MG 2.1 Share this Media - Options?

[DerTobi75]

Hi,

are there any options for "Share this media"? The IMG Link contains a "/full" at the very end. Are there some more options to only offer a medium size of that image?

Tobi

 

[Chris D]

XFMG only maintains two sizes - full and the thumbnail.

 

[DerTobi75]

XFMG only maintains two sizes - full and the thumbnail.

Are there any plans to offer more sizes, maybe even custom sizes?

 

[Chris D]

I don't think there's a particular desire for that.

It doesn't provide a particular benefit, aside from reducing the initial download time of an image (though we'd recommend constraining the width/height to whatever is set in options anyway). If anything all it will do is increase the disk space requirements.

 

[DerTobi75]

Ok, so, if a member uploads a 12MB Photo and embed this one to a post, using the BB IMG Link, it shows the 12MB photo within the post?

 

[Chris D]

That's correct, but if you constrained the images to a max width/height of, say, 1280 x 1280 then it's highly unlikely you would ever be storing a 12MB photo.

Just to be clear, setting a max width/height resizes doesn't reject the image when uploading, it automatically resizes the image. It's by far the best way to balance file size storage vs. a reasonable resolution.

 

[DerTobi75]

Just to be clear, setting a max width/height resizes doesn't reject the image when uploading, it automatically resizes the image. It's by far the best way to balance file size storage vs. a reasonable resolution.

Ah, so I keep the original as well? That would help me a lot!

 

[Chris D]

No, it doesn't keep the original. It just prevents unnecessarily huge images from being stored so the issue of a 12MB image in a post doesn't happen.

 

[DerTobi75]

Oops, what happens, when I first set Width & Height to 800 x 600 and later decide to better use 1200 x 800? Does XFMG upscale the image?

 

[Chris D]

No, it would remain as 800 x 600. Pick a value that will work long term. If you think 1200 might be better, then try that first. I'd also recommend using the same value for width/height, as then it would account for portrait and landscape images better. The resizing maintains the aspect ratio so nothing strange will happen.