featured image not displayed
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New Blog. Sometimes my featured image displays and sometimes not? I’ve checked it and is listed, went to media and shows attached. Very confusing, no problem with all other images, just the feature image? Anyone?
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You mean this image?
http://mstrrick.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/blog-cover-logo.pngIt’s an unnecessarily huge file (3.6MB, resolution 150, width 4178px). Your browser may time out before loading it. Make sure you upload properly downsized images, at a resolution of 72.
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no, that one was my first inept attempt. I actually just deleted it 10 minutes ago so I wouldn’t get’m confused. LOL. The one I’m using last couple days (is new blog) is:
I cropped the new one to the required size and reduced using MS picture mgr… it’s only 167k, I guess I could compress it? Picture mgr says it would reduce to 1.62K.
Still it seems to sometimes appear and sometimes not?
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Yes you ought to compress and presize every image prior to uploading them into your blog. If you do not then you will experience problems like this, and you will have an image that has lost quality if you bring the cropper into play.
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Then you mean the header image, not the featured image. The WP cropping tool is cranky: you need to resize the image to the exact dimensions specified by the theme (940×198 in your case) before uploading it.
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thx both, yea about that header vs featured…? am not sure I understand the diff, I though they were one and same?
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The one is the standard header image (uploaded via Appearance>Header); the other is set in the post editor and replaces the standard header when you view that single post.
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Oh, also timethief I checked out that link: http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/troubleshooting-images/
good read… didn’t know what the advantages/disadvantages were between file formats, I may want to change my header/banner to gif since is mostly block colors?
great links on the editing tools also…
Mstr Rick
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@teamrick
I’m glad that entry was helpful.
re:changing your image to a gifGIF is a lossless compression format which support only 256 colors and works better with text than JPG compression. Re-saving GIF images will not degrade quality. Best suited for very simple photographs (few colors) and graphics without gradients or blends.
Read more here –> http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2008/04/22/image-editing-and-preparation-tips-part-1/
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I have not posted in a few weeks and when I tried to do it now using an url from Flickr all I get are the words and no image.
Did something change while I was gone? -
@teric
Please use this link and start your own thread > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1 -
I am embarrassed to say that I just discovered I had the post on html instead of visual.
Problem solved.
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