Built in Slide show Images Zoomed in 5000%

vdotmatrix

I finally migrated my site and I am struglling with the tweaking of every aspect.

The first task is getting the built in slide show to display images on the home page not zoomed in 200% by default.

HOW CAN I GET THE SLIDE SHOW TO dislay normal images?

THANK YOU

thenickdude

Make sure that you haven't zoomed in with your browser (press CTRL + zero on your keyboard, or Command + 0 on Mac).

Double check that you are using a supported web browser. Ancient, bronze-age era versions of Internet Explorer often don't scale images correctly, especially if you have right-click protection turned on. Internet Explorer 9 is the oldest version that SmugMug supports.

EDIT: Oh, are you talking about the "background image" slideshow? That scales your images up until they completely fill the window (that's what having a background is all about), so if you for example have a tall portrait image, it will have to crop off the top and bottom in order to scale the image up large enough to touch the left & right sides of the page. Use a slideshow content block instead if you don't want this behaviour.

vdotmatrix

Lamah wrote: »

Make sure that you haven't zoomed in with your browser (press CTRL + zero on your keyboard, or Command + 0 on Mac).


EDIT: Oh, are you talking about the "background image" slideshow? That scales your images up until they completely fill the window (that's what having a background is all about), so if you for example have a tall portrait image, it will have to crop off the top and bottom in order to scale the image up large enough to touch the left & right sides of the page. Use a slideshow content block instead if you don't want this behaviour.

BINGO!

Thanks....how would someone know to have to do this?

Where can I find a spare slideshow content blocker?

thanks again

thenickdude

Which part was the bingo, was it pressing CTRL+0? If so, you don't need to worry about your customers needing to do that, everyone's browser will use the standard 100% zoom by default, you only end up zoomed in if you do something like accidentally press CTRL + plus, or accidentally press CTRL + scrollwheel.

If it was the second part (you were using a "background image" slideshow), then on your homepage, click Customize -> Customize Site. On the Background tab, change the Type to None to remove the default slideshow. Now return to the Content tab, expanding the "+ Photo" section of the "Add Content Blocks" area. Then drag and drop the "Slideshow" content block onto your page and fiddle with its settings until it looks the way you want.

vdotmatrix

yes thabk you so much.....it worked.. on to the next .....