Perfect Image Size

[Joan Marie]

500 pixels wide is the perfect size for image posting here for several reasons:

• Large images taken in portrait mode tend to post sideways. Re-saving them at 500 px wide corrects that. (see this post)

• A standard 500 px wide gives the forum a more consistent look.

• Images smaller than 500px will post with file information appearing under the image. Increasing them to 500 px eliminates that text. (see this post)

• An lastly, re-sizing large images to 500 px reduces the size of the files. Really big files tend to bog down page loading time and also taxes the server space. Really large files may not load at all.

These tips are meant only as guidelines to improve the appearance and functionality of images posted on this forum, however please feel free to post images as you like. This is in no way meant to discourage anyone from posting as they choose to. Remember to see a full image, just click on the thumbnail image in the post.

More image posting tips

IF YOU ARE USING IMAGES FROM AN EXTERNAL IMAGE HOST like Imgur or imgBB, SEE BELOW

[Joan Marie]

A lot of people have asked about re-sizing images to optimise them for the forum.

Here is a little information:

For Drag & Drop images (attachments), stored on the Cult of Tarot server from your PC or phone.


From your PC-

• Open the image in whatever simple image preview program you have

• From the menu bar select Tools/Adjust Size

• Change the width to 500px, length will adjust accordingly.

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From your Phone:
There are many apps available to adjust the size of images. They do a lot of other things that are very handy as well such as allowing you to easily rename images.
The one I use is called "Photo & Picture Re-sizer". It's very easy to use.

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Using an Image Host
If you are using an image host such as imgBB or Imgur (there are many) you attach your images using the little image icon.
It seems the size cannot be adjusted once you have uploaded them to those sites (despite the fact you should be able to using bb codes)

You will need to resize them before you upload them to the Image host. The best size for that seems to be 300 to 350 px wide.

The reason for the difference is that pics uploaded to the Cult of Tarot server will automatically display at a uniform size and can be clicked on to enlarge.

Pics from external hosting sites will post at their actual size. Which is usually way too large.


Paying attention to the image size is important and keeps your posts and the whole forum looking better and easier for everyone to use.
Thanks for your attention to this. It really is easy once you get it down.