makethumbs documentation

Jason Molenda


Table of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Introduction to makethumbs
II. Reference
I. makethumbs variable reference
body_tag -- override the default BODY for all HTML pages
boilerplate_after_title -- text to be inserted after the page title
boilerplate_before_title -- text to be inserted before the page title
boilerplate_end_of_page -- replacement text for the very end of each HTML page
boilerplate_footer -- text iplaced at the end of all HTML pages
boilerplate_insert_in_head -- HTML tags to be inserted in the HEAD section
change_file_permissions -- controls whether makethumbs will change the permissions on files
columns -- number of columns of thumbnails
compact_index_page -- create a denser index page than normal
compression_level -- set the amount of compression used when creating reduced images
create_large_images -- create large versions of very large images
create_slideshow -- determines whether slideshow pages should be created or not
date_formatting_text -- formatting style for printing dates
dates_filename -- the file where image dates are cached
descriptions_filename -- the file where image captions/descriptions are stored
dir_transversible_permissions -- chmod options to make a dir transversible
file_readable_permissions -- chmod options to make a file readable
html_charset -- specify the encoding of the text on your pages
html_file_suffix -- change the extensions used for all HTML files created
image_imprinting_text -- text to be imprinted at the bottom of all generated images
image_set_all_text -- image_set_all_text
image_set_n_text -- image set text phrase
image_xx_of_yy_text -- phrase put on slideshow pages to show current image number
index_base_name -- set the name of the index files
index_page_title_start_html -- specifies the HTML markup used for the index title
index_table_spacing -- determines how tightly packed the thumbnails are on the index pages
large image dimensions -- specify the size of large images
link_to_original_img_on_index -- add a link to the original image on the index page
large_text -- phrase used to refer to large images
max_thumb_size -- size of generated thumbnail images
meta_tag -- add a META header in the HEAD section of generated pages
month names -- the names of the months
original_image_text -- phrase used to refer to original images
original_text -- phrase used to refer to original images
preferred_image_tools -- direct makethumbs to a specific image tool
print_captions -- determines whether makethumbs should print captions on the index
print_img_size_on_index -- include the image size in the index page captions
print_img_size_on_slideshow -- include the image size in the per-image (slideshow) page links
print_title_on_index -- whether a title should be put on the index pages or not
print_title_on_slideshow -- whether a title should be put on the slideshow pages or not
reduce_big_pics -- create reduced versions of large images
reduced image dimensions -- specify the size of reduced images
reduced_text -- phrase used to refer to reduced images
remove_originals -- instruct makethumbs to remove original images
rows_per_index_page -- the number of rows of thumbnails per page
show_image_info -- whether the image shot information should be visible or not
show_progress -- indicate progress to user as makethumbs runs
show_timings -- tell the user how long each stage of makethumbs took
single_index_page -- whether makethumbs will create multiple index pages or not
slideshow_images_are_clickable -- whether the images on slideshow pages are links
slideshow_img_size_across_two_lines -- file sizes should be seperate from the file type name
slideshow navigation markup -- specifies the markup for slideshow page navigation
slideshow_page_title_start_html -- specifies the HTML markup used for the slideshow page titles
slideshow_print_javascript_navigation -- disable or enable Javascript on slideshow pages
this_page_created_text -- text emitted at the bottom of index pages
usa_specific_date_format_checks -- whether makethumbs will recognize dates in US order
use_timestamps_as_captions -- determines whether timestamps may be used as captions
use_two_windows -- open a seperate window for image viewing