Minifrontpagepro some questions
- Posted by Kees van Norde (11) Offline
1st question, i have bought minifrontpagepro on your site.
Is there also a theme that starts with, for example, 1 or 2 extensive news items and below that only headlines?
I have viewed all themes, but I did not see this option.
The theme newsy is the most closest, but still
2nd question, Why is the image in the Hero section zoomed in, can i zoom it out? It is bad quality image now.
3th question, is it possible that external images are showen without importing it (I will that it don't save thumbnails)?
- Posted by TemplatePlazza (5260) Offline
You can do that with default theme or newsy + playing a bit with settings. Please have a look at this video belowIs there also a theme that starts with, for example, 1 or 2 extensive news items and below that only headlines?
I have viewed all themes, but I did not see this option.
www.dropbox.com/s%2Fj03nb9bsactgb2l%2Fsc...2006-17-00.mp4?raw=1
There is some explanations in the documentation file regarding the thumbnails generation and quality, I'd suggest you to read it first. If you still have a question, just let me know2nd question, Why is the image in the Hero section zoomed in, can i zoom it out? It is bad quality image now.
No, sorry. We do this by assuming that importing an external image and then creating a mini version of it (thumbnail) is more effective, as it will increase the access speed of the module itself and also not depending on the main website.3th question, is it possible that external images are showen without importing it (I will that it don't save thumbnails)?
- Posted by Kees van Norde (11) Offline
I'm going to take a look at the image quality, I'll switch between all options and see what effect that gives.
Would it be an option when importing (and creating the thumbnails) to save this by year or year/month? This way you don't get a very long folder with all images and you keep it a bit clear. Then removal is also a lot easier.
For example:
2022/Dec
2023/Jan
2023/Feb
Or alone:
2022
2023
I think that gives a lot more overview, it's just an idea
- Posted by TemplatePlazza (5260) Offline
Nice! Np glad could helpIt worked with the theme, I didn't know this option was there in the default theme, thanks!
OkI'm going to take a look at the image quality, I'll switch between all options and see what effect that gives.
It is always safe to remove any images those are existing under the thumbnail folder (images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro) anytime you want. Because technically, old images will not be used anymore when new articles are added, so the old item will never appear in the module anymore replaced with the newer item. And if an image is needed, and the thumbnail is already removed/deleted, then the thumbnail will be regenerated. So I don't think categorizing the image by month name is not really useful. You can also use cron job to delete all images regularly.I think that gives a lot more overview, it's just an idea
- Posted by Kees van Norde (11) Offline
I get it, and you are certainly right now that I read it that way.
TemplatePlazza wrote:
Nice! Np glad could helpIt worked with the theme, I didn't know this option was there in the default theme, thanks!
OkI'm going to take a look at the image quality, I'll switch between all options and see what effect that gives.
It is always safe to remove any images those are existing under the thumbnail folder (images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro) anytime you want. Because technically, old images will not be used anymore when new articles are added, so the old item will never appear in the module anymore replaced with the newer item. And if an image is needed, and the thumbnail is already removed/deleted, then the thumbnail will be regenerated. So I don't think categorizing the image by month name is not really useful. You can also use cron job to delete all images regularly.I think that gives a lot more overview, it's just an idea
You also indicate that you can "empty/remove" this folder periodically with a cron job. Is this option in the plugin?
If not how can I create it?
- Posted by TemplatePlazza (5260) Offline
Basically you just need to create command like this :
0 22 * * * rm -rf /path/to/folder/*
Please be cautious when using this command, as using it on the wrong directory can result in deletion of important files.
There is another way to do this. Joomla 4 has a new feature called Scheduled Task. It's basically a function to run cronjob from the joomla administrator page.
magazine.joomla.org/all-issues/march-202...oomla-task-scheduler
But there is no plugin to delete the contents of a specific folder for now. I will consider creating this type of plugin in the future.