Is there some documentation that you can direct me to, or tutorial, that explains how to efficiently crop one image in media library so that it looks good in the different crop configurations that the Big Grids generate? For instance, If I set a featured image in a post that happens to be, say, 1200 × 1199, which I would probably not do generally, but I did . . . the different templates generates several sizes automatically. Those sizes (crop ratios) are fine, but I need to be able to control the crop so that I can make sure the image contains the proper subjects.
1. can I access these generated images somewhere (they aren’t in the media library)
2. is there a way to control the cropping for these resized images so that I can make sure key content appears for each shape of the image
3. or do I need to manually upload different sizes of images and then manually change the code?
thanks. I am new to WordPress, so maybe there is a simple solution.
Hello,
You do not need to crop anything by hand nor do you need to change any cropping method from our theme (it can only be done through hard-coding) The theme has a cropping system and fixed thumbnails for each element. What you need top do however to make sure all the thumbs show the right aspect ratio is to assess the blocks you use in the theme and make sure you use close aspect ratios so the images will position properly in each case. Here is a list of thumbs used: https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-thumbs/
As you can see different theme modules use different thumbs with different aspect ratio’s. You cannot change it for each block in particular. There is only 1 featured image you can upload and the theme will crop it to every size needed. You have to make sure that 1 image will fit all the modules you use on your site properly.
Thank you!
Thank you for the information:
“As you can see different theme modules use different thumbs with different aspect ratio’s. You cannot change it for each block in particular. There is only 1 featured image you can upload and the theme will crop it to every size needed. You have to make sure that 1 image will fit all the modules you use on your site properly.”
Just to be clear then, when I upload an image there is no other built-in way to specify different versions for the different blocks? Cropping and changing aspect ratios affects content and overall impression of the image, so I need to be able to recrop the image for the different blocks.I am hoping that maybe choosing a soft crop option in WordPress panel will help a bit, though in tests it doesn’t always.
1. I found a plug in that does this but haven’t tested yet. Do you know of any plug ins for this that you recommend?
2. is one option to manually put the differently cropped images (to the themes specs) in a folder and just point to them via the html?
Thanks
1. Sorry but since we have our own cropping system, we did not test any cropping plugins
2. Unfortunately there is no such option. It will be a very time consuming process on your side adding a custom image for each thumb. As an example please test out a post with an image and enable all theme thumbs, then create a page with each theme element on it showing the same post. You will see how the image displays on each and every theme block. Then you can simply change the featured image to a size that will fit most elements or the elements that you prefer to use on your site. You do not need to alter the theme cropping system. Our theme provides blocks and modules that use different aspect ratios. You can choose the ones that will show your images the way you want them to. It will be much easier then changing the cropping system or adding manual cropped thumbs to each image.
Thanks.
