CFX_Image.  Not sure if that's too much java but I use it.

Les Mizzell wrote:
> Oh boy - a client calls me earlier today.
>
> "What's wrong with my site? My images page is crashing my browser/computer."
>
> The "Images" page has an admin behind it where the client can add 
> thumbnails (defined as 150px x 150px), which obviously links to a detail 
> page with description.
>
> I don't have any specific code on the admin page that limits image size, 
> but the instructions, right next to the d*mn file field clearly says in 
> bold red "Thumbnails must be 150px x 150px".
>
> I go check the site. The very first thumb take forever to paint up, and 
> shortly after that, the browser just gives up about 7 images down the 
> page. I check the first on - it's a 2500px X 2500px image that's almost 
> 3 megs!!! Holy crap!!
>
> OK, the client is an idiot. Why did I spend time training them to use 
> the admin? I dunno! What's the damn red warning about image sizes doing 
> on the page right next to the input field?  Nothing, I guess.
>
> AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> So, I gotta FORCE correct sizes and/or resize the images when they 
> upload them. The client is just too dumb to get it right on their own.
>
> The site is running CFMX on a shared Linux server - so I can't add 
> anything or set paths through the CF Admin or anything like that - and 
> many of the custom tags I've already looked at need java libs and stuff. 
> Whatever I do has to be local to just this one site.
>
> Advise?
>
>
>
>
> 

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