Question:

[Guest]

I've inherited a e-commerce database site from a company that did not really
update there sites regularly. However, I've managed to clean up a lot of it.
My question is: I have not been able to resololve the issue of the images on
the site. The problem is that when we load images our of products (on the
back end) they appear stretched and do not look uniform. I haven't been able
to figure this one out. Take a look at it: http://66.203.153.150/ . If you
click some of the images, you'll see what I mean. Is there any way I can fix
this? Can anyone help with this? or at least point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

If you're gonna specify size attibutes for images they should be
proportional to the original. For instance the big red bottle (True Mass)
you're setting size attributes as 112x146 but the original image is 201x279
so there's a descrepancy which will through the viewed image outta wack.


message | I've inherited a e-commerce database site from a company that did not
really
| update there sites regularly. However, I've managed to clean up a lot of
it.
| My question is: I have not been able to resololve the issue of the images
on
| the site. The problem is that when we load images our of products (on the
| back end) they appear stretched and do not look uniform. I haven't been
able
| to figure this one out. Take a look at it: http://66.203.153.150/ . If you
| click some of the images, you'll see what I mean. Is there any way I can
fix
| this? Can anyone help with this? or at least point me in the right
direction?
| Thanks!
| --
| Henry Contreras
| http://classifiedfrenzy.com
| Home of the Free online classifieds!
|

 

[Guest]

So is there sort of a "default" or common attribute to set? What would you
suggest to set it at? For instance, even if the attribute is a bit off, it
won't stretch it that much, or at least would not look as bad. Actually, the
red bottle (True Mass), looks really good compared to some of the others on
the right nav nar (under best sellers). Click on the first one under best
sellers. It looks really bad.

 

[Trevor L.]

If you're gonna specify size attibutes for images they should be
proportional to the original. For instance the big red bottle (True
Mass) you're setting size attributes as 112x146 but the original
image is 201x279 so there's a descrepancy which will through the
viewed image outta wack.

I thought I could see some odd shaped images, but they didn't seem to change
when I clicked on the image.
(Should I get my eyes tesed ?)

Anyway to add to what Rob said, one can always specify one dimension and
leave it to the browser to figure out the other one.
e.g. if w*h is 201*279, set width='112'. Height would then be calculated as
112*279/201 (about 155), giving w*h=112*155
or set height='146'. Width would then be calculated as 146*201/279 (about
105), giving w*h=105*146

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

It's very small and I didn't analyze the entire site, but assumed the same
thing was happening elsewhere.


| Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| > If you're gonna specify size attibutes for images they should be
| > proportional to the original. For instance the big red bottle (True
| > Mass) you're setting size attributes as 112x146 but the original
| > image is 201x279 so there's a descrepancy which will through the
| > viewed image outta wack.
|
| I thought I could see some odd shaped images, but they didn't seem to
change
| when I clicked on the image.
| (Should I get my eyes tesed ?)
|
| Anyway to add to what Rob said, one can always specify one dimension and
| leave it to the browser to figure out the other one.
| e.g. if w*h is 201*279, set width='112'. Height would then be calculated
as
| 112*279/201 (about 155), giving w*h=112*155
| or set height='146'. Width would then be calculated as 146*201/279 (about
| 105), giving w*h=105*146
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Trevor L.
| [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
| ----------------------------------------
|

 

[Trevor L.]

So is there sort of a "default" or common attribute to set? What
would you suggest to set it at? For instance, even if the attribute
is a bit off, it won't stretch it that much, or at least would not
look as bad. Actually, the red bottle (True Mass), looks really good
compared to some of the others on the right nav nar (under best
sellers). Click on the first one under best sellers. It looks really
bad.

Why not decide on a common height and set all of them to that height ?

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Yah...looks a little "portly" )

Personally...I resize the images outside of FP to the size I want and I
don't mess with the sizes after that.

Download IrFanview (freebie) its great for batch processing, renaming,
optimizing images, you can batch process all your images proportionally.

hth


message | So is there sort of a "default" or common attribute to set? What would you
| suggest to set it at? For instance, even if the attribute is a bit off, it
| won't stretch it that much, or at least would not look as bad. Actually,
the
| red bottle (True Mass), looks really good compared to some of the others
on
| the right nav nar (under best sellers). Click on the first one under best
| sellers. It looks really bad.
|
| --
| Henry Contreras
| http://classifiedfrenzy.com
| Home of the Free online classifieds!
|
|
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > If you're gonna specify size attibutes for images they should be
| > proportional to the original. For instance the big red bottle (True
Mass)
| > you're setting size attributes as 112x146 but the original image is
201x279
| > so there's a descrepancy which will through the viewed image outta wack.
| >
| >
| > message | > | I've inherited a e-commerce database site from a company that did not
| > really
| > | update there sites regularly. However, I've managed to clean up a lot
of
| > it.
| > | My question is: I have not been able to resololve the issue of the
images
| > on
| > | the site. The problem is that when we load images our of products (on
the
| > | back end) they appear stretched and do not look uniform. I haven't
been
| > able
| > | to figure this one out. Take a look at it: http://66.203.153.150/ . If
you
| > | click some of the images, you'll see what I mean. Is there any way I
can
| > fix
| > | this? Can anyone help with this? or at least point me in the right
| > direction?
| > | Thanks!
| > | --
| > | Henry Contreras
| > | http://classifiedfrenzy.com
| > | Home of the Free online classifieds!
| > |
| >
| >
| >

 

[Trevor L.]

Yah...looks a little "portly" )

Personally...I resize the images outside of FP to the size I want and
I don't mess with the sizes after that.

Download IrFanview (freebie) its great for batch processing, renaming,
optimizing images, you can batch process all your images
proportionally.

hth

Good thinking.

But of course to maintain consistency, Henry may wish to make them all the
same heght, or width, whichever suits the page better

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Remove the height and width values from the image tag or just set the width value and no height
value.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Yep and he can.



| Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| > Yah...looks a little "portly" )
| >
| > Personally...I resize the images outside of FP to the size I want and
| > I don't mess with the sizes after that.
| >
| > Download IrFanview (freebie) its great for batch processing, renaming,
| > optimizing images, you can batch process all your images
| > proportionally.
| >
| > hth
|
| Good thinking.
|
| But of course to maintain consistency, Henry may wish to make them all the
| same heght, or width, whichever suits the page better
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Trevor L.
| [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
| ----------------------------------------
|