Appearance in the reader
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Hello there,
I’ve noticed that the appearance of my blog posts in the reader is far from satisfactory. Either no image shows (which is fairly important for photography) or they look squashed or fuzzy.My regular format is a slice of text and a gallery, only rarely do I put individual images straight into post. Here’s the latest:
It looks as if I should consider an initial large image followed by the gallery to feed the reader properly, although pushing the gallery further down the post is not ideal. Any further advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks,
With best wishes,
MichaelThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Let’s ask Staff to assist you with sorting this out. That way you will know exactly hos the Reader is programmed to function. I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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I’m having same problem. My post today did not go to the Reader at all. As a result, I haven’t received any likes or comments, which is very unusual. Did something in the format change (such as the grouping of posts) that caused some not to show up at all? I clicked on Chat but the person was not helpful.
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Hi Mike, I’ll pass your feedback along. Right now, based on feedback and testing, we are showing a more compact view in the reader stream. If one clicks through to view the post in the reader, they’ll see the photos in a more normal size, otherwise we do use smaller thumbnails.
That said, we do normally show a few thumbnails if you’re using a gallery. I’m wondering if your gallery icons are a bit too small. Would you be willing to try a different gallery format with the next post – one with slightly larger images — to see whether that helps? You might like Tiled Columns or Mosaic.
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Hi Supernovia, many thanks for your response.
I could certainly experiment with a larger gallery format with the next post. I have done in the past, but my instinct is that is doesn’t encourage readers to click through a gallery. The small format is the most effective ‘taster’, perhaps.
In the old style reader, there was never any issue with image pick-up – the first on the page would always be displayed very well. But I appreciate that things have changed.
My latest post showed a real downturn in WordPress user likes via the reader, presumably because it was text-only which I don’t believe has happened before. I’m happy to try anything out to help this.
Thank you again for your help – much appreciated.
With best wishes,
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One thought – would a standalone image beneath the gallery be scooped up and fed into the reader? I’ve done this before. Unfortunately I don’t check the reader every time. Thanks, Supernovia.
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@mikeosbornphoto I *believe* if there’s a gallery it’s supposed to use that. I have confirmed though that if the images are too small in the gallery, it won’t use them.
Also if it helps, I’ve been troubleshooting by looking at your feed here:
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/34465787I noticed the ones that do show images tend to show that big image you’re including sometimes.
RE: whether the users are more likely to click on tiny thumbnails vs somewhat larger thumbnails, you might do some tests for a while to see if there’s a measurable difference.
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