Images shrink when posted

cliffhucker · 08-26-2007, 01:39 AM

I originally thought the following problem was blogger related but I have since had the issue elswhere.

About 3 weeks ago I noticed that when I would either enter the html code for a picture/link or drag one into my blog post that it would shrink down a bit upon publishing it. And if I were to open the post to edit or do nothing the picture (s) would shrink down even more as soon as I opened the post. If it were just a few pictures I would simply adjust the code to enlarge the picture again, however if you look at my blog I have many pictures within each post making it a ton of work. I have since stopped updating my blog.

I have been posting for help on the blogger forums for weeks with no success.

I just now noticed that when I dragged a picture link to another forum for posting that the picture automatically shrank as soon as it got into the post body.

Here is the post with the picture , and here is where a pulled the picture from (my blog) .

The picture in my blog is 216px x 162px and when I posted it in the Investor Village forum it is now 158 x 118px.

This is happening on both my laptop and desktop.

I am using firefox 2.0.0.4
Windows XP Pro

Any ideas what can be causing this is greatly appreciated. I am coming unglued!

Cheers,

CH

**KoosHopeloos** · 08-27-2007, 03:48 AM

@ cliffhucker: what are the real dimensions of the picture? It could be that on your and the other blog the pictures are being resized depending on settings...

cliffhucker · 08-27-2007, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoosHopeloos

@ cliffhucker: what are the real dimensions of the picture? It could be that on your and the other blog the pictures are being resized depending on settings...

Sorry, I screwed up the links in my original post.

Again, this is happening to all my images. The image I used in my example in my original post is this image hosted here. This original here hosted at Imageshack is 240 180 pixels.

I have this picture used as a link at my blog here.Sorry , you have to scroll down to find the picture.
At my blog the image is still 240x 180 pixels. However lately if I was to go to edit the post that has that picture in my blog it would shrink down a size. ( I am hesitant to edit anything because of all the pictures I have within each post)

But I did take this picture (from my blog) and drag it into another forum post here
and the picture shrank down a notch to 175 x 131 pixels.

I do not know if it is possible something within the code of my blog? or not.

But it did not do this until recently, before I had no problems for months.

Thanks for any help.

**KoosHopeloos** · 08-30-2007, 02:40 AM

@ cliffhucker: I think my guess would be that something has changed recently in the CSS-file of your blog. I was not able to determine exactly what, but I suggest contacting the person who made the CSS/(X)HTML to ask what is happening.

Have you tried uploading the image not from imageshack but from your server directly? Does this make a difference?

In the other forum, I supect that they have set a maximum of file or picture size to prevent the forum becoming slow.

cliffhucker · 08-30-2007, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoosHopeloos

@ cliffhucker: I think my guess would be that something has changed recently in the CSS-file of your blog. I was not able to determine exactly what, but I suggest contacting the person who made the CSS/(X)HTML to ask what is happening.

Have you tried uploading the image not from imageshack but from your server directly? Does this make a difference?

In the other forum, I supect that they have set a maximum of file or picture size to prevent the forum becoming slow.

I have determined that it is not specific to my blog. Nor is it specific to Imageshack where I store most of my photos and get my linking info.

It does not matter if I drag a photo from my blog to another forum post or vice versa. or if i draga photo from a random web page into a forum post body, the image always shrinks when it lands.

I am going to try with IE and see if it is a firefox thing next.

thanks for the reply.

cliffhucker · 08-30-2007, 03:14 AM

It might be a firefox thing. I cannot drag a picture from the web into a post like I usually do when using IE.

??

I have the issue on both my systems and they have different versions of FF running?

Maybe it is an add on?

**KoosHopeloos** · 08-31-2007, 03:41 AM

@ cliffhucker: I really have no answer for you. I never experienced this or seen this before. But what might give a clue is the fact that the picture in the links of post #3 are renamed to 'http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/9271/ resizewizard1qk6.jpg'. That is strange.... I can't imagine that this was the original file name.

Was the picture before you uploaded it bigger then 1.0-1.5 Mb in size?

Have you tried another hoster to host the images, for example tinypic.com? Does the same thing happen?

About FF, I have no clue if this or an add-on would be problem... Anyway, it is strange.

