If you have a Ford and want to make it drive faster, it won't help to throw a spare part of a Porsche into the trunk. You'll have to do something sensible, use the right tools, the right spare parts and insert them into the proper place of your car.
For Coppermine, the same thing is true: when you want to change a function, copy the entire function and then modify it (as suggested before): copy the entire function definitionfunction theme_display_thumbnails(&$thumb_list, $nbThumb, $album_name, $aid, $cat, $page, $total_pages, $sort_options, $display_tabs, $mode = 'thumb')
{
global $CONFIG;
global $template_thumb_view_title_row,$template_fav_thumb_view_title_row, $lang_thumb_view, $template_tab_display, $template_thumbnail_view, $lang_album_list;
static $header = '';
static $thumb_cell = '';
static $empty_cell = '';
static $row_separator = '';
static $footer = '';
static $tabs = '';
static $spacer = '';
if ($header == '') {
$thumb_cell = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'thumb_cell');
$tabs = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'tabs');
$header = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'header');
$empty_cell = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'empty_cell');
$row_separator = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'row_separator');
$footer = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'footer');
$spacer = template_extract_block($template_thumbnail_view, 'spacer');
}
$cat_link = is_numeric($aid) ? '' : '&cat=' . $cat;
$uid_link = (isset($_GET['uid']) && is_numeric($_GET['uid'])) ? '&uid=' . $_GET['uid'] : '';
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl = $template_tab_display;
if ($mode == 'thumb') {
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['left_text'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['left_text'], array('{LEFT_TEXT}' => $aid == 'lastalb' ? $lang_album_list['album_on_page'] : $lang_thumb_view['pic_on_page']));
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_tab'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_tab'], array('{LINK}' => 'thumbnails.php?album=' . $aid . $cat_link . $uid_link . '&page=%d'));
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_next_tab'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_next_tab'], array('{LINK}' => 'thumbnails.php?album=' . $aid . $cat_link . $uid_link . '&page=%d'));
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_prev_tab'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_prev_tab'], array('{LINK}' => 'thumbnails.php?album=' . $aid . $cat_link . $uid_link . '&page=%d'));
} else {
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['left_text'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['left_text'], array('{LEFT_TEXT}' => $lang_thumb_view['user_on_page']));
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_tab'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_tab'], array('{LINK}' => 'index.php?cat=' . $cat . '&page=%d'));
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_next_tab'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_next_tab'], array('{LINK}' => 'index.php?cat=' . $cat . '&page=%d'));
$theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_prev_tab'] = strtr($theme_thumb_tab_tmpl['inactive_prev_tab'], array('{LINK}' => 'index.php?cat=' . $cat . '&page=%d'));
}
$thumbcols = $CONFIG['thumbcols'];
$cell_width = ceil(100 / $CONFIG['thumbcols']) . '%';
$tabs_html = $display_tabs ? create_tabs($nbThumb, $page, $total_pages, $theme_thumb_tab_tmpl) : '';
// The sort order options are not available for meta albums
if ($sort_options) {
$param = array('{ALBUM_NAME}' => $album_name,
'{AID}' => $aid,
'{PAGE}' => $page,
'{NAME}' => $lang_thumb_view['name'],
'{TITLE}' => $lang_thumb_view['title'],
'{DATE}' => $lang_thumb_view['date'],
'{SORT_TA}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_ta'],
'{SORT_TD}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_td'],
'{SORT_NA}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_na'],
'{SORT_ND}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_nd'],
'{SORT_DA}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_da'],
'{SORT_DD}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_dd'],
'{POSITION}' => $lang_thumb_view['position'],
'{SORT_PA}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_pa'],
'{SORT_PD}' => $lang_thumb_view['sort_pd'],
);
$title = template_eval($template_thumb_view_title_row, $param);
} else if ($aid == 'favpics' && $CONFIG['enable_zipdownload'] == 1) { //Lots of stuff can be added here later
$param = array('{ALBUM_NAME}' => $album_name,
'{DOWNLOAD_ZIP}'=>$lang_thumb_view['download_zip']
);
$title = template_eval($template_fav_thumb_view_title_row, $param);
}else{
$title = $album_name;
}
if ($mode == 'thumb') {
starttable('100%', $title, $thumbcols);
} else {
starttable('100%');
}
echo $header;
$i = 0;
foreach($thumb_list as $thumb) {
$i++;
if ($mode == 'thumb') {
if ($aid == 'lastalb') {
$params = array('{CELL_WIDTH}' => $cell_width,
'{LINK_TGT}' => "thumbnails.php?album={$thumb['aid']}",
'{THUMB}' => $thumb['image'],
'{CAPTION}' => $thumb['caption'],
'{ADMIN_MENU}' => $thumb['admin_menu']
);
} else {
$params = array('{CELL_WIDTH}' => $cell_width,
'{LINK_TGT}' => "displayimage.php?album=$aid$cat_link&pos={$thumb['pos']}$uid_link",
'{THUMB}' => $thumb['image'],
'{CAPTION}' => $thumb['caption'],
'{ADMIN_MENU}' => $thumb['admin_menu']
);
}
} else {
$params = array('{CELL_WIDTH}' => $cell_width,
'{LINK_TGT}' => "index.php?cat={$thumb['cat']}",
'{THUMB}' => $thumb['image'],
'{CAPTION}' => $thumb['caption'],
'{ADMIN_MENU}' => ''
);
}
echo template_eval($thumb_cell, $params);
if ((($i % $thumbcols) == 0) && ($i < count($thumb_list))) {
echo $row_separator;
}
}
for (;($i % $thumbcols); $i++) {
echo $empty_cell;
}
echo $footer;
if ($display_tabs) {
$params = array('{THUMB_COLS}' => $thumbcols,
'{TABS}' => $tabs_html
);
echo template_eval($tabs, $params);
}
endtable();
echo $spacer;
}
into your theme.