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zpbase thumbnail size unchangable

SilverSnake Member
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I found another thread with the same problem on another theme. The discussion ended with vague mention of changing values when you duplicate.

However, I only have the zpbase theme and cannot find anything in themeoptions.php to change the value of uncropped thumbnails. Currently, the grayed out box has them set to 100px. That is far too small.

Where, and how can I change this value? I don't mind if it's hardcoded, though finding the root cause would make it easier to adjust sizes in the future.

Thanks.

Comments

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    The theme does not have the thumb sizes hardcoded actually but because of the responsive grid you cannot change the sizes as you like. That would require changes to both the html and the css. gjr surely can tell more about that.
  • SilverSnake Member
    Which files should I at least be looking in? They're too small even on mobile. They take up half the mobile screen, left justified, 1 thumbnail per row. If it's going to make it 1 per row, they should at least fill up more width.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    It should be two per row I think but I am not familiar with the theme in detail. Here is a site that is using the theme. If it is not looking similar for your something else must be wrong I guess:
    http://ralf-kerkhoff.de
  • SilverSnake Member
    That does not appear to be default settings. The pc thumbnails aren't even that large with the base theme, let alone mobile. The album titles don't display like that either. Any way I can contact him and ask what he uses and modified, via forum?
  • gjr Member
    Post the link to the affected site, or update it in your profile so moderators can see it. Otherwise just guessing....
  • SilverSnake Member
    I did get in contact with Ralf. He sent me his edited album-grid and album-masonry templates, but they don't seem to contain all I need.

    I tried changing the site max width, as it says, but if anything, the thumbnails get smaller. I'd like the thumbnails to be twice their size or more.

    I have updated my profile to include my site. I ended up fixing the http 500 error that was keeping my site offline just yesterday lol
  • gjr Member
    remove the dash from the name of your customized copy of the theme.
  • SilverSnake Member
    I'm not sure I understand. I removed the dash from zpbase-master as the dir name, and that DID allow me to change the thumbnail size, but that's not actually the fix.
    Solution
    Mysql->yourDB->zenphoto_options->thumb_size->change value from "100" to whatever you want. I suggest ~300px.

    Why has this not been solved in any of the other threads? I could have sworn I did a db search for "thumb" and "100" before, but I must have overlooked them to just find that entry now.

    I do have another, minor, problem. I have some portrait thumbnails and landscape thumbnails sharing the same rows at certain resolutions, which makes less of a grid. I mean it's neat and it resembles some of the popular social media sites that jam thumbnails in every usable space, lined up or not, but is there a way to line them up, say landscapes line up with the center of the portraits? If not, I'm really okay and happy that my thumbnails are actually large enough that you can see anything more than splotches of color.
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