opinion on app to have folks use for images in frm
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Topic: opinion on app to have folks use for images in frm
Posted By: billd3
Subject: opinion on app to have folks use for images in frm
Date Posted: 02 January 2009 at 4:32pm
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I'm about to turn on the ability of folks to upload images directly to the forum. Many many members wish to post photos of their cars, their engines, their races, etc. and currently we have them host their photos on photobucket, or similar. Those work great as they allow resizing, etc. on the fly. If we allow folks to upload and post images directly, the issue of image size will come up - it already does to an extent. We'll limit image file size of course! I like Bruce, but would rather not pay him $10,000 a month in bandwidth and storage fees. I'd like to suggest to folks a FREEWARE image editing application and simple instructions to edit image size, etc. and then how to post said images to the forum. What do you suggest? Are there good SIMPLE TO USE freeware apps? They must be simple as although our folks can make an AMX do a quarter mile in 10 seconds or hit 150 mph with ease, they are not so good at image editing, etc.! Thanks. ------------- BillD http://theamcpages.com http://theamcforum.com |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 January 2009 at 4:36pm
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The simplest one is Windows Paint that comes with Windows. Open the image in paint and then use Image -> Resize to reszie the image down to a more reasonable size like 500 pixels, then resave the image. This should considerable reduce the file size of most Jpeg images and make them easier to view within posts. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 02 January 2009 at 7:19pm
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There are 2 ways they could do this, simply Well 3 if you count Microsoft Paint as a viable alternative  1. They could upload their images to http://photobucket.com/ - Photobucket (which is FREE and they can use Photobuckets own editing system or 2. http://www.getpaint.net/ - Free Paint dot net has a reasonably good software program (similar to Photoshop) and they could edit their own images on their computer Also I would suggest perhaps a topic on your forum assisting them through the process, similar to ones I did on our forums ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |
Posted By: billd3
Date Posted: 02 January 2009 at 9:52pm
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Yes, there must be a place where they can see how to resize, etc. - even with screenshots. I was even thinking of posting a DOCUMENT or PDF file with instructions they could print and/or save. That paint dot net looks interesting.................. pretty simple, too. The price is really nice! LOL ------------- BillD http://theamcpages.com http://theamcforum.com |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 02 January 2009 at 11:56pm
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You could always code a small modification into the upload process to resize images so they would be under a certain size (using ASPJpeg or something similar). The bandwidth of uploading would still be used, but once resized you wouldn't have to worry about enforcing image sizes.
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Posted By: billd3
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 6:17pm
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It gets a bit confusing as the error they get with a file that's too large is "you do not have permissions to access this page....." etc. Nothing like "this file is too big, make it smaller and try again" No, it's a confusing forum member permissions error page. It would be nice to have something like photobucket has - resize when you upload, but I suspect that's a whole project in itself. I've published a PDF file in our forum that shows how to crop and resize using paint dot net. We'll see how that flies. ------------- BillD http://theamcpages.com http://theamcforum.com |
Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 7:18pm
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I would assume (and its only a quickie thought) that you could edit the language file so the text displays something like: "The image size is too large. Please make it smaller and try again" instead of the error message that currently pops up A good instructional topic though - it takes a bit of time granted - would help, and perhaps a message to all members on your forum Something similar is: On this forum, users can post images. There are two ways you can do this If you have your own webspace, you can "hot-link" directly to the image from your own webspace by referencing where the image is on your server. For example, if I wanted to place an image below that was being hosted on my server, I would do the following:  Which would then produce the image as shown below in this example:  In this case the image ABOVE has been "hot-linked" directly from my own server space The second, and most common way for users who do not have their own webspace though, would be to FIRSTLY http://photobucket.com/ - sign up for a FREE Photobucket Account . Once signed up, you can then UPLOAD your chosen images to your Photobucket account, and then reference the image you want to display within a post like so:  And then you should see the image you want but ONLY after you have posted your reply as shown below:  Ideally, it is best to post images that are not TOO big in size Generally speaking I aim to go for say for example 500 pixels WIDE. If you are using programs to change image proprtions then its fairly easy to do that. If not, Photobucket allow you to manipulate the image size once you have uploaded the original Images that grossly EXCEED this general size will - A) Take up too much forum page space B) Take too long to download into the page C) Will be removed or edited Re-sizing an image posted in Photobucket is done as follows - Here is how to re-size images uploaded to Photobucket 1. Select the image you want to re-size as shown below, and click Edit  2. It will open a new window showing your Original image. You can now click Re-size  Or you can select one of the preset options  When re-sizing an image always make sure there is a tick in maintain proprtions  Finally save the image as "a copy" of you do not wish to overwrite or replace the original image  Hey presto! Re-sized image as below:  Now at 320x240 pixels It's fairly easy to get the hang of it, but if you have any questions please let us know MrTWS Admin But please DO NOT hotlink directly - its just a advisory ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 2:49am
functions_upload.asp would only need a small code block to automatically change image sizes on uploading using ASPJpeg. Check out the image resize example http://www.aspjpeg.com/manual_02.html - here ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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billd3 wrote:Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 8:00am
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Are looking into support for AspJPEG with auto image resizing for version 10 along with a Gallery Tool that also uses AspJPEG to produce thumbnails.
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Posted By: remy
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 11:24am
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I have used Prish Image Resizer in the past (Vista). Its free, does a good job and is simple to use, you could issue some straightforward instructions to your community.
http://www.powerhourgame.com/windows_vista_image_resizer_powertoy_prish_image_resizer.htm - http://www.powerhourgame.com/windows_vista_image_resizer_powertoy_prish_image_resizer.htm
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