Viewing Image handling?
Image handling?
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User: Dmitri Z. 11 years ago
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I'm not sure how EasyWeb is handling images. But the main beauty of iWeb to me, was that it was a one-stop-shop. You could do it all in it, without having to use other applications. My images look really bad in the preview. Now I don't know if that's because of the bug in 1.7b or because I haven't created a 2x version? The way I would want it to work though is: I make the original image in Photoshop, with fairly high resolution. Then I drag it to EasyWeb, resize it the way I want it. Then when I export the project, EasyWeb transcodes the image to the right size and creates a 2x version. Giving me a warning if necessary that there's not resolution enough for the 2x. How is EasyWeb treating images? In some other thread one of the developers (?) seems to be of the opinion that you should do the image in the right size in Photoshop directly. To me that is just so counter productive. And again, that was the real strength of iWeb, you could move and resize things to your heart's content, giving you extreme freedom in design. I usually design it from scratch. When I start designing I usually don't know how it will end up... just moving things around until you find something that works. Please tell me I don't have to give images an exact size BEFORE bringing them in to EasyWeb? |
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User: James G. 11 years ago
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| What I have started to do is to resize the images to 1200 wide or tall for @2x, and 600 for regular. I do this no matter the size to be displayed on site, and are usually displayed at 200-400 wide on site | |
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User: Paul-RAGESW 11 years ago
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Sorry for the confusion. You do NOT need to resize your images outside of EverWeb. No developer of EverWeb will tell you to do that, you probably heard it from a user not from a developer. This is not correct. Do all the resizing as you did in iWeb, in your EverWeb site. If you have any problems, let us know with a sample web page of where the image looks blurry. Ensure you have the latest release and do not use a beta version for a live website, they are for testing only and will have bugs in them. ------------------------------- Paul EverWeb Developer |
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User: James G. 11 years ago
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| If we need to upload 2 images, one @2x and one without; do we just upload the same image twice with 2 names? | |
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User: Roddy 11 years ago
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Quote: You do NOT need to resize your images outside of EverWeb Except in the cases where it is sensible to do it. There are basically two methods of inserting images into a page in EverWeb... [a] Drag the image onto the design canvas and let EverWeb handle the rest. [b] Drag the image - at the size it is going to be displayed at - into the Assets list and insert it using an <img> tag via an HTML Snippet or a widget. Prior to EverWeb V1.7, using method [a] inserted an image as the background of a div which is not effective from the point of view of the search engines. V1.7 has improved matters in that it uses an <img> tag and the essential alt text can be added via the Shape inspector. The downside is that HTML attributes are still used - rather than CSS - and quite a few of these are deprecated in HTML5. Method [b] requires that the image be resized prior to importing into EverWeb for maximum efficiency in the browser. It does have the advantage of unleashing a large number of styling options whether using code insertion or a widget. Those who are serious about getting their sites to perform well with the search engines need to consider taking advantage of the new HTML5 elements. I can understand the reluctance of those who are casual users to embrace the HTML5 widgets for site layout but, in the long run, employing them allows a site to be created much quicker with far superior search engine results. I would recommend using, at least, the HTML5 figure to insert images so that a caption can be added using the figcaption. Adding an image caption via a text box is OK for human visitors but is useless for the spiders since all they “see” is a paragraph in a div and have no way of relating it to the image. When the caption is inserted in the figure element, the spiders know that the image, alt text and fig caption are all related. Using basic fig caption widget will get far better results. When an image is included in a web page its purpose is usually to provide an illustration to supplement the text. The most effective way of doing this from the spiders’ point of view is to include both in the same element with its own HTML heading. Depending on the situation, the section, article or aside would be the most appropriate. ------------------------------- Roddy Website: http://everwebwidgets.com Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own. |
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User: Dmitri Z. 11 years ago
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Thanks... seems to be working ok now! Still wish I wouldn't have to manage the @2x files myself and they were just generated automatically if the image had enough resolution though! |
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User: Paul-RAGESW 11 years ago
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The standard resolution image is generated by EverWeb if you don't have one. So you can add all your images as @2x and EverWeb will generate the standard resolution if you haven't added one. The other way around would not be possible really. ------------------------------- Paul EverWeb Developer |
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User: Paul-RAGESW 11 years ago
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@roddy: generally the alt text will provide the same, actually better than the figcaption. Having both would be better still however not every image needs a human readable caption. I'd like to add this functionality to the image gallery. If you want to send me an email with the deprecated tags that EverWeb is using I will take a look, but I don't see the need for a widget to insert images with 1.7 I am opened to hearing your specific reasons via email to me. ------------------------------- Paul EverWeb Developer |
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User: Roddy 11 years ago
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Quote: not every image needs a human readable caption. While some images are self explanatory, many are not and a well written caption draws attention to the the image an gives a better visitor experience. A lot of website creators insert images and assume that, just because they know who orwhat the subject is, everyone else will. Many of those engaged in the visual arts - photography and painting - seem to think that their work needs no text description and wonder why their work doesn't get the attention it deserves from both the surfers and the spiders. What's the point in having images of people or products if there is no caption to tell the visitor who or what they are? ------------------------------- Roddy Website: http://everwebwidgets.com Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own. |
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