image sidebar plugin: issues with image size

[sjbmaine]

Forgive me if this answer has already been posted. I searched and couldn't find it.

The images in my unified image sidebar pull from a folder in the media file. I have configuration set at "0" for 100%. All of the images I've loaded for the side bar are 160 px wide. My auto-thumbnail is also set at 160 px wide.

The problem is that my images appear at 110px. If I change the configuration to show the images at 160px, they show at 160px, but the quality is very poor, like they're being stretched.

I'm stumped. Can you offer advice?

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

The URL would help to investigate this. I am quite sure it's a CSS problem.

Regards,
Garvin

[sjbmaine]

http://ovysorlandovacationrentals.com/
The template has been revised from Ceejay01

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Hm, but your thumbnail pics are only 110 px:

http://ovysorlandovacationrentals.com/u ... yThumb.gif

So actually when you click on an image, you don't see the THUMBNAIL, you get the LARGE version. In your case the large versio is 160px.

The size of thumbnails can be configured globally for SErendipity in the configuration section. When you've changed sizes there, you need to click on 'Rebuild thumbnails' to build thumbnails in the new size.

In your case, if the final miage is also 160px, you will have two identical files, a thumbnail and a large file in 160px width.

HTH,
Garvin

[sjbmaine]

Nope. My thumbnails are 160px - I double checked in the media manger and it confirms the thumbnail side of 160px (that's what I have the Serendipity config set at) Still I get these images appearing at 110px rather than the 160.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

According to the URL, those files are 110px, not 160px. you must click on rebuild thumbnails, did you read that?

As long as

http://ovysorlandovacationrentals.com/u ... yThumb.gif

is with 110px, something's wrong in the setup.

Regards,
Garvin

[sjbmaine]

Well, you're right. The thumbnails images are 110px wide. I presized them to 160px and my thumbnail setting is at 160. Despite the settings, it's creating 110px thumbnails. Not sure why that is - maybe because I'm starting with a small file? I tried rebuilding the thumbnails and no thumbnails were resized.

Still, if I have the sidebar properties set at 0 for 100%, shouldn't they show at the actual picture size rather than the thumbnail size, whatever size that thumbnail might be? It's set at 100% right now.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Which serendipity version are you using? You change the thumbnail size in the global serendipity configuration, right?

Can you try to temprarily set it to 150px and see if the uploaded images are then scaled fro 160 to 150? It might be that the thumbnail code will not resize images that are the same size. But then again it shouldn't put them to 110px. 110 px are nowhere hardcoded in the functions, so it should really use the size you entered.

Still, if I have the sidebar properties set at 0 for 100%, shouldn't they show at the actual picture size rather than the thumbnail size, whatever size that thumbnail might be? It's set at 100% right now.

No, the plugin does not resize images, it just uses CSS to strretch them.

Regards,
Garvin