What is the optimum size for photos?

Does anyone have an ideal size for photos? Mine look OK when uploaded, but often appear very stretched when displayed on the site.
Thanks!

 

Please specify about which area you are talking, So we give you the exact size for that area.

 

For listing images, 455px (wide) by 280px (high) works well. I've modified the image custom field to include this as a description to stop businesses uploaded images that are then distorted.

 

I am having this problem also. It's not really ideal to specify a size for the logo images as most business owners know nothing about resizing photos to specific sizes. If I could have a CSS fix, that would be awesome.

 

@aliarts, Are you specifying the images on the Listing area or on the Logo. The Listing Images are meant to be sized approx 455px by 280px. If the user uploads the image of different size they would be fitted automatically through the CSS as of now. On which exact area are you having the issue where the image is not fitting perfectly ?

 

Please, can you confirm what is the perfect size for the images that are uploaded in a listing...
Is it 455px by 280px or 444px x 270px ?

 

Hello,

There is not too much difference between both sizes you mentioned, It will automatically adjust the image, and earlier we have told you the optimum size is approx 455px by 280px.

 

Sorry, but why does the image then get the sides chopped off when they become thumbnails for the business? It seems like the ratio of the images uploaded in the listing is not the same ratio as it appears as a thumbnail.

 

I am facing this problem as exact problem as well at the minute

 

Hello,

The only solution for this issue is, Increase cropping limit.
For this
Go to the Appearance > Editor > front-page.php
and make changes at line number
82, 84,
156, 158,
220, 222
as shown in image.

 

Thanks, but after I made the changes as advised, I get this error:-

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3200 bytes) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 937

 

I have a big problem with the ratio difference between the "Thumbnail" size that is displayed next to listings and the "Optimum" image size. Why does an image that is uploaded at 455 x 280 then have the sides chopped off when displayed in the slider or as a thumbnail?

 

My opinion
Recommend Size – Use it as a Ratio – : Wide: 500px * Height: 307.2px
you may make it bigger or smaller, but keep the ratio.

 

I'd really like one answer to this. There are many posts about image size on Geocraft.
1) It does not make sense to have an 'approximate' size - there must be a size that the image is set to in the website coding
2) the ratio for the featured sliders needs to be the same as for the listings slider in the theme design itself. It does not make sense to have to go in and code the feat.images because they are cropped.

Please make this refinement in the next update, and also give a definite size (and ratio), not approximate.

Thank you

 

Please can we have a standard ratio dimension for all images used in Listings, Slider and Thumbnail, so they all display in correct proportion, without being stretched or cropped.

 

Hello,

Optimum size for listing images is (455 x 280)px.
Images of this size will look good in listing slider but will cropped at front page because of small frame size.

If you want to disable cropping then follow process given in my previous post.

 

Sorry Nitesh, but when I follow your instructions above I get an error:-

 

Agreed. Stretched and cropped images look bad...adn I'm sure you don't want your directory theme to look bad in use!

 

Sorry Nitesh, but when I follow your instructions above I get an error:-

Go to the Appearance > Editor > front-page.php
and make changes at line number
82, 84,
156, 158,
220, 222
as shown in image.​

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3200 bytes) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 937​

 

Hello,

You are getting this problem because your memory space for adding the media is filled, You have to contact to your hosting service to increase the memory size then you will not get the problem.

And there is no problem in the given solution.