1. there's no resizing on the upload, it is directly on the display where the resizing is done.
a code tweak can be done on that feature so all the files are displayed as "square" pictures so all look the same... but you need small custom coding for that!
the idea was always to NOT resize it, because if you put a DVD for instance, it wouldn't look good.. in our site we show both CD and DVD and that's why there is no resizing..

2. small code customization here as well...

Germi

1. ok thanks

2. code goes in artist page correct?

it goes in the artist controller mainly. there is no such as "page" in joomla coding!

anyone willing to help me out on the auto resizing code? I can pay thanks

I just posted about the same thing. I'll take a stab at it tonight and if I figure it out I'll post the mod instructions for free. I suppose tips like this are beyond the scope of standard support so we're on our own unless you wish to pay the developer for it (which would be completely acceptable too).

:lol:

no need to pay! the other thread is quite interesting by the way
there is also one thing you can try: if you're not afraid of coding, you can simply change the THUMBNAIL link created automaticaly

on the file /helpers/helpers.php

if you find the function getThumbnailSrc

you just need to set

$height = $width ;

at the beginning of the function. do you know what I mean?

only coders!!!

No problems. I am quite willing to pay for anything I cannot figure out on my own. Thank you very much for the advice though. I'll look at everything
(again) this evening.

Moni

Germi, I just added what suggested and it works perfectly!

Thank you!

Moni

I didn't get it to work. every time i change or add code to anything it makes my website not work. i found

function getThumbnailSrc($file, $width, $height = ""){

but no clue what to put.

Wrong place. Do like this:


After

function getThumbnailSrc($file, $width, $height = ""){

Add

$height = $width ;

$height = $width ; should now appear above:

$system = false ;

do i add height and width size somewhere?

That mod affects thumbnail creation throughout the whole component. Anywhere you set a width (like in a module's settings) the height will be matched. Are you still having issues with it?

oh ok. I put the code in correct i don't get any error messages.

my goal was to have every album cover same size when its in random albums or featured artists

I will upload some images soon to see if they all come out same size. I want a clean look thats why

Exactly what I wanted too. Have a look:

http://www.thegrindlab.com/music

can anyone help me find the module for Some featured albums its on this demo page

thats cool did you get it to look like that with the code? Or did you need extra work?

The albums sections only use the mod Germi posted earlier. I set my desired width in the modules on the back end. The featured artists section and the search section required a bit of additional coding on my part but still very little.

Also, the 'featured albums' module is:

Random and Featured Albums (charts)

the albums page any option to set the size of the album art or does that require code?

You set the width of album art from the music collection component. This does not affect the height though. Height to width ratio will remain the same on this page. The posted mod only affects thumbnails not the original images or "main" images that appear on artist and album pages. I am not sure about other places because I have coded out images in a lot of areas where I did not want them to appear.

I can't get the Random and Featured Albums (charts) to look like the "Some featured albums" in the demo i don't think that is it.

Oh! My mistake. I thought you were referring to the scrolling albums. Let me go look to see if I can figure out which it is. I'll post back.

thanks

I looked through all my modules and I haven't been able to reproduce that layout either. I know the main component creates a page like that though. Perhaps it's not a module and it's just the main component. See:

http://www.thegrindlab.com/All-Music/albums?format_id=&search=albums&searchword=&tag_id=

*That might not load properly but hopefully it will. I do believe it's a module though.