I am just sorting out a site and removed some links with attachments. I therefore ran the unused attachments with auto-delete. Trouble is it deleted half the images that were attached to categories with a new field. I therefore had to go back in to each category and do the image again
I have had trouble with attachments before, it seems if you accidentally delete some attachments, it screws up the images associated with links, some links end up displaying images from other links.
So I now backup the attachments folder twice daily.
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I am just sorting out a site and removed some links with attachments. I therefore ran the unused attachments with auto-delete. Trouble is it deleted half the images that were attached to categories with a new field. I therefore had to go back in to each category and do the image again
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Ouch!
I have had trouble with attachments before, it seems if you accidentally delete some attachments, it screws up the images associated with links, some links end up displaying images from other links.
So I now backup the attachments folder twice daily.
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good thinking! I have just spent 2 hours reattaching and uploading them!
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The unused attachments system wasn't compatible with custom file fields. Fixed it to be compatible for the next release.
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Thanks Paul!