this gets somewhat complicated since there are many varialbles to consider and present to the person doing the upload. size( in dimension and file size), lenght and width ratios and a few others would probably be confusing. Using a WYSIWYG like gimp is a better alternative.
Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 7/27/2008 3:16 PM: > From: "Bruno Busco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> BJ, the CSS resize is something that is performed in the web browser; the >> image file is downloaded as it is saved in the server and then locally >> resized according to the css specified dimensions. >> Having only a large file stored in the server is very band consuming >> when, >> for example, many images are displayed as thumbnails in one page. >> On the other hand, having only a low resolution (light) file is bad >> when you >> want a single large image in one page to show details. >> This is why normally several formats of the same image are stored in the >> server. >> >> The way ofbiz handles the small, medium, large and detailed images >> could let >> to have also completely different images but I do not now I often this >> feature is used. >> I think that having a mechanism that when the detailed (high resolution) >> image is uploaded automatically generates all other small, medium and >> large >> would be very useful. >> In some systems I have seen a derived image is generated the first >> time it >> is requested by a client. > > Yes, I have been asked this question sometimes too... Some people wonder > why resizing online over and over, some argue that loading > 3 different images is a bandwidth waste. I never did a profile on this, > would be curious if someone did (OK I understand it depends > on a lot of things ;o) > > I agree that providing an optionnal such one-time-resizing-and-save tool > OOTB would be cool... > > Jacques > >> >> >> >> 2008/7/27 BJ Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> The would be handled by assigning a class type to the image and put in >>> the CSS. >>> I believe that is done now, if not then it would be a nice addition. you >>> would specify the same image path for all >>> >>> https://demo.hotwaxmedia.com/catalog/control/EditProductContent?productId=dropShip1 >>> >>> then change >>> applications/order/webapp/ordermgr/entry/catalog/ *.ftl's that show >>> images like >>> productdetail.ftl >>> to put the classes for image sizing you put in the >>> framework/images/webapp/images/ecommain.css >>> >>> Bruno Busco sent the following on 7/27/2008 8:38 AM: >>> > Hi, >>> > does anybody know if there is some mechanism to have a sort of >>> control on >>> > uploaded image sizes? >>> > I mean, l would like that when I upload a new image for a product >>> ofbiz >>> > automatically generates the small, medium, large and detailed images >>> scaling >>> > the uploaded image with a fixed dimension regardless of the >>> original one. >>> > >>> > Many thanks, >>> > Bruno >>> > >>> >>> >> > > > >
