Larger Images
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I’m experimenting with panoramic photos and would like to include larger images (maybe 2000 to 3000 pixels) in my posts. Preferably, a thumbnail in the actual post which links to the large image. I’ve played around with my media settings and am not getting the correct results. I could link to my Flickr account but they seem to have size limitations also. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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WP.com blogs won’t display images larger than the theme allows. You might be able to get around this by posting a smaller image and then linking it to the File of a larger image. Or you could buy the CSS upgrade and make your central column wider.
I’m very surprised Flickr has size limitations. Do you have a Pro account?
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What if the thumbnail opened the big picture in another window? That should get the big picture outside of the WordPress Theme and the size limits.
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First off, the image as inserted into the post has to be no wider than the theme will allow. The smaller image shown in the post though can link to a larger image that will open in a new window, but how many people have a 2000 or 3000 wide monitor to view it on? I’m certifiably insane and my monitor is only 2560px wide.
Second issue is asking the wordpress software to take a 2000 or 3000 px wide image and scaling it down to 500 or 600 px wide so that it will fit in a post. It might be beyond the capabilities of the software and even if it is not, taking an image from 2000 or 3000 px down to 500 or 600 will result in dramatically lower quality for the image that is put into the post.
My suggestion: Create two images. 1) a resized image that will fit into the post area on the theme you are using and 2) the original image (personally I would not make this wider than perhaps 1200px, but that is your choice. Having only a third of a 3000px wide image on screen and having to scroll horizontally to see the entire image is not what I call a good user experience.
Upload the two images. Insert the smaller one (sized for the width of the theme) into the post as “full-sized” and in the “file URL” field put the URL of the wider image.
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For reference, here are the top 6 monitor resolutions in use on the web right now and their percentage of the total.
1 — 1024×768 — 26.52%
2 — 1280×800 — 16.82%
3 — 1366×768 — 11.05%
4 — 1280×1024 — 8.81%
5 — 1440×900 — 7.44%
6 — 1680×1050 — 4.01%Note that the top 54.4% (top three) are under 1400px in width and there are none of the top 6 over 1680.
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It’s possible I didn’t communicate my intent clearly enough.
<<What if the thumbnail opened the big picture in another window?>>
Yes, this is what I want. An image in the actual blog post sized appropriately for the theme. This would link to a larger version of the image. Is it possible to do this within WordPress? I don’t know of another free photo-sharing site I can link to that will allow the larger images.
<<I’m very surprised Flickr has size limitations. Do you have a Pro account?>>
Sadly, I’m a student and have no budget.
<<Having only a third of a 3000px wide image on screen and having to scroll horizontally to see the entire image is not what I call a good user experience.>>
Once in a rare while, this is what I want (again, with a link, not the image in the actual blog post). Primarily to view the detail in panoramic images.
Hopefully this is clearer, maybe someone will have some advice to offer.
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These are the three regular options:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/You’re already using option 3 in your posts (“File URL”, which means that clicking on the version in the post opens the fullsize original alone). If you mean you want it to open in a new window (without leaving your current one), see last paragraph in the post I linked to.
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By the way, this is the reason why thesacredpath suggested the 2-image approach:
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The “File URL” is exactly what I wanted. I never understood what those options meant, but after some experimentation that seems to do the trick. Thank you!
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All 3 options are also described in support documentation at this link.
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