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  • Resolved dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)


    When I either upload an image or try to insert it in a post, under the size option ‘Full Size’ is selected, but I am unable to select ‘Thumbnail’ ‘Medium’ or ‘Large’ buttons. Any ideas?

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  • I know this removes the symptom and not the cause, but after inserting the image you can always go into HTML editor mode and change the physical dimensions in the code. If you don’t want to have to calculate how changing the height would change the width or vice versa, you don’t have to enter both dimensions.

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    That seems to work for the blog posts, but the theme I’m using has instructions that specifically say to insert a photo and click the medium button, otherwise it won’t show up in the template. I’ve tried changing the size (both the relative, and absolute) which does change it in the blog post, but not in the theme’s template. Why won’t these buttons just work?

    Presumably because your theme is pulling a very specific image size when displaying posts. Your available options are to either change the theme or start editing it.

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    I’ve now tried switching back to the default theme, but still can’t click any of the size buttons except Full Size. So the theme isn’t causing the inability to press the buttons, but is being affected by it.

    I should mention this is on my localhost server. Does that matter at all?

    How big are these images that you’re uploading (in pixels)? And what are the images sizes set to in Admin/Settings/Media?

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    The images are set to 850 x 561

    Large: 560w x 370h
    Medium: 500w x 330h
    Thumb: 225w x 149h

    These were set according to the instructions that came with the theme.

    Try deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    The only plugin activated was ‘The Attached Image’ plugin. I deactivated it, but the image size buttons still won’t work.

    I’d also like to say I appreciate your time and help in this matter, trying to troubleshoot something over a message board is difficult stuff.

    I suspect it is somehow part of my wordpress install or something…but should I try contacting the theme creator? Even if I change the setting to ‘Medium’ and the size to 500 x 330 in the html it shows up in full size on the portfolio slider.

    If the problem doesn’t go away when you switch to the default theme and view the site, then the issue isn’t in the theme. It’s elsewhere.

    You could try re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress and see if that helps.

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    Since I’m working on a localhost, should I re-download wordpress and just copy and paste the files where they need to go? Or how do I go about uploading these folders?

    Sorry – forgot your were working locally. Yes – just copy the fresh files into your install.

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    Alas! No luck.

    *sigh*

    Thread Starter dmarwil

    (@dmarwil)

    Well, thanks to the help of my dad, we got this problem figured out:

    In the php.ini file we had to uncomment the extension=php_gd2.dll. (Did I miss this in a tutorial somewhere?)

    Something about Windows I guess. Hope this can save someone the trouble in the future!

    @dmarwil
    I have change that section.
    But still doesn’t work..
    thumbnail, medium and large button still don’t work.
    Only full size is working

    Other suggestion please?

    well i am too looking for the one

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