Re: thumbnails

Hi , I have mailed you some code i use to make thumbnails etc. It only manipulates the image once, then stores a thumb and streams it to the page when requested Regards Dallas Goldswain Technical Director Web|Genetics / www.development.co.za Regards <bbonkosk@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:200305281514.h4SFERId019916@ms-smtp-02.tampabay.rr.com... > Hello, > > I did a family photo gallery, and from my experiences it would be best if you > handle the thumbnail generation during the upload process. Just make sure you > have a naming convention or link the thumnail into your repository/DB so you > don't loose that space when you delete the record. It really does not consume > too much space, pretty easy to do, and a lot easier to manage if you do it in > your control environment. > -Brad > > > Ok, > > > > I know thumbnails have been discussed and I have looked at the archives, I > > am just looking for opinions. I am doing a small website for a used vehicle > > dealer. I need to make it as easy as possible for him to add new vehicles. > > I plan to just give him a form for the information, and a place to upload a > > picture. The main page will have the thumbnails of all the vehicles and as > > you click on each one, you will see the normal sized photo. > > > > Should I: > > > > 1. Allow him to upload one picture and then somehow generate a thumbnail > > from that? > > If so, should I generate the thumbnail when the picture is uploaded and > > keep the original picture and the thumbnail on the > > server or > > generate the thumbnail on the fly when the page is loaded...and only > > store the original picture? > > > > 2. Should I have him generate thumbnails and upload both pictures to the > > server? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Eddie > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > >