Custom thumbnail images for articles : iJoomla News Portal

ggww
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« on: January 07, 2008, 05:05:15 PM »

Is there any way to have more control over the images that News Portal pulls in? I want to take the first image, but I would like the thumbnails cropped differently. They look bad when done automatically. Can I replace the image once News Portal has placed it in its cache?

Thanks,
Bryan


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RicardoCorai
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Re: Custom thumbnail images for articles

« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2008, 05:40:46 PM »

Quote from: ggww on January 07, 2008, 05:05:15 PM

Is there any way to have more control over the images that News Portal pulls in?

No at this point.

Quote from: ggww on January 07, 2008, 05:05:15 PM

Can I replace the image once News Portal has placed it in its cache?

mmm, I suppose that there is no problem with this. Let me know... Cool

Anyway, if you edit the item the thumb is rebuilded.
Best regards,


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ggww
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Re: Custom thumbnail images for articles

« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2008, 07:38:07 PM »

Ok, I will give it a try. It's really too bad that it rebuilds the thumb at each change. That will make things more difficult if this option works. I think having the option of picking a completely separate image to associate with each article would be a good future feature! That way you have more flexibility (automatic or manual image selection).

Thanks,
Bryan


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benblee
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Re: Custom thumbnail images for articles

« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 02:10:19 PM »

I struggled with this question as well for a good long while. I did find a simple answer that seems to be working very well on my site so I'd like to have everyone's input as to whether or not this is a reasonable solution.

News Portal pulls in the first image it sees in an article whether it's in the introduction section or in the main text secton (after the 'read more...' link). In order to customize the way my News Portal image displays, I make an image the same shape as what my News Portal settings call for (for a square thumbnail I use a square image rather than a banner image). Place your intro text and this intro image in the intro text for the article. Now, place the entire article (including the intro) in the main text area but use your article image instead of the custom thumbnail. Finally, go to the Parameters tab and click Hide under the Intro Text line. This will hide the intro when the full article is viewed so your custom thumbnail is never seen in with the actual full images you used.

Hope this helps and if you notice any problems with this solution, please let me know!


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