What's the difference between using the "Default Image" vs. "Use as featured image" on posts? I assume the advantage is that feature images can be used on multiple posts.
- Chuck
Default image vs. featured image
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knoxbury
MemberI guess I was wrong. A default image spans over the sidebar as well. A more thorough explanation of the deafault image vs. featured image would be helpful! I can't find this information anywhere and I'm not sure what illusio means when he says you can use featured images on multiple posts.
Posted 11 months ago # -
knoxbury
MemberI'm not understanding this image problem because if I put a bfthumb shortcode and a bf featured post widget on the same page, the default image shows for the featured post and no image shows for the bfthumb. A quick rundown of image types might be helpful along with what bfthumb and bf featured post are looking for.
Posted 11 months ago # -
vfxdude
adminA default image is an image tied to the post, but not inserted into the editor. Here are the 4 ways of adding a default image. The default image can be used in all page templates and some shortcodes like bfthumbs and the sliders.
Take for example the portfolio page template, images will automatically be shown with the right layout and size. The default images resize depending on where they are displayed, this doesn't happen for images inserted into the post.
This resizing is especially important when it comes to thumbnail posts (bfthumbs, thumbnail page template, and frontage of the blog (also archive and search), featured widget and related posts) since they can be sized in very many sizes to fit different designs.
The "Set featured image" functionality is just one of the ways of adding a default post image, but there is a featured size image in the blog and single view pages. The featured size image is a container width that spans over the sidebar. The first post on the blog frontpage can be a featured sized image, and also all default images on the single post view page. The image must be at least the container width (page width. 848px by default) to be shown like that, if the width is below that it will be shown in the content area above the title (it can be set in the theme seeings to be below the title too). If the image width is below the content width (528px by default) it will be only used for thumbnail posts.
If you want a different look to the blog frontpage, it can be designed with the bfthumbs shortcode like this.
You can also insert the post preview image into the post instead of using default images. For it to be dispayed on the blog frontpage use this technique. If you still want to use thumbnail posts (bfthumbs, slider etc.) you can add the image url to the "Thumbnail image URL" input field below the editor.
Posted 11 months ago # -
knoxbury
MemberThanks for your help. There are a few things that are not clear.
1. The default image can be inserted into the post. There is a "yes / no" option when inserting an image. And you also have a setting labeled, "Use First Attached Image as default."
2. How exactly would you set a default image on a post/page without inserting it into the post?
3. Can there be more than 1 default image for a post/page? And if so, how does this affect bfthumbs?
Posted 11 months ago # -
vfxdude
admin1. you don't insert it into the editor, just save (watch the video tutorial). It doesn't get default when inserted. I should have removed this option, because it's outdated, but keep it because many used it early on. I recommend to use the "Set featured image" functionality instead. It's much better since it can be exported/imported and images can be added from the media library. External images can be added to the "Image URL" field below the editor. You don't have to insert the image when using the "Use First Attached Image as default" setting either. If you do you will have duplicate images.
2. Wasn't the long explanation in the previous post sufficient? did you read it? Use the "Set featured image" functionality.
3. You can have only 1 default image, but it can be resized in 1000's of sizes depending on where it's shown (bfthumbs, thumbnail page template, and frontage of the blog (also archive and search). It uses timthumb to resize. You can add a seperate image for the thumbnails though, in the "Thumbnail image URL" input field below the editor.
Posted 11 months ago # -
knoxbury
Member1. I insert and check it to be default and I don't have any duplicate images. And yes I watched your video, but the problem with that method of inserting default images is that I can't see that image when editing the page/post. So I prefer to insert the image and set it to default. Haven't had any problems so far using this method.
2. And I still don't understand the the featured image. Thanks for trying though. Maybe part of the problem is that I'm not using your big feature page settings section. Instead, I'm using the default image options that ship with Wordpress such as "set featured image" and the image insert buttons at the top in the writing window.
Posted 11 months ago #
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