[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by SteveC

I can't get thumbnails to display. I notice the documentation makes reference to a linkbit_photos template and a selection for a thumbnails directory but I don't see these options. Are they in 2.1.0 or only in the new beta?

with 2.1.0 how to I get photos to display as in the screenshots here? http://www.eirma.org/devel/LDM/pictures.html

Sorry, Steve - the documentation is racing ahead of us - it's for 2.1.3.

In order to get thumbnails to display with 2.1.0, this is what you must do:
a) check that your php installation includes the GD2 library. If you don't know, take a look at the box down the bottom left side of one of the LDM admin pages - this will tell you
b) set the LDM parameter link_imagesize to the size in pixels (largest dimension) that you want thumbs to be sized. If you leave this at zero, they won't show
c) Either provide a url in the image field on the add link form, or use a main url that is itself an image (i.e. jpg, gif, png)

Then it should work.

In the versions after 2.1.0, several improvements have been made, such as caching ther thumbnails (quicker), using a better algorithm to create them (nicer) and providing some other layout templates (more appropriate layouts for photos).