Custom templates - Custom image sizes

Hello Lee,
we'll add this suggestion to our wish list.

If you're interested please vote for this feature.
We'll take into account each vote.

Regards,
Aileen

Folks vote for it !!??
Your blog/archive lists pull original, full images from upload directory. Despite blocks/columns dont allow them to be seen as full size.

If you dont want slow website and images with 2600x1600 px and images up to 4-5 MB per blog item, then vote for it.

If archive list is 12-24 posts, 24 x say 2 MB per archive item = 48 MB for pageload, only on one archive page.

Vote, it is very important. I know how to change it in code, but still this option is needed. Regarding how Themler works and overwrite files on "Save".

I noticed Themler could solve it without giving Users this option.
If it can scan plugins, custom function, child theme filters for image sizes. And if it detect a size we put for images in pixel then use this size name.

• We make custom image size of 210x150 px, named "basketball-archive-thumbnail".
• Themler detect this custom image size fit to image size name in our Themler template.
• Themler replace word "full" with "basketball-archive-thumbnail".

I noticed Themler could solve it without giving Users this option.
If it can scan plugins, custom function, child theme filters for image sizes. And if it detect a size we put for images in pixel then use this size name.

• We make custom image size of 210x150 px, named "basketball-archive-thumbnail".
• Themler detect this custom image size fit to image size in our Themler template.
• Themler replace word "full" with "basketball-archive-thumbnail".

Voted by me, this is really important!

Good catch stagger!

Theme could self generate custom image sizes. Many WP themes do it. Dont know why they dont do it. Only thing that remains is regenerating images by ourself. There are many plugins for that. One click actions.

But I see problem and why. When playing to much with Themler templates, changing image sizes, regenerating images, you end with lot of unused junk in uploads directory. That is why I think first option of detecting OUR custom sizes is better.

When image size in Themler is changed and theme saved old custom sizes are gone, and it is not possible anymore to delete them, or reuse them with different size. There are few plugins for that, but I would not advise using such risky plugins.

Please change word "full" to "thumbnail" for archive lists. You can do it for next update. There is no need to pull big images in blog/archive/category lists. All themes use "thumbnail", for a reason. It doesnt change.

It makes space for layout and design error when unexperienced Users do it, I know. Best would be as I adviced you, scan installation for custom image sizes, and if size fit in one pixel use this custom image size name.

If not match, use whatever User typed in image width/height fields, 100% width, 350px, etc....

This simple function is capable of detecting all image sizes on one installation, native and custom. Gives width and height too.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_intermediate_image_sizes

Hello Stagger Lee,
just to let you know^ this suggestion was put on hold due to higher priority tasks.

Regards
Aileen

Thanks Aileen.

Say to your developers, it doesnt need to be anything fancy. Just one text input field where we can type name of our custom image size. Some kind of "replace word" PHP function inside intern Themler working.

For those Users that dont know what custom image sizes are, and how to regenerate images, wont help anything you do in Themler. Lost time if you try to satisfy them.

Hello Stagger Lee,
now the solution regarding this feature depends on user activity. It will be implemented if many users vote for it.

regards,
Aileen

I make some screenshot just for people to visually get it. Theme is not Themler, but could easy be, point is the same.

I can easy change image size name in PHP files. But still would like this option because on "Save" it could be overwritten and I could be tricked it is not changed back to "full". Very difficult to see difference, specially when there are so much details to think about when developing one Themler theme.

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SO VOTE FOR IT !

This one is solved long time ago. In some way, very easy to use own image sizes. For beginners, install this plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-sizes/screenshots/
- Make own image size(s).
- Regenerate all images.
- Insert new CMS Code control beside your archive featured image.
- Insert inside this code, change name of your custom image size:

<?php echo theme_get_post_thumbnail(array('size' => 'thumbnail-my-custom-name', 'imageClass' => ' bd-imagestyles', 'class' => ' bd-postimage-13')); ?>

• Delete original Themler featured image.
• Go to the CMS Code settings for Images and give it width of 100%.

Perhaps not needed to advise but.

This way you can make custom templates for different categories/taxonomies and give them very different sized featured images. Something people using plugins for, that are very complex and complicated in code, and now unnecessary when Themler does it easy.

This one if fixed with latest update. No need for custom code anymore.

Will just thank for this input field option and say this way you can make plenty of new options. It is not so big deal for developers because amount of code inserted in templates is almost the same and it already has its place in code.

One idea would be when making archive templates to have same option(s) for WP query arrays. So we can manually type name of category, post type, etc...Or another input field option for limiting excerpts length differently.

You can allways in case of wrong code revert code to default. But there is good old error forcing users to reload Themler page and it says to them they typed wrong code.

Developers dont need to bother with GUI of those options. They can hide them away somewhere as they are for advanced and seldom use.