XF 2.2 Image size limit tips please

[Alvin63]

My new forum is very image heavy - members sharing photos a lot. It appears the maximum upload file size is just over 1mb in the ACP. I read elsewhere on here that it's possible to increase that to say, 10mb, per file. And that the forum resize will then automatically resize images. Is that correct? If so I would like to increase the maximum file size because members find it annoying having to try and resize their images before uploading (and some struggle with the technical aspects of trying to do that).

Are there any downsides to increasing it to 10mb? I would it slow the site down for example.

 

[Paul B]

Yes, very large images will cause pages to take longer to load.

I read elsewhere on here that it's possible to increase that to say, 10mb, per file. And that the forum resize will then automatically resize images.

See point 7 of the FAQ here: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180445

 

[Alvin63]

Thanks Brogan. That mentions a 20mb limit. So would setting a 10mb limit be ok or still slow pages?

 

[Muddy Boots]

There are some add-ons out there for resizing as well

Resize

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And Cloudflare (albeit the pro plan) do imagine

[OzzModz] Cloudflare Image Resizing - On Demand Responsive Images

A game-changing addition to Xenforo, leverage the power of Cloudflare Image Resizing to optimize your site. Cloudflare Image Resizing is a paid feature available to Cloudflare Professional plans. However, the benefits and savings are unmatched to...

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Larger images use more disk space and also take longer to load......

 

[Mr Lucky]

There are two things to consider.

• File size of the image (in MB)
• Dimensions of the image (in pixels)

Images larger than the defined pixel size (in ACP) will be resized (which also reduces the file size in MB)
Images smaller than the defined pixel size won't be so as along the file size (MB) is within the parameters then they will get posted.

Are there any downsides to increasing it to 10mb? I would it slow the site down for example.

Large file sizes do cause slow pages (see above). 10MB is huge and is not going to be good for many people, including Google!

There are sites that will help you:

PageSpeed Insights

pagespeed.web.dev

GTmetrix | Website Performance Testing and Monitoring

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gtmetrix.com

 

[Alvin63]

So best to leave it at 1mb then?

 

[Muddy Boots]

Mine are 1mB and 1200 x 800 pixels for your info......

 

[Alvin63]

Ok I don't understand the Cloudflare imagine resize thing. So does it mean members can upload any image size file and cloudflare will automatically optimise it?

 

[rdn]

1st: Allow up to 10MB or even 20MB; it doesn't matter if you follow this guide.


2nd: Set the max pixel dimensions to something like this or lower, like 1080.


3rd:
Install and configure this addon:

Image Optimizer for XF 2.0

Add-on have provide a powerful settings in ACP options. You MUST settings option before running optimize images. All files will be overwrite; you cannot revert the file. DESCRIPTION Optimizing all images which stored in XenForo to lower size...

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Mine are set to 65% quality for PNG and JPG.
Still better quality than Facebook optimizes its images.

It's frustrating for your users to not be able to upload images, especially captured from smartphones that usually have a 5-10MB file size.
After doing the 3 steps above, PNG or JPG images should always be below 500KB, stored on your server, and served to your users.

 

[Muddy Boots]

It explains it here

[OzzModz] Cloudflare Image Resizing - On Demand Responsive Images

A game-changing addition to Xenforo, leverage the power of Cloudflare Image Resizing to optimize your site. Cloudflare Image Resizing is a paid feature available to Cloudflare Professional plans. However, the benefits and savings are unmatched to...

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[Mr Lucky]

So best to leave it at 1mb then?

It's up to you .

I have 1300 KB and 1200 px. I find 1MB way too large for a file size but everyone has their own ideas. I just like to keep things fast and not taking up too much space.

 

[Alvin63]

1st: Allow up to 10MB or even 20MB; it doesn't matter if you follow this guide.
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2nd: Set the max pixel dimensions to something like this or lower, like 1080.
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3rd:
Install and configure this addon:

Image Optimizer for XF 2.0

Add-on have provide a powerful settings in ACP options. You MUST settings option before running optimize images. All files will be overwrite; you cannot revert the file. DESCRIPTION Optimizing all images which stored in XenForo to lower size...

xenforo.com

Mine are set to 65% quality for PNG and JPG.
Still better quality than Facebook optimizes its images.

It's frustrating for your users to not be able to upload images, especially captured from smartphones that usually have a 5-10MB file size.
After doing the 3 steps above, PNG or JPG images should always be below 500KB, stored on your server, and served to your users.

Thank you. That article mentions a paid Clouflare option as well. Is that an alternative to using an addon?

 

[rdn]

I don't recommend the Cloudflare image resize, as it's expensive for heavy usage.
Maybe an alternative but doesn't save your server storage.

 

[Alvin63]

Ah ok. Thank you. I guess I'd just be a bit concerned at what might happen if the addon stopped working or went wrong!

 

[Alvin63]

I'm a bit confused as the link to the addon just seems to talk about upgrading to Clouflare pro

 

[rdn]

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/image-optimizer-for-xf-2-0.6030/ ?

 

[Alvin63]

Great - thanks! So if that add on every stopped being supported, would all the images go back to being uncompressed? Apologies if I am sounding a bit noddy.

 

[Muddy Boots]

That made me laugh, havent heard noddy for ages

That add-on resizes originals by the look of it so if the add-on becomes unsupported and has to be disabled only new images would need to be resized as the old ones have been done if you get my drift

 

[Alvin63]

Cheers! I think noddy was banned actually for being non pc. Maybe not noddy himself but some of his friends . The books anyway!

 

[Alvin63]

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/image-optimizer-for-xf-2-0.6030/ ?

Is this still for XF 2.2?