Pictuer sizing issues
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Hello,
I am a school teacher and take students around the world during the summers. I used WordPress.com to upload pictures and videos so parents and friends can live vicariously through our travels. When we were in Australia lat summer, the pictures I uploaded were very small thumbnails and squished together. I’d like the uploaded pictures/videos to be a decent size and not thumbnail size. This summer, I will be posting my pictures via my blackberry and my iPad.
Is there a setting I haven’t seen to mazimize the pictures I upload?
Or is there a way to upload the pictures as a thumbsize and then when you click on the picture, it opens up into a new window where people can right click and save.
Many thanks for your help.
Best,
– CP Goldstein
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Thank you for your help! However, is there a possible way I can just set up the size prior to me traveling so that all pictures will be the same size? Another words, I won’t have all that much free time to change the picture settings – I would just like to have it as big as I can and that way, I can just snap a picture and upload it.
OR – do you think have all the pictures I take come out as a thumbnail and then when people click on the link, it expands on a new tab? If so, how can I set that up too?
Thank you so much for your help – I totally appreciate it!
Best,
-CP Goldstein
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Yes, I believe that you can set the size when you upload the picture. It has radio buttons for standard sizes, or you can re-size in the text editor by clicking on image and dragging corner to desired size.
Maybe the thumbnail is set by default. I do not believe that it is linked to larger image automatically. However, I am not sure. When I upload a photo, it is usually set to Large by default. To upload as is, try uploading in the Media Library before attaching it to anything or re-sizing.
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When you are about to insert an image, you select one of the four size options: thumbnail, medium, large and full-size. Full-size means pixel size of original, if the original is narrower than the post column, or downsized to fit the post column, if the original is wider. The defaults for the other three options are set in Settings > Media; the widths you should set depend on the theme you’re using (for instance, you’d make the medium option about half the main column width).
When you select one of these options for an image you insert, the media tool remembers your selection and will apply it to the images you insert afterwards (till you select a different option).
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Hello Makethea and Justpi!
Thank you for your answers. However, maybe I am not asking it the correct way.
Since I will be emailing all the pictures via the “special email address” via my phone and iPad, I would like them all to be medium but yet “clickable” to be expanded in a new window (but only larger.) Does this make any sense? If so, how can I accomplish this magical feat?
BTW – Don’t know if your screen name has anything to do with the movie or not, but my wife and I just watched Life of Pi – awesome movie!
Thanks!
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