Question for Sigil users - Page 2

DTM · 11-19-2010, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabe

This code does NOT work for resizing jpeg files:

The resizing taking place looks terrible.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

A bit safer would be "max-width=100%", which keep the images proportion.

I keep seeing different approaches to this issue, all of which seem (to me) unnecessarily complex. But then, I don't claim to really know what I'm doing.

What I've done is simply:

Which appears to me to work just fine. But, if it's really that simple, I think somebody else would have figured that out a long time ago. Thus, I assume there's some good reason why this is a bad (or at least sub-optimal) approach. Can someone please explain?

Hitch · 11-20-2010, 04:57 PM

I'd add only that jellby's solution is also Liz Castro's solution, which solves the ADE 1/4-image problem in the ADE reader. I use max-width, myself.

Hitch

DTM · 11-20-2010, 09:05 PM

What is the ADE 1/4 image problem?

Hitch · 11-20-2010, 10:35 PM

Hey, DTM:

The moderately infamous ADE "1/4 image problem" is that in ADE desktop Reader, ADE will only display the upper-quarter of a book cover, as the thumbnail, if you don't use the max-width setting for the image tag, as shown by Jellby. I don't really know why it happens, other than ADE is a royal PITA. Setting the image tag as shown eliminates that problem, and the entire img is shown as the thumbnail.

HTH,

Hitch

DTM · 11-22-2010, 08:20 AM

Thanks, Hitch. I've never seen that, but I don't use ADE all that much. I just checked it on one of my books that uses "width" instead of "max-width" and it was OK. Maybe Adobe fixed it.

Now, if they could just figure out how to center a horizontal rule....

Hitch · 11-23-2010, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTM

Thanks, Hitch. I've never seen that, but I don't use ADE all that much. I just checked it on one of my books that uses "width" instead of "max-width" and it was OK. Maybe Adobe fixed it.

Now, if they could just figure out how to center a horizontal rule....

LOL! Yeah, no kidding...or NOT need page definitions to run everything out to the accursed borders....

Hitch

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11-20-2010, 04:57 PM	#17
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	I'd add only that jellby's solution is also Liz Castro's solution, which solves the ADE 1/4-image problem in the ADE reader. I use max-width, myself. Hitch

11-20-2010, 09:05 PM	#18
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	What is the ADE 1/4 image problem?

11-20-2010, 10:35 PM	#19
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	Hey, DTM: The moderately infamous ADE "1/4 image problem" is that in ADE desktop Reader, ADE will only display the upper-quarter of a book cover, as the thumbnail, if you don't use the max-width setting for the image tag, as shown by Jellby. I don't really know why it happens, other than ADE is a royal PITA. Setting the image tag as shown eliminates that problem, and the entire img is shown as the thumbnail. HTH, Hitch

11-22-2010, 08:20 AM	#20
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	Thanks, Hitch. I've never seen that, but I don't use ADE all that much. I just checked it on one of my books that uses "width" instead of "max-width" and it was OK. Maybe Adobe fixed it. Now, if they could just figure out how to center a horizontal rule....