. I hasnt got needs to do something like that, and also didnt test it. But i think that if you delete those files they will not be rebuilt, and should be uploaded again.

rgds

Kelsey Brookes said:Thanks for that - will it totally stuff up if I delete the cached images or will they be rebuilt?
Sure there should be a way to do this within K2 itself?

It's not working for me. I have deleted all files from cache, and they expire from site. DO NOT DELETE THE CACHE.
K2 v2.1

yeah, I'm experiencing the same problems. I deleted the images in the cache directory and now I cant get them to be rebuilt. This is frustrating, any ideas?

VERY interesting question, i'm also trying to experiment with different image sizes and i can't see how to accomplish this task. If you delete the cache folder contents, images are not rebuilt, so they are only generated when you add the article and then you can't change the page layout to see the effect of different image sizes. Also i'm not sure about how to change the image size parameters for a given category or the entire component, i've changed it on the category parameters but changes are not being reflected in the front end view... How can i change default image sizes? (small, medium, large, etc)

regards,

You can do that bu changing the parameters in K2. But the problem here is how to rebuild already builded thumbnails with new sizes. If someone knows please tell or give a php...

fidoboy said:VERY interesting question, i'm also trying to experiment with different image sizes and i can't see how to accomplish this task. If you delete the cache folder contents, images are not rebuilt, so they are only generated when you add the article and then you can't change the page layout to see the effect of different image sizes. Also i'm not sure about how to change the image size parameters for a given category or the entire component, i've changed it on the category parameters but changes are not being reflected in the front end view... How can i change default image sizes? (small, medium, large, etc)
regards,

I'm changing parameters in K2 but changes are not being reflected on the frontpage. Also, i'm now working on a patch to rebuild the image cache from sources. I'll post it here soon, when it's ready...

Kristiyan Ivanchevski said:You can do that bu changing the parameters in K2. But the problem here is how to rebuild already builded thumbnails with new sizes. If someone knows please tell or give a php...
fidoboy said:VERY interesting question, i'm also trying to experiment with different image sizes and i can't see how to accomplish this task. If you delete the cache folder contents, images are not rebuilt, so they are only generated when you add the article and then you can't change the page layout to see the effect of different image sizes. Also i'm not sure about how to change the image size parameters for a given category or the entire component, i've changed it on the category parameters but changes are not being reflected in the front end view... How can i change default image sizes? (small, medium, large, etc) regards,

You can just resize and rebuild cache uploading again all images.
Yeah, we know all that this is not the best way that how K2 should work but by now its how K2 is desing it.

What it can be done, if somebody wants to resize images without uploading them again, is get under cachefolder->size to resize all images, and change width, through any image software and then upload them again to the same folder.

rgds