[DBTech] DragonByte WebP 1.0.0b3

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech submitted a new resource:

DragonByte WebP - Adds WebP support for XenForo Image Uploader and image processing libraries.

Description
Adds WebP support to your XenForo 2.2 forum, including the Image Uploader and GD/Imagick image processing libraries. 3rd party add-ons can then allow WebP images to be uploaded, and they'll process normally.

Uses
By adding WebP support, your 3rd party addons can implement .webp uploads to enable better quality images with a smaller file size.


Extended Product Information

Better Image Support: Starting...

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[Oblivion Knight]

Thank you for sharing this as a free resource

 

[CedricV]

Thank you for sharing this as a free resource

Agreed. Thanks DB!

 

[Danny88]

No hashes.json file. Still good to go?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

No hashes.json file. Still good to go?

Seems like I forgot to add the build scripts for both addons, if you re-download it you should find the hashes.json file

 

[Rhody]

This will be native in 2.3, right?

Thanks for providing it for now!

 

[DragonByte Tech]

This will be native in 2.3, right?

Thanks for providing it for now!

It will, yes

 

[Ozzy47]

We can't insert the images into posts?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

We can't insert the images into posts?

Not sure what you mean, can you clarify please?

 

[Ozzy47]

I uploaded the images to a post, but there is no option to insert them into the post.

Normal images:


New WebP Images:

 

[DragonByte Tech]

It looks like there's more areas that define what is an image, I'll update the addon when I can

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte WebP with a new update entry:

1.0.0 Beta 2

Update highlights

This version fixes an issue preventing webp images from being able to be inserted as thumbnails or full images via the attachment system.


Complete Change Log

Fix: webp images could not be inserted as thumbnails/images from attachments

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[rdn]

Thanks for the addon.

May I ask why the webp attachment content type is application/octet-stream and not image/webp?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks for the addon.

May I ask why the webp attachment content type is application/octet-stream and not image/webp?

Because I don’t do any mime type overrides at this time. I’ll look into it for future updates.

 

[Kirby]

Suggestions

• Extend XF\Service\User\Avatar and XF\Service\User\ProfileBanner to allow WebP to be used for those images
• Extend XF\App\Data\FileTypes::getExtensionMap() to set the correct file type / FA icon
• Extend app container inlineImageTypes
• Probably add https://github.com/chase-moskal/webp-hero as a fallback for browsers that do not support WebP
• Add an option to autmatically convert uploaded images to WebP (probably not animated GIFs (if GD is used))
• Add a job + Cli command to convert existing images to WebP

 

[DragonByte Tech]

Suggestions

• Extend XF\Service\User\Avatar and XF\Service\User\ProfileBanner to allow WebP to be used for those images
• Extend XF\App\Data\FileTypes::getExtensionMap() to set the correct file type / FA icon
• Extend app container inlineImageTypes
• Probably add https://github.com/chase-moskal/webp-hero as a fallback for browsers that do not support WebP
• Add an option to autmatically convert uploaded images to WebP (probably not animated GIFs (if GD is used))
• Add a job + Cli command to convert existing images to WebP

The first three are fine, the last three not so much. I’m definitely not going through the hassle of converting existing images for a free add-on

 

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Tech updated [DBTech] DragonByte WebP with a new update entry:

1.0.0 Beta 3

Update highlights

This version adds support for webp images as avatars and user banners, as well as improving integration with XenForo core by adding webp to the list of inline image types.


Complete Change Log

Feature: Avatar support
Feature: User Banner support
Change: Better integration with XF core

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[Mushpoie]

@DragonByte Tech Does this work on the backend as well with importing smilies?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

@DragonByte Tech Does this work on the backend as well with importing smilies?

No idea, I didn’t test that or do anything specific for it.

 

[EchoRomeo]

It'd be great if this would allow webp files to be uploaded in XF Cloud's File Manager system. I'm having to host my webp files on a separate image hosting site right now, which is fine but I'd ideally be able to use the XF Cloud server space I'm paying for. I'm told by XF support that File Manager will begin accepting webp files once 2.3 is released and the XF Cloud accounts get updated.