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p.1 #1 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

I've been sizing most of my blog pics in the 800- to 1000-pixel range, which seems a good size for viewing on a desktop monitor. But now, with more people surfing the web on smart phones and tablets, I'm wondering if 800 to 1000 pixels is still a good idea. Unfortunately, I don't have a smart phone nor tablet so I'm not able to see how the 1000-pixels images are displayed.

So I'm looking for some of your thoughts here ...

How are 800-pixel images displayed on devices such as iPhone and iPad? Can the viewer see the whole picture displayed on the screen?

Are you taking into account mobile viewing when sizing your blog images?

Jan 16, 2013 at 04:00 AM

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p.1 #2 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

my blog is setup for 980px on the long side. works fine on any device I have ever used.

Jan 16, 2013 at 04:15 AM

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p.1 #3 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

Mine are 908 on the long side. I have WPTouch installed on my blog. It let's the user toggle for mobile. Regardless, these devices have gotten extremely intelligent at rendering images for their screen size. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Jan 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM

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p.1 #4 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

Most of the blog sites will auto resize for mobile. For some reason my blogspot blog wasn't doing this while others' were but now it's doing it. No probs with my Wordpress site.

brad

Jan 16, 2013 at 02:51 PM

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p.1 #5 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

My blog is setup for images that are 800px wide. Plenty large enough for viewing on all devices and computers.

Jan 16, 2013 at 07:10 PM

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p.1 #6 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

hardlyboring wrote:

my blog is setup for 980px on the long side. works fine on any device I have ever used.

Wow! The entire pic is displayed? At that size I thought you'd only see part of the pic at once. Are your images, themselves, 980 pixels on the long side?

What devices have you used?

Jan 17, 2013 at 08:16 AM

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p.1 #7 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

Mine are setup at 880px wide using blog collage by Fundy. My mobile users usually don't have any issues viewing.

Jan 19, 2013 at 03:57 AM

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p.1 #8 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

kbryantimages wrote:

Mine are setup at 880px wide ... My mobile users usually don't have any issues viewing.

Hmmm. I wonder what the screen resolution is on an iPhone. Perhaps 1000 pixels or more on the long end? If so, I guess that would explain an 880 fitting completely on the small screen. Though I suppose the picture would be so small it would be hard to even see what was on that picture?

Jan 19, 2013 at 04:18 AM

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p.1 #9 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

I size mine at 640px. It shows up fine on my android phone and tablet. I've looked at my blog on an ipad and the quality seems a lot worse than it appears on other devices but I'm not going to start uploading larger files for excellent quality on one device. Besides, larger photos require more bandwidth, I'd rather have my site load faster than have pixel sharp files.

Jan 19, 2013 at 04:44 AM

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p.1 #10 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

I think a lot will depend on your blog settings. There is probably an optimized image size for the theme/format/etc. I use 950p wide and it works out. Looking at changing the core theme to one that supports a more responsive experience on the i/mobile devices. Graph Paper Press stuff has served me well.

Jan 22, 2013 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #11 · Blog pic sizing for mobile

I have a custom code for 900 pixels wide since that's the standard used for most computers, tablets, and phones. When I upload, I use a full 1024 pixels and then the thumbnails are generated at specific sizes to fit the website. While it's not considered "Retina" display capable, it gets pretty close. If I wanted to go full retina, it requires larger initial images with a custom css for displaying Retina images. Everything scales to the device you're viewing it on.

Jan 22, 2013 at 04:53 AM

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