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HappyNewUser Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 Hello It's a fact that the average web page keeps getting heavier. Users have more and more new phones with new features and their photos and files are getting bigger and heavier. Is there any option to set image optimization? User adds a picture to the post, but before the picture is displayed, there is automatic optimization and image compression? Are there plugins for any services that optimize on the fly or on-line? Thank you for your help. David N. 1
Randy Calvert Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 There is not anything in the software itself that automatically optimizes the images. I have been looking at image optimization services, but there is not an easy level of integration with IPB that I’ve seen.
opentype Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 Just to be sure this doesn’t get overlooked: The software does control size and compression already, just not in a highly optimized way. For the image size, there is System → Posting → Images and Videos. And for the image compression: System → Files → Image settings
HappyNewUser Posted April 25, 2022 Author Posted April 25, 2022 14 hours ago, opentype said: Just to be sure this doesn’t get overlooked: The software does control size and compression already, just not in a highly optimized way. Thanks for the answers. Found such an old thread https://invisioncommunity.com/profile/533481-sj77/ @CheersnGears@SJ77 How was your experience, did you manage to implement anything? There are several tools and solutions but I can't code 😞https://tinypng.com/third-party API: https://tinypng.com/developers orhttps://github.com/spatie/image-optimizer https://shortpixel.com/api-tools I don't want to restrict the user, he needs to have a simple and quick way to add photos and not edit, reduce size or weight before adding them. This should be done by the forum after adding acc. some administrator settings. I have to find a solution.
stoo2000 Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 I had an app on the Marketplace a few years ago that integrated with kraken.io to optimize all images as they're uploaded. It wasn't popular enough for me to keep supporting it though.
HappyNewUser Posted April 25, 2022 Author Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, stoo2000 said: It wasn't popular enough for me to keep supporting it though. What a pity ;( How much did the plug cost? I know I can buy a new disk or server space cheaply, but heavier images aren't a good thing. I would prefer to optimize it so that the website loads faster. PS @stoo2000 take a look at the links, pages are down 😞 [4.5/4.6] Mail Bouncer v3.3.4 - Download Now[4.5/4.6] Trader Feedback System v2.3.4 - Download Now Edited April 25, 2022 by HappyNewUser
CheersnGears Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 @HappyNewUser I didn't find anything from here. I got ImageMagic installed on my server and I dialed up the compression a bit, but that's only for new files, so it does nothing for the gigs of old files I have. HappyNewUser 1
opentype Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 24 minutes ago, CheersnGears said: … but that's only for new files, so it does nothing for the gigs of old files I have. Wouldn’t be much of a problem to download the files, mass-process them locally and then upload them again. There are lots of (even free) apps for bulk image optimization. I recently used ImageOptim for Mac. As simple as dragging the image folder on the app.
CheersnGears Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, opentype said: Wouldn’t be much of a problem to download the files, mass-process them locally and then upload them again. There are lots of (even free) apps for bulk image optimization. I recently used ImageOptim for Mac. As simple as dragging the image folder on the app. I did try that years ago with less than fantastic results... it created a lot of broken links for some reason. But I'd be open to trying again.
stoo2000 Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 21 hours ago, HappyNewUser said: What a pity ;( How much did the plug cost? I know I can buy a new disk or server space cheaply, but heavier images aren't a good thing. I would prefer to optimize it so that the website loads faster. PS @stoo2000 take a look at the links, pages are down 😞 [4.5/4.6] Mail Bouncer v3.3.4 - Download Now[4.5/4.6] Trader Feedback System v2.3.4 - Download Now It was $30 at the time. Thanks for letting me know about those links, I have updated them. 15 hours ago, opentype said: Wouldn’t be much of a problem to download the files, mass-process them locally and then upload them again. There are lots of (even free) apps for bulk image optimization. I recently used ImageOptim for Mac. As simple as dragging the image folder on the app. Depending on your community set up, you would have to consider CDNs too. The uploaded image may already be in an edge cache with a long TTL whereby updating the source won't actually make any difference.
HappyNewUser Posted April 26, 2022 Author Posted April 26, 2022 Thank you for your help. Really no one manages user art or photos and optimizes it? Anyone at all interested in something to optimize or is it just my need?
My Sharona Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 6:49 AM, HappyNewUser said: Thank you for your help. Really no one manages user art or photos and optimizes it? Anyone at all interested in something to optimize or is it just my need? I'd possibly be interested. Anything that optimizes CDN and takes down TTL is worth looking into.
HappyNewUser Posted June 3, 2022 Author Posted June 3, 2022 I'm still looking;) WEBP support is cool, but optimization is much better. Really nobody, nothing will recommend for automatic optimization? You can always enter from time to time (e.g. every month), download new graphics, optimize and upload to FTP again, but it's a lot of work.
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