making images uniform and putting them where I want them

  • Hi, I’m new to wordpress and notice that I’m not really able to achieve the look I’m going for when I write my articles. I seem to spend so much time uploading, deleting, re-uploading my pictures, all to no avail. How can I get them all to be the same width??? I don’t mind if their heights are different. Also, how can I place them exactly where I want them? Right now, I’m just sort of approximating their locations. thanks for your help!

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  • How can I get them all to be the same width???

    Make sure that the uploaded files are all the same width.

    Also, how can I place them exactly where I want them?

    In which web browser? There’s no such thing as a pixel-perfect cross-browser display.

    Thread Starter edelhaus11397

    (@edelhaus11397)

    There must be a better way than making sure all the original files are the same width and as for the browser I think if you just take a look at some professional websites (this forum, for instance) you’ll agree that a certain level of uniformity is certainly possible.

    Moderator keesiemeijer

    (@keesiemeijer)

    Go to Settings > Media and set the size settings. When you upload a image make sure it is larger then the Large size. Now when you have to insert an image you have multiple sizes to choose from.

    There must be a better way than making sure all the original files are the same width

    The best method is to start with images that are roughly the same size.

    a certain level of uniformity is certainly possible

    Agreed but that’s not the same as placing elements exactly where you want them. Web browsers simply do not work that way. Web != print. A good cross-browser display depends upon a number of factors including reasonably valid page markup and CSS, uniform source images and some knowledge of HTML and CSS if you want to carry out any fine tuning/positioning.

    Thread Starter edelhaus11397

    (@edelhaus11397)

    I know for instance, I can specify the width and height of images but what I want to do is have the width static and let the height vary depending on the original size of the image. There must be a way to code this and place it in the formatting.php

    Thread Starter edelhaus11397

    (@edelhaus11397)

    Keesiemeijer – you are wonderful!! That’s exactly what I was looking for and it did the trick. thank you.

    Thread Starter edelhaus11397

    (@edelhaus11397)

    Well, I guess I spoke too fast. Your tips did work but only for the top half of the page. For some reason the formatting isn’t working on the lower half – can you think of why not?

    Moderator keesiemeijer

    (@keesiemeijer)

    Maybe you have to re-upload the images of the lower half of the page for the new image sizes to adhere to the new settings

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