Hiding random image

[BevS97]

I want to remove the random image from all the screens - I can see in all the templates some code which starts      {if random_image}  
if I remove that code, then I get the effect I want,  but I am wondering if I can set the  random_image variable somewhere to false,  so that the code is not run everywhere and I don't need to manually change all the templates?

Bev

[Chris]

Nope.  You have to remove them from the templates.  There is no on/off switch in the Admin control panel.

[BevS97]

I have discovered an easier way than removing them from the templates.

look in includes/constant.php and there is some code

// If you have a lot of images in your database,
// the random image function could make your programm slow.
// Try first to set "SHOW_RANDOM_CAT_IMAGE" to 0.
define('SHOW_RANDOM_IMAGE', 1);
define('SHOW_RANDOM_CAT_IMAGE', 1);

I changed them both to 0, and the random images have gone from all screens.  Much easier than trying to find all the references to random in all the templates,  and easy to reinstate if I change my mind.

 Bev

[Chris]

Very good!  I wasn't aware of this.  Or at least I had forgotten about it.

Thanks for teaching me something new about 4images today.