Rey Bango wrote: > I wanted to get everyone's opinion on best practices for generating > thumbnails. > > I'm have a screen that allows users to upload pics which will later be > displayed as thumbnails. When the user clicks on the thumbnail, the pics > will display to its full size. > > Does it make more sense to generate the thumbnails at the time of upload > or should that be done on the fly when the thumbnail page is displayed? > > Thoughts?
I would do it at the time of upload. You don't want the load of creating those thumbnails on the fly, and also if there is a problem with resizing the source image, you can catch the error at that point. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:275864 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