If all not works, contact the people of the blogs & imageshack and ask them the same question you did here. Maybe they know...

cliffhucker · 08-31-2007, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoosHopeloos

@ cliffhucker: I really have no answer for you. I never experienced this or seen this before. But what might give a clue is the fact that the picture in the links of post #3 are renamed to 'http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/9271/ resizewizard1qk6.jpg'. That is strange.... I can't imagine that this was the original file name.

Was the picture before you uploaded it bigger then 1.0-1.5 Mb in size?

Have you tried another hoster to host the images, for example tinypic.com? Does the same thing happen?

About FF, I have no clue if this or an add-on would be problem... Anyway, it is strange.

If all not works, contact the people of the blogs & imageshack and ask them the same question you did here. Maybe they know...

No worries.

The "resizewizard" is just the name that photoshop gives a photo when I resize it. Most photos I do not resize w/ photo shop.

I tried different hosters and again, it is not the blog, I find this happening in other post forums.

I continue to search the answer.

Thanks for trying, if any other ideas come to mind let me know.

Thanks
CH

08-26-2007, 01:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
cliffhucker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 185 OS: XP Pro-SP2	Images shrink when posted I originally thought the following problem was blogger related but I have since had the issue elswhere. About 3 weeks ago I noticed that when I would either enter the html code for a picture/link or drag one into my blog post that it would shrink down a bit upon publishing it. And if I were to open the post to edit or do nothing the picture (s) would shrink down even more as soon as I opened the post. If it were just a few pictures I would simply adjust the code to enlarge the picture again, however if you look at my blog I have many pictures within each post making it a ton of work. I have since stopped updating my blog. I have been posting for help on the blogger forums for weeks with no success. I just now noticed that when I dragged a picture link to another forum for posting that the picture automatically shrank as soon as it got into the post body. Here is the post with the picture , and here is where a pulled the picture from (my blog) . The picture in my blog is 216px x 162px and when I posted it in the Investor Village forum it is now 158 x 118px. This is happening on both my laptop and desktop. I am using firefox 2.0.0.4 Windows XP Pro Any ideas what can be causing this is greatly appreciated. I am coming unglued! Cheers, CH

08-27-2007, 03:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
KoosHopeloos TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 555 OS: Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Ultimate browsing the web with FF, Opera, Safari and IE.	Re: Images shrink when posted @ cliffhucker: what are the real dimensions of the picture? It could be that on your and the other blog the pictures are being resized depending on settings... __________________ KoosHopeloos, straight to you from .nl via the world wide web!

08-30-2007, 02:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
KoosHopeloos TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 555 OS: Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Ultimate browsing the web with FF, Opera, Safari and IE.	Re: Images shrink when posted @ cliffhucker: I think my guess would be that something has changed recently in the CSS-file of your blog. I was not able to determine exactly what, but I suggest contacting the person who made the CSS/(X)HTML to ask what is happening. Have you tried uploading the image not from imageshack but from your server directly? Does this make a difference? In the other forum, I supect that they have set a maximum of file or picture size to prevent the forum becoming slow. __________________ KoosHopeloos, straight to you from .nl via the world wide web!

08-30-2007, 03:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
cliffhucker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 185 OS: XP Pro-SP2	Re: Images shrink when posted It might be a firefox thing. I cannot drag a picture from the web into a post like I usually do when using IE. ?? I have the issue on both my systems and they have different versions of FF running? Maybe it is an add on?

08-31-2007, 03:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
KoosHopeloos TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 555 OS: Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Ultimate browsing the web with FF, Opera, Safari and IE.	Re: Images shrink when posted @ cliffhucker: I really have no answer for you. I never experienced this or seen this before. But what might give a clue is the fact that the picture in the links of post #3 are renamed to 'http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/9271/ resizewizard1qk6.jpg'. That is strange.... I can't imagine that this was the original file name. Was the picture before you uploaded it bigger then 1.0-1.5 Mb in size? Have you tried another hoster to host the images, for example tinypic.com? Does the same thing happen? About FF, I have no clue if this or an add-on would be problem... Anyway, it is strange. If all not works, contact the people of the blogs & imageshack and ask them the same question you did here. Maybe they know... __________________ KoosHopeloos, straight to you from .nl via the world wide web!