Need help understanding IMAGES and Thumbnails
Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 18:06
I am confused by the thumbnails, detail images, and original images.
I uploaded a bunch of images that are typically 800 px wide by 600 px high (to use a landscape example). In Options, on the Main tab, I have Large image set to 640x480. (The medium and small thumbnails are set to 100x100 and 50x50.)
Phoca has created three images in the thumb folders: The small and large thumbnails, plus 800x600 pixel "thumbnails".
Questions:
1. Why are the large thumbnails bigger than the setting? Shouldn't they be 640x480 as per the setting?
2. Why do I need those large thumbnails? I am using Shadowbox for the detail image, and it shows this large thumbnail. At no point does the original uploaded image get displayed. (Plus, the so-called large thumbnails are actually bigger files than the original uploaded images, which I have already optimized for web viewing.)
Thanks
Gallery is here.
I uploaded a bunch of images that are typically 800 px wide by 600 px high (to use a landscape example). In Options, on the Main tab, I have Large image set to 640x480. (The medium and small thumbnails are set to 100x100 and 50x50.)
Phoca has created three images in the thumb folders: The small and large thumbnails, plus 800x600 pixel "thumbnails".
Questions:
1. Why are the large thumbnails bigger than the setting? Shouldn't they be 640x480 as per the setting?
2. Why do I need those large thumbnails? I am using Shadowbox for the detail image, and it shows this large thumbnail. At no point does the original uploaded image get displayed. (Plus, the so-called large thumbnails are actually bigger files than the original uploaded images, which I have already optimized for web viewing.)
Thanks
Gallery is here.