Images for store-type web page

[StevenB]

Does anyone have any good "standards" for images for a store-type web page?

I'm looking for suggestions on:

-file format (.jpg vs ???)
-defined pixel size vs variable?
-picture quality (optimal file size for thumbnails/larger images?)

In particular, we're looking at apparel here.

Also, if it's Oracle based, thoughts on whether to store the images in the DB, or just the path to the image in the database?

Thanks!

Steve

 

[JHoarty]

For file format I recommend jpegs if you are posting photograph type images. Gifs seem to be better suited to web graphics, like buttons and ad banners. Gifs also give you the ability to animate and save with transparent backgrounds, but jpegs represent photo type image data better, with similar file sizes.

As for pixel size, I don't really know what you mean by "variable", but you need to define the pixel size. If you let the image "stretch" according to some other variable, like the size of the table or something, it will look, well, stretched. Remember this, too, when you are in your imaging software trying to resize an image. You never just "resize" an image, you "resample" it. That means that you re-interpolate all the image's information into a new set of dimensions, as opposed to just stretching or shrinking it, which always leaves it looking stretched or squished.

Image size kind of depends, but you might start with thumbs on the order of 100x100 pixels, and larger images on the order of 200x200.

Not sure about storing images in Oracle.

Hope this helps. Good luck. John Hoarty
jhoarty@quickestore.com

http://www.quickestore.com

 

[DeZiner]

To touch on the database, I use sql and with MS you really can't store an image in the database. But I have found I can edit the image, and restore in a folder without ever touching the database, because the path never changes.

I maintain a large database and opening just puts that much more stress on the server and my self.

Good Luck!