[support] generating square thumbnails

[Steve Edwards]

That would be great if ImageCache was working, but it seems to be having problems lately (http://drupal.org/node/208670).  I've used it myself in the past and have liked it, but for some reason it isn't working for a number of people.

Steve
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From: Ivan Boothe <lists at quixoticlife.net>
> I have to agree with sander-martijn here -- there IS a way to do it,  
> and it's imagecache. I use it on my sites and I love it.
> 
> http://quixoticlife.net/artgallery
> http://ringsforever.com/classic-titanium-wedding-rings
> 
> sander said he uses it with thickbox; I use it with lightbox2 and it  
> also works very well. I learned all I needed to know about it from  
> Lullabot:
> 
> http://www.lullabot.com/articles/image_and_image_exact_sizes_vs_imagefield_and_i
> magecache
> http://www.lullabot.com/articles/imagecache_example_user_profile_pictures
> 
> In this particular case, Xav wants to ALSO use acidfree, and in that  
> case, it's true, it doesn't seem like there's a ready-made solution.  
> But that seems like a pretty specific use case to me. Personally I  
> love imagecache, so I would focus more on integrating it with acidfree  
> than trying to roll something custom or waiting for media manager.
> 
> --ivan
> 
> 
> On Feb 11, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Randal wrote:
> 
> > At 1:26 PM -0500 2/11/08, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >> Quoting Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel at free.fr>:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 07:45 -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >>>> Quoting Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel at free.fr>:
> >>>>
> >>>>> No solution ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Use CSS.  Add width and height parameters for img for the class.
> >>>
> >>> Do you mean trying to fit a rectangular image in a square ? Won't  
> >>> that
> >>> distort it ?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Probably.  What are you looking for?  Can this search [1] help or  
> >> [2]?
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.google.com/search?q=resize+image+site%3Adrupal.org
> >> [2] http://www.google.com/search?q=resize+img+php
> >
> >
> > Of course he doesn't want to distort the image!
> >
> > The fact this sort of thing is not really easy to do is one of the  
> > BIGGEST stumbling blocks to average users and especially designers  
> > using Drupal. This should be one of the most basic and simplest  
> > things to implement and use in the program.
> >
> > -- Randal
> >
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