User functions

Admin functions

Use SQL server for a heavily used setup

New folder
Create a new folder in the current folder.

New text file
You can create and edit small text files with LP (<100kB). It is however recommended to use the up- and download feature instead.

Upload files
You can upload images and other files with LP (size and allowed file types can be limited by the admin). This is especially useful in combination with the unzip feature. This allows you to upload a ZIP file containing many images and unzip it on the server, thus eliminating the need of uploading images one by one.

Delete, Cut, Copy, Paste
Similar to Windows programs, you can delete, cut, copy and paste items in the full version of LP. The paste button will only be visible if there are items on the LP clipboard.

Rename
LP offers an advanced renaming function allowing you to use variables when renaming multiple items. For multiple items you can use: %y, %m, %d, %h, %n (creation date) and %i (autonumber). Example: PIC%y%m%d. If no % is present in the new name, it is assumed that you want to rename one item, and the first selected is used.

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Convert
Listpics offers basic file type conversion of selected images by entering a supported image file extension (for example: JPG, BMP, GIF).

Effect filter
The following image effect filters are available: Brightness*, Contrast*, Grayscale, Colordepth (bits)*, Sharpen, Soften, Blur, Invert, Emboss, Dilate, Erode, Treshold*, Repair. For effects marked with * you need to specify a level.

Rotate
You can rotate selected images by entering the degrees to rotate, "L" (Left), "R" (Right) or "Auto" if the EXIF orientation tag is supported by your camera. LP even offers lossless rotation for JPG images (multiples of 90 degrees only), and can retain EXIF headers.

Resize
Resize selected images by a percentage or the target width in pixels.

Crop
Use this function to crop a section from the image. You have to enter the start X and Y coordinates and the width and height of the section to crop.

Change ratio
Change image ratio of selected images to 3:2 for digital printing.

Mirror
Mirrors selected images vertically.

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Unzip
Unzip selected ZIP files in this folder. Useful in combination with the Upload feature when you want to upload many images without the hassle of uploading them individually.

Assign to category
LP offers categories to group image types. Useg this function to assign selected images and images in the selected folder and all underlying subfolders to a category.

Image status
You can set the status of image to: New, pending, Published, Hidden, Archived. Normal users will only see published images. Admins can search for images with a certain status.

Reset info
Use this function to clear selected descriptive fields of images: Description, Views counter, Comments, Category. Additionally you can force a refresh of all selected images and folders by checking "Rebuild". This will reset the LastModified date of selected items. For folders this can be useful if you want LP to recheck the folder contents without completely rebuilding all images (which may take a long time).

Keywords
Set keywords related to all selected images. There are additional options to apply the keywords to all files in the folder, and to add the keywords rather than replacing them.

Configure folder
On this page the admin can define folder passwords, page title info, descriptions and a big list of user view options that define what functions users can use. The page title and info can contain the following variables: %Name, %Path, %Size, %Date, %Time, %Descr, %NumFiles, %Numfolders. Each setting applies to that folder and all subfolders that do not have it explicitly set. NOTE: User options are not processed individually, but as one set (not cumulative)! It is recommended not to use different User options on too many levels.
In this screen you can also force a rebuild of a folder. Note that you normally don't need to use these functions because LP wil automatically check each folder when it is accessed to see if anything was changed. There are 3 options: Expire, rebuild and rebuild recursive. The first option just resets the LastModified date of the folder and all subfolders, thus causing a normal check whenever a user enters that folder the next time. This is relatively fast because LP will check the images against the database to see if they changed, and only rebuild images that were modified since last time. The second option will force a full rebuild of all lowres material of all images in the current folder. The last option will do the same for images in the current folder and in all underlying folders as well. This can take a very long time, depending on server CPU speed and the number and size of the images. Make sure that LongScriptTimeOut is set sufficiently high in global.asa or the rebuild will not complete successfully. You should perform this action only if you want to generate the listing for the first time without having to visit all folders, or if there are severe inconsistencies between the database and filesystem.

Rebuild
LP will rebuild automatically when a folder that is not yet in the database is accessed for the first time, or when it was modified. Admins can force a rebuild of a folder and all subfolders using the rebuild function to prevent long delays experienced bu users on the first folder view. That will rebuild thumbnails and the lowres images, and will update the image information in the database (existing valid data will be retained). Make sure that Application("LongScriptTimeOut") in global.asa is large enough!