Images Bug in WordPress 2.0
I’m still struggling with images in our new blog, Aristocracy Anecdotes, which is on the new WordPress 2.0 platform.
The problem is, the new WYSIWYG upload feature only seems to save thumbnails of pics, so you have to resize them manually in the write box. This sharply reduces image quality.
Uploading to a 1.5 blog on the same server and linking to the pic, results in WP saving the image in the WP-Includes folder which IE can read but not Firefox. Baffling.
However, I’ve at last got it to work by FTPing the pic directly into WP-Contents/Uploads, then pasting the URL into the post using the img tag. This comes out full size and is read by both IE and FF. But why is it so difficult?
Has anyone else had similar problems with WP 2.0?
John .. I’ve got two blogs on 2.0 now and this is what I do …
If I want a thumbnail linking to full size image…. (in the browse all tab)
(1) click “using thumbnail” to change to “using original”
(2) click “not linked” to “linked to image”
(3) click “send to email” …
then ..
(4) I change the width to 400 and delete the height
If I know the full size image fits in the browser… (in the browse all tab)
(1) click on image and drag and drop into the ‘post’ area.
> the image falls in there at the original size and no resizing is necessary
I’m still on the edge on this feature. It should get better, right? Maybe next WP version. But right now – I am used to just uploading my pictures FIRST before writing an entry, and then insert into my text as I need it, when I need it.
Take care // HART
By HART (1-800-HART) on January 28th, 2006 at 6:39 am
Thanks for that, HART. It seems we’ve arrived at a roughly similar workaround. Pity the thing was released before these major issues were solved. I remember shouting out about this when WP 2.0 was in alpha version in wordpress.com.
It seems the more WYSIWYG features they give us, the more we have to revert to coding.
By John on January 28th, 2006 at 11:23 am