Comment: A Yarn around the Camp Fire – In the Australian Outback
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 at 09:13
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Member - Dalb (SA)
G'day Landy.
Just love the
pic of the campfire - very creative, and just inspires me to get out there again......
Is it only me having a problem, but with this blog, and your last one about the country pubs, the text tries to wrap around the photos on the RH side and becomes hidden under advertising. Your earlier
blogs have all been OK. This only occurs on my screen for your
blogs.
Hope we can get this sorted.
Keep up the good work, Cheers, Dalb
Reply By: Wayne M4 - Tuesday, Jul 28, 2015 at 16:43
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2015 at 16:43
Yes it seems that the common denominator with this issue is that it only occurs when the blog contains image(s) that have been oversized. Our system was not designed to display the photos full size on the blog view page and will auto size them to a standardised thumbnail size during the upload - whilst providing the full size as an option if the reader clicks on the image. This method offers the fasted page download for our audiences and ensures you can place both landscape and portrait sized pics. The page width is designed to allow 3 images across exactly if you just let the system auto size the pics as they upload. When you muck around the image sizes that's when things can get out of whack and there's no telling what some devices/browser etc will display as that's sort of out of our control.
So in summary, it is best if Members refrain from modifying the size of the images they place in their
blogs. A little is ok but aiming for full page width is heading for trouble in compatibility. Please remember we wrote the blog code about 8 years ago. It could be nicer - yes, but unfortunately, we don't have enough Member revenue or resources to greatly modify it at this stage. I will let David know of course in case he knows of any quick fixes but I suspect its not a quick easy fix. Sorry guys hope that helps explain what's going on.
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Follow Up By: Member - Dalb (SA) - Sunday, Aug 02, 2015 at 11:09
Sunday, Aug 02, 2015 at 11:09
Thanks Wayne M4. I have not previously mentioned that the problem is occurring on my PC. I have just had a look at Landy's blog on my iPad Air and the blog appears as it should - all OK.
I am now wondering if my PC is set up correctly - I have a wide screen, however the Exploroz website always appears in 'narrow' format and is not full width. Could this be the problem??? If so, could someone please advise me how to fix it??? Cheers Dalb.
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