Thanks everyone. I tried the video suggested by Chris, and it worked !
Thanks again Rishab On 4/9/11, Chris <theswimmingf...@gmail.com> wrote: > This video on cake TV worked for me fyi. I tried just about every > single image upload I could find. This tutorial is the only one I > found that worked perfectly for me without too much effort > (disclaimer: I'm am still very much a beginner so that is probably why > those other's never worked for me) > > http://tv.cakephp.org/video/jasonwydro/2011/01/29/cakephp_1_3_-_meio_image_upload_resize_gallery_tutorial > > On Apr 8, 10:51 pm, "Krissy Masters" <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I usually resize the uploaded file to a manageable size but no crop, full >> image so the user never loses anything, Then allow them to crop the part >> they want which crates 2 images used in the site, the thumb and the large >> size image. In total upload 1 but end up with 3 (original version of >> uploaded file, 1 thumb and 1 "large" for use on the site) >> >> Also as cricket mentions all data is saved to the db, (name x,y,w,h) >> >> Just to give you an idea but every case is different and may require >> different sizes, number of version, and there are plenty of options on >> things you can do with images dynamically thru functions. >> >> K >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> >> Of cricket >> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:38 PM >> To: cake-php@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: thumbnail generator >> >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Krissy Masters >> <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I would say on upload you make the sizes needed once. Why constantly >> resize >> > for each page load or on initial view / load check to see if its been >> > created if not create it. But as for performance I have no proof to say >> > which is better. >> >> I agree with you both. Libs like phpThumb do offer caching but I I >> usually offer to let the user crop the thumb themselves, so it may not >> be a reduced version of the image but offset, as well. Also, I >> normally save the thumbnail info in the DB anyway. >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video >> Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help >> others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
