[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

oh, but i already have my thumbs in the database... and with the xml i pointed to the linkimg, should i do the same to the linkimgthumb?

I see created thumbs are linked in there... and will this change when i revalidate links... Oo

Thanks ^^

I'm not sure that I'm understanding you.

linkimg should point to the original image. linkimgthumb should either be blank or point to the required thumbnail. If linkimgthumb is blank, LDM creates a new thumbnail 'on the fly'. If *thumbs_dir* is set, it then tries to save this in the specified *thumbs_dir* directory, and, if successful, updates linkimgthumb.

So, during your import process, you can do the following:
a) set linkimg correctly and leave linkimgthumb blank and let LDM do the work, or
b) set linkimg and linkimgthumb correctly

LDM attempts to recreate a thumbnail in these situations:
a) During 'Add Entry/Edit Entry'
b) During page display
and
c) During admin/rebuild thumbs