If you have trouble getting thumbnailing to work, you can disable the server-side resizing by setting in LocalSettings.php:
$wgUseImageResize = false; This isn't ideal if your images are large photos because they'll be downloaded at full size to the web browser, but if your images are roughly screen-sized that should get you working for now. -- brion On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Brenton Horne <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Arcane it worked perfectly. Do you know of any similar extension > for JPGs and other bitmap image formats as my Wiki is having similar > problems with these image formats too? > > PS I've made some inquiries about the Jmol extension with the author > (NicoV) mentioning your and my difficulties ( > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Jmol). > > On 5 February 2015 at 08:17, Arcane 21 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you just need quick and dirty clientside SVG rendering, try this > > extension: > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NativeSvgHandler > > > > Even if you don't have any other SVG renderer enabled, it pipes the > output > > through your browser's SVG renderer as a middleman, which, unless you > have > > a browser that belongs in a museum, will work fine 100% of the time. > > > > > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 05:04:16 +1000 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [MediaWiki-l] Inkscape for SVG thumbnailing > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'd like to know how I can use Inkscape for SVG thumbnailing on my > > Windows > > > 7 OS with a MediaWiki installation. Inkscape's files are located at > > > C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape. My efforts to date (mostly based on > > > Manual:$wgSVGConverters and other MediaWiki manual pages) have failed. > > > Currently my LocalSettings.php file's SVG-related settings are: > > > > > > # Image Converter > > > > $wgSVGConverter = 'Inkscape'; > > > > $wgSVGConverters = array( > > > > 'Inkscape' => '"$path/inkscape.exe" -z -w $width -f $input -e > > $output', > > > > ); > > > > # Image converter path > > > > $wgSVGConverterPath = '/Program Files (x86)/Inkscape'; > > > > > > > > > This gives the following error (which appears in the thumbnail's > place): > > > > > > > Error creating thumbnail: '""' is not recognized as an internal or > > > > external command, > > > > operable program or batch file. > > > > > > > > > The reason I'd like Inkscape as my SVG thumbnailer in particular is > > because > > > I sometimes use SVGs that are only correctly rendered by Inkscape (I > know > > > that Wikia's thumbnailer (whatever it might be) frequently makes > > rendering > > > errors with these SVGs, e.g., see > > > > > > http://health-and-medicine.wikia.com/wiki/File:Symptoms_of_Hodgkin_lymphoma.svg > > > and all the black spots that appear in it. > > > > > > Thanks for your time, > > > Brenton > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
