After doing a search I found that some people are having similar problems, but I couldn't find a solution. Basically, the bridge syncs the avatar from CB and displays it in SMF. However, there appears to be a problem with the auto resizing, in the sense that SMF does not resize the images properly, it just displays them as a 65x65 image - the max defualt size. I tried setting the size in CB to be 65x65 also, but to no avail.
SMF is by defulat meant to use html to resize the images, but this seems to be failing, maybe because it is no longer handling the images directly, but rather just calling them.
Are there any solutions for this, I am using the most up to date versions of Joomla! CB and SMF.
Likewise! I too have this problem... either I have tiny avatars in CB where it has picked them up from SMF, or badly pixellated enlargements of a tiny image in SMF where they have been picked up from CB. I too have the latest versions of everything, and can't find a solution.
This bridge is fantastic, worked straight out-of-the-box -and that's a first! Well impressed, but I would dearly like to see this minor issue sorted.
No all CB image options are defaults. When I say 'pixellated', I mean pixellated!!! Waaaaaay beyond 'grainy' 'noisy' or any other descriptive 'industry jargon' term for it! It's a beaut image when viewed in the programme (either SMF or J!), in which it is installed (or any other image viewer in fact), but when the bridge takes it to the other component, it goes all to hell, one way or the other.
well CB to SMF only creates a url link to the CB thumbnail. And SMF to CB, depending on SMF source, simply copies the image to CB. The best thing is probably to set the thumb size of CB to the same size that SMF is displaying. Then your images shouldn't get pixellated when synchronizing from CB to SMF.
I have the Max. Thumbnail Height and Max. Thumbnail Width in CB set to 100x100. (See attachment #1) Administrator -> Components -> Community Builder -> Configuration -> Images
I have avatar size in SMF set to 100x100. (See attachment #2) Admin -> Attachments and Avatars -> Avatar Settings
The avatars in Joomla look just fine. The avatars in SMF look like poop.
thats 5x2 instead of 1x1. Remember the thumbnail is automagically created by CB and they most likely do proportioning. However, when the image is displayed by SMF it will not be the proportioned image if you let html resize it.
thats 5x2 instead of 1x1. Remember the thumbnail is automagically created by CB and they most likely do proportioning. However, when the image is displayed by SMF it will not be the proportioned image if you let html resize it.
I don't remember changing the 500 and 200, so I guess that was the install default? Should I change those to something more 1:1?
So, are you saying that I should change the SMF setting to use "Download and resize it (requires GD module)" instead of the HTML resizing? Maybe check the "Download avatar at given URL" box?
I don't know if its the default, just pointing that out. Something 1:1 would make sense or change SMF settings to match the scale. I haven't done much testing beyond simply verifying that all avatars synchronize... so maybe trying GD module would help, I don't know. Give it a try and let me know.
Well, in SMF I tried just checking the box I spoke of earlier. No luck...it still forced the image to be 100x100. So, I unchecked the box, and changed the dropdown to "Download and resize it (requires GD module)" and it appears to be working better. Now, will this require more server horsepower as it's going to resize each avatar with each page load? I would think that checking the box would be the better solution.
Hey guys! Have been following the thread with interest Have reset CB & SMF both to 65x65 across the board for images. However still getting the pixellation from CB to SMF. Might try another few, see if that makes any difference. How did antone else's turn out?
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Have reset CB & SMF both to 65x65 across the board for images. However still getting the pixellation from CB to SMF. Might try another few, see if that makes any difference. How did antone else's turn out?
