[wp-hackers] Inserting image in original size in 2.0

[Robert Deaton]

Click on the image, and a little menu appears over it, click the one
that says using thumbnail, and it switches to using original, and
click send to editor.

On 12/17/05, Roy Schestowitz <r at schestowitz.com> wrote:
> _____/ On Fri 16 Dec 2005 14:01:56 GMT, [Marcus Grellert] wrote : \_____
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > currently it is not possible (2.0 RC2) to insert an uploaded image with
> > its original
> > dimensions in the editor with just WP itself.
> >
> > You need to look up the image dimensions in a seperate program and
> > resize the image accordingly.
> >
> > You can't do that if you don't have the image <- different users
> > You don't want to do that <- well, it is possible in 1.5, why not 2.0;
> > lots of images; ...
> >
> >
> > Is this going to change for the initial release?
> >
> >
> > marcus
>
> When  you  upload an image, it gets put under <install_dir> /  wp-content/
> uploads  / year / month . The image on the server remains identical, so no
> resizing   or  pre-processing  is  involved.  A  thumbnail  is   generated
> on-the-fly,  perhaps  using  PHP or ImageMagick. Set your  editor  to  use
> quicktags  under  Users  at the very bottom (untick the box).  Then,  when
> dragging  an image thumbnail onto the writing area, only its full URL will
> be  copied. If you want to then make quick use of that URL, consider  bits
> like:
>
> <p align="center">
> <img src="[domain]/[path]/wp-content/uploads/year/month/example.jpg"
> alt="example" title="example" />
> </p>
>
>  From  my  point-of-view, the process has been simplified  tremendously.  I
> wonder  if  making this addition of code in the quicktags case would  have
> merit in terms of productivity.
>
> In  1.5 there was no rich text editor, so one could argue that 2.0 is  not
> missing anything, as far as image handling is concerned.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
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