Portrait orientation image gotchas?

[eklyx]

Jason,

Thanks to you I’ve been very satisfied with the progress I’ve made since buying Akita, especially with the support you’ve provided. I have another site in mind now (fashion-related) which will involve a mix of portrait and landscape images. So, I ran a gallery test with some portrait images half expecting them to be cropped to landscape orientation. I was delighted to discover that they were not cropped and so I have what might seem a strange question to ask:

Are there any gotchas I should watch out for (thumbnail, default sizes, etc.) when using portrait images? I suppose I’m wondering if I’ve just been lucky with the test I ran! I won’t be using portrait images in sliders, though, just in galleries.

And a related (pre-sales) question:

Is there a particular Theme Blvd theme that’s more suited than the others for a mix of portrait and landscape galleries? I’m tempted by Jump Start but I’m wondering if it’s as easy to use as Akita and if I’ll be able to apply what I’ve already learned?

All the best…Rob.

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[Jason Bobich]

Hello Rob,

This sort of depends on what you mean by “gallery” —

If you’re talking about WordPress’s actual gallery feature, then the thumbnails are going to be cropped according to your thumbnail settings at Settings > Media.

If you’re talking about the theme’s “Post Grid” system, the thumbnails are going to be cropped by our grid_* sizes which are of landscape orientation by default. To customize these sizes to something else, you’d use our image sizes plugin. There are a couple ways you can manipulate the image sizes so they don’t just all get a straight landscape crop, like applying a “soft” crop mode or giving an unlimited height that can’t be reached like 9999.

Is there a particular Theme Blvd theme that’s more suited than the others for a mix of portrait and landscape galleries?

Pretty much all of the themes work the same in this regard. This is sort of by design to maintain consistency throughout the themes.

I’m tempted by Jump Start but I’m wondering if it’s as easy to use as Akita and if I’ll be able to apply what I’ve already learned?

The main difference between Jump Start and Akita is essentially that you don’t have the design and style options. You’re more working from a stripped down canvas. So, for example, in Akita you have a “Styles” tab in your theme options where you can choose between different colors and what not. Jump Start does not have this. In order to apply a custom design you need to do so through CSS and action hook mods from your Child theme.

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