In the EE gallery resizing preferences for thumbnails, you can give dimensions that you want it to adhere to. The problem I have been having is that EE has been resizing with preference being on the height.

What i mean is, if I say I want a max image of 575x350, and something doesn’t meet that ratio exactly, I might get an image that is 630x350. However, I would rather get an image that is 575x280 (or whatever the ratio would turn out to be).

Right now, EE makes sure that when it resizes, it matches up the height. Instead, I want it to resize and make sure the images are no wider than 575, even if it means a height less than 350.

That make sense?

Now, here is why - notice how the resized image is coming out of the template here:

http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q208-exclusive-macbook-air-vs-voodoo-envy-133/

Didn’t we have this issue a couple of days ago? EE defaults to using height as the master dimension for resizing. To change this, you will have to open /system/core/core.image_lib.php and find the line:

Change that to “auto” or, in your case, “width”.

Not sure if you had this issue a couple of days ago, but I sure didn’t, as this is the first time I ever asked this question.

Thanks for the tip - very cool. However, I take it that since I am having to editing the PHP file instead of having something in the control panel, that I am going to need to remember to edit this file anytime that I upgrade EE?

Would a feature request be appropriate, in terms of asking for this to be something that is changed in the CP instead of in the file?

drusoicy - 03 July 2008 12:58 PM

Not sure if you had this issue a couple of days ago, but I sure didn’t, as this is the first time I ever asked this question.

Right. I comes up from time to time, and I vaguely remembered a recent case, but it clearly didn’t involve you.

Thanks for the tip - very cool. However, I take it that since I am having to editing the PHP file instead of having something in the control panel, that I am going to need to remember to edit this file anytime that I upgrade EE?

Every time you replaced that file, yes.

Would a feature request be appropriate, in terms of asking for this to be something that is changed in the CP instead of in the file?

By all means! Perhaps a hidden variable in config.php would be sufficient, the way we do it with a few other variables. But, yes, a FR is certainly appropriate. You can probably find an existing one and add your voice to it.

See the FR pertainning to this here. Marking as “Resolved”.