>- see footer for list info -< I'll take a look at House of fusion but now I'm here and it looks like people are willing to help - definately something I need :) so I'll keep stuck here and post more in the next coming weeks...
I just like reading other threads and learning from people's Q&A's. Cheers guys! On 25/01/2008, Peter Boughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >- see footer for list info -< > >> p.s. Is there not a lot of activity on this group? > > Tends to come irregularly - sometimes there's a whole pile of new threads > in > a day, othertimes days can pass without a single message. > > There are other more frequent lists if that's what you want. > CF-Talk on houseoffusion.com is (I think) the most popular one. > > There's various other things dotted about the place. Not sure if there is > a > "list of lists" anywhere or not. > > > On Jan 25, 2008 12:13 PM, Nick Middleweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > Snake and Rich - thank you for your replies... > > > > Snake: thanks for the links and heads up on the commands. > > > > Rich, thanks for moer info and some psuedo. I've used Image Magick > before, > > funnily I was speaking to someone the other day and they reckon it's a > bit > > on the slow side compared to other tools but not knowing too much I > didn't > > comment. Saying that, it's free so great! I'd be interested to hear what > > you > > think?... > > > > > > Thanks again and I'll be back... > > > > > > Cheers, > > Nick > > > > > > p.s. Is there not a lot of activity on this group? > > > > > > > > > > On 23/01/2008, Rich Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > Hi Nick, > > > > > > If you're not on Coldfusion 8 yet then you won't be able to use > cfimage > > to > > > > > > create your thumbnails. > > > > > > There are a few ways of creating images out there - you can harness > Java > > > to > > > do it ( http://www.opensourcecf.com/imagecfc/ ), or CFX_image ( > > > http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukka.manner/ ) and there are some other > > > tags/methods > > > as well. > > > > > > Personally I prefer imagemagick ( www.imagemagick.org ) - it's pretty > > > comprehensive and I prefer it for the quality of the resized images. > > > Others > > > tend to result in either blurry or jaggedy thumbnails. > > > > > > So the final method for doing it would be: > > > > > > run cfdirectory to get a directory's files. > > > loop over the result. > > > for each file use fileexists to see if that files corresponding > > thumbnail > > > exists. > > > If it doesn't use imagemagick/other image function to read the > original > > > image and resize it to your thumbnail dimensions (I like to crop them > > into > > > squares first if they're not already). > > > Imagemagick command for this is: > > > > > > convert 'filename' -resize 50x 'outputfile' > > > > > > replace the filename, width and outputfile with your > > filenames/dimensions. > > > > > > I don't think its possible to set the datemodified from coldfusion > > > (although > > > if someone knows how please tell me). Otherwise you could read this ( > > > http://tinyurl.com/yqmgxz ) for a method of doing it, or you could > > instead > > > save a date against the filename in a database and use that as a > lookup > > on > > > whether the file has changed or not. > > > > > > Hope this helps - give us a shout if you need any more help! > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 12:02 AM, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > > First bookmark www.cfquickdocs.com and http://livedocs.adobe.com/ > > > > You will need these. > > > > > > > > Now lookup the following tags and functions > > > > > > > > fileexists > > > > Cfdirectory > > > > Cffile > > > > Cfimage > > > > > > > > These are what you need to complete your task. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Russ Michaels > > > > Certified ColdFusion Professional > > > > My Blog: www.russ.michaels.me.uk > > > > > > > > Commerical ColdFusion & BlueDragon Hosting: www.cfmxhosting.co.uk > > > > FREE CFML Developer hosting : www.cfdeveloper.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick > > Middleweek > > > > Sent: 22 January 2008 23:35 > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [CF-Dev] [NEWBIE] How to resize JPEGs? > > > > > > > > >- see footer for list info -< > > > > Hello chaps, > > > > > > > > I am totally new to CF, found this list via this site: > www.ukcfug.orgso > > > > hope this is the most popular one on the planet!... > > > > > > > > I've done ASP web dev work and I'm a seasoned web man when it comes > to > > > 4D > > > > so > > > > I kind of know what I'm doing... but with CF I have nought got a > > clue... > > > > > > > > I want to get used the environment and have a play to get used to > the > > > > syntax, etc and how it all works. I'm using DW v8 and have created > an > > > > empty > > > > processfiles.cfm page :) > > > > > > > > What I like it to do is look inside a given folder and then check to > > see > > > > if > > > > it's thumbnail version exists in another folder. If it doesn't, I'd > > like > > > > > > > to > > > > create the thumbnails and set the modified datetime stamp to the > same > > as > > > > the > > > > larger image. This way, when the page is called again, it can check > to > > > see > > > > if it needs to update the thumbnail or leave it intact. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone please help me with this pretty simple task... :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, > go > > to > > > > > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > > > -- > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your > > help > > > > -< > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, > go > > to > > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > > > -- > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your > > help > > > > -< > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go > to > > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > -- > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your > help > > > -< > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > -- > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help > > -< > > > > > > -- > \ \ > Peter Boughton > blog.bpsite.net > / / > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help > -< > _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
