Image Resize
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I agree it is unlikely the relatively small number of complainants here will effect any change or reversal. I would just like to be able to access effective help to do what I want to do . In this case put a margin around my images.i am new to this and don’t know how to read or understand the ‘text’ instructions.
Is there an instruction manual available for this new way of doing things . Ie for dummies? I know many of you have posted work abounds but unfortunately I am so incapable I can’t understand then.
Alternatively I do know there are other options for my blog and am wondering if its worth transferring as I’m only a couple of weeks in. Can anyone suggest a reasonably easy to use option?
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@balsamean-
When you submit a support request through our contact form, you have an option to leave a public support request. This request will end up in the Staff Answers queue. :)
@erickachalker-
Can you also submit a support request from here and we can take a look at your issue directly?
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Thanks, auxclass. It will be interesting to see what comes next, and what doesn’t. If nothing else, it will be interesting.
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GraceYoung, Thank you for your response. This is what my blog looked like on the preview:
http://nostalgia049.wordpress.com/?p=5472&preview=trueI am using Parament theme. Do I need to only use certain sizes to make the photos fit better?
This is what my last published blog looked like.
Stringbean: Murdered After Grand Ole Opry Appearance In 1973
I think I had the photo on the right when I was typing my text, since I was having problems getting the text to show up under the photo, so I tried typing on the left side of the photo. The way it is now I am forced to type above the photo if I center it.
Thank you very much for your help.
Andrew
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Balsemean, Thank you for your interest in my problem. My email address is:
(email visible only to moderators and staff)
You are welcome to write anytime. Grace Young is also looking at my problem, but don’t know if or when she will respond again.
Thank you for your help.
Andrew -
Since you changed the Image Resize I can no longer create homogeneous grids as before. It ‘a big problem, because the new scaling method now go wrong.
Look at the difference between here http://cinemaout.wordpress.com/film-recensiti-pag-1-2/ (today) and here: http://cinemaout.wordpress.com/film-recensiti-pag-2/ (2 week ago, about) -
Hi. How do I start a new thread? I went to the link staff answers that you provided but can only see a list of topics. No place to start a new thread.
I am using an ipad. Would it be different on a pc?I just want to know where I can get help or instructions on how to make a margin around a photo under the new changes as I don’t understand the ‘text’ fixes that are being posted on this thread. They seem to assume prior knowledge which I don’t have as I am only a beginner.
A private email might be more helpful than a post on this thread since it seems to have degenerated into a great deal of general whinging.
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Hi Andrew,
Use my Contact page on my site to reach me by email. For good reasons, they won’t let you display an email address here. -
@niteowl049 and @erikachalker-
I have messaged you both privately! Please check your emails and reply to me from there.
Thanks!
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I still can’t seem to change the sizes of photos by using the “scale photo” tool. Nothing changes, and if I try to resize the photo by clicking on the actual photo and dragging the cursor, I end up with two sizes of the photo weirdly juxtaposed on top of each other. Using the “undo” button doesn’t seem to work after this happens either – I have to delete the photo entirely and start over.
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Why has WordPress taken away the “border” input box in the image edit screen? I have been a WP blogger since 2007 and always put a “0” in the border box so my linked images would not have an ugly blue link border around them.
The link border around images distracts and is aesthetically displeasing. I’ve never used a border around my linked images. I’ve now learned that all linked images MUST have a border. Even going into the HTML edit and placing border=”0″ code doesn’t work.
I want to know the reasoning behind this change. Please bring back the border input box!
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OK, I can remove the border with style=”border:0″ placed into the img src HTML code.
Still, it was a helluva lot easier just to go to the “advanced” image edit tab and type a zero in the “border” box. Why take that simplicity away? You’re forcing your bloggers to waste time. And we’re not happy about that.
And while seeing the scale of images in the “visual” screen itself is a nice change, it’s moot, because the view changes once you “preview” your blog. According to your theme and width of your blog, you usually have to fiddle with image size anyway, because the text breaks differently on the blog itself than in the “visual” screen. Using percentage scaling was a clever, quick and effective to fix an image so the image vs. text looked best on your theme. Now you size within the “visual” screen and you still have to keep going back to preview to see how it REALLY looks.
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Balsamean
This IS the beta release. It is a beta of v. 3.9, which has a “final” release date scheduled for mid-April. Scroll back to one of my earlier messages where I pointed to the official WP links about it.
Good point. I’d read all the previous messages but the penny didn’t quite drop. I was a systems developer before I retired and I have never heard of a beta being deliberately released to production to see whether it worked or not.
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Grace
We heard back from our developers and we have been informed that border, margin, and %-based resizing controls will not be returning as of right now.
What does this mean?
• How long does right now last?
• Will they return in due course?
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The simple way to implement percentage resizing would be to add another text box under Edit Image/ Scale Image.
Currently there are two text boxes for the dimensions. Change one and the interface changes the other. With the addition of a percentage resizing text box, changing any of the three would change the other two. Just a minor change in the interface, I would think.
That’s still much more indirect than the old method but at least the functionality would be there.
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‘Our developers have informed me that border, margin, and %-based resizing controls will not be returning as of right now.’
Basically what they’re saying to us is piss off (aka just go away, only not so polite)… or am I wrong? And what on earth does ‘as of right now’ mean?
I know you’re trying to be helpful to us, but the developers really are not helping you, are they?
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Someone must have made these changes and thought it a brilliant idea…..
One would think that they would have the courage of their convictions and justify their actions. I don’t think this was expected, especially looking at some of the gushing compliments from another section of the WP community on the News page. -
The old image editor was superior to the new one because it allowed valued options like
1. A link added to the image could be opened in a new tab
2. The title line identifying the image could be read with a mouse-over. Now the image cannot be identified unless a caption is added. The mouse-over facility was really valued and made WP images unique. It is sorely missed.
3. A text article could have many uniform-sized images added because of the image pixel counter. No pixel counter in new editor and images have to be sized by sight. This does not allow alignment of the bottom of the image with text.Yes, the old editor was a bit clumsy because it had to be opened to get at some options. But a new image editor could have all the old options listed up front in one place and still have the drag and drop feature.
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