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5:27 pm
May 28, 2010


rbowling

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Howdy, I understand that DCG uses a thumbnail for the carousel, however it seems that the thumbnails it uses for my pics is an extreme zoom in close up on the picture. Does anyone have any fix to this?

Thanks in advance!

 

6:42 pm
May 29, 2010


Ade

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Hi,

It's not a zoom, it's simply a crop of the main image. Take a look at this FAQ.

Dynamic Content Gallery: Have you read the Configuration Guide and FAQ?

7:38 pm
November 10, 2010


FM

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Post edited 7:42 pm – November 10, 2010 by FM

Hi Rbowling,

I have been frustrated with this too. I have a fix but it is not a good one. Although the Image Management page of DCG settings says, 'Select "Post Thumbnails" to automatically create resized thumbnails…' the plugin does not resize them.

Based on observation and experiment:

PROBLEM:
The cropping uses a portion of the image that is equal to the size, in pixels, of the DCG. So if the image is much larger than the DCG then only a small portion of it appears in the DCG. This creates a defacto zoom with large images.

FIX:
Use an image that is close to the pixel size of the DCG. This means that you have to do the work, in Paint Shop etc., that the plugin should have done.

Example: Your DCG is set to 200 x 300. Use an image that is 200 x 300 and the entire image will appear in the DCG.

Since I have few images to show in the DCG this fix is workable for me. I use a full size image for the post and a smaller one fitted to the DCG (with full url option on Image Management). I can't imagine using this with larger numbers of images.

I really like the flexibility of all the options that DCG offers as well as its appearance and ease of use for the site visitors but the lack of resizng is disappointing. I will seek other gallery plugins that do the resizing but, if I go to another one, I will watch and return to DCG if it gains this ability.

8:12 pm
November 10, 2010


Ade

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Thanks for posting your comments.

If you use mootools, you can use the Post Thumbnail option which means that the thumbnail will be resized. Image resozing is a real issue – not just with my plugin – but with Wordpress media handling too, in the sense that Wordpress can't do this on the fly. It's possible that a future version of WP will have this capability built-in.

In the meantime, I'm considering using the Featured Image for populating both the thumbnails (which it can do now, when using Mootools), and the main image. This will work using add_image_size() to define a "DCG" specific image size when images are uploaded via the Media Uploader.

Dynamic Content Gallery: Have you read the Configuration Guide and FAQ?

3:10 am
November 11, 2010


FM

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Thanks Ade.

I have Motools on and I have Use Post Thumbnails selected in Image Management under Carousel Thumbnails. I see now that the resizing option is for carousel thumbs (that's the thing at the top with tiny pictures right?). What I wanted, and was posting about, was for the main image to be resized. Sorry for confusing the two.

With Motools and Post Thumbs on I'm still not seeing either carousel thumbs or the main image resized. The carousel pictures are even more "zoomed" than the main image. I don't want the carousel for this site but if I did I'd want them to match the main image just smaller.

My theme, Antisnews Premium, resizes images.

2:33 pm
November 11, 2010


Ade

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Hi,

Yes, the Carousel is the pulldown section which contains thumbnails of the main images. In order to see a resized thumbnail, you must set the image as the Featured Image within each post.

No, the DCG doesn't resize main images. As mentioned, I'm working on including this functionality (or, at least, using add_image_size() to create a DCG-sized main image) in the next version of the plugin.

Hope this clarifies.

Dynamic Content Gallery: Have you read the Configuration Guide and FAQ?
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