Comments on: Dynamically resizing images with Mavention Smart Images

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:39:06 +0000

@Wouter: using an ashx file is definitely an easier way of deploying it. One serious drawback that you should take into consideration is, that you will not be able to store the generated images in the BLOB cache. I described the issue in another article at: http://blog.mastykarz.nl/inconvenient-caching-dynamically-generated-files-blob-cache/.

By: Wouter Heesakkers

Wouter Heesakkers — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:24:45 +0000

Yes, this is a very nice solution. But I wasn't that happy with the fact it required web.config modifications, so I removed that part and added an ashx file in the _layouts folder.
I've also added a ribbon button to restore the origional image source url.

Once again: nicely done, thanks for sharing!

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:09:15 +0000

Just discovered that generated images are not picked up by the BLOB cache. As for now the images will be regenerated on every request. Another (commercial) version of Smart Images is available which makes Smart Images to be cached in the browser. At the same time we will be working on a new version which hopefully will allow Smart Images to be properly cached in the BLOB cache.

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:04:45 +0000

@Rootk: I'm not sure if the image will be picked up by the BLOB cache, but in any case it should get cached in the browser on the client machine.

By: Rootk (fwd)

Rootk (fwd) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:53:37 +0000

Nice job Waldek!, I´m testing your other products too (from codeplex)

…I would expect a dynamically rendered image to be cached….

Ok, but if the images are generated on fly, how its possible to keep it in cache?

thx

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:50:50 +0000

@Girum: Yes, we have a commercial version of Mavention Smart Images, which includes support. Although the version we offer at the moment is the same as the free version, the support part would give you the possibility to have us look at your specific scenario and solve the issues you are experiencing within reasonable time. Let me know if you are interested and I would be more than glad to help you out.

By: Girum

Girum — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:21:11 +0000

I had a problem of viewing the image after i applied Mavention Smart Images.

I would also like to know if you have a dirrerent version for purchase.

Thank you.
Girum

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:56:10 +0000

@Jussi: I haven't tried it but it should work. I would expect a dynamically rendered image to be cached both on the server and by the browser on the client machine.

By: Jussi

Jussi — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:25:00 +0000

Hi,
by configuring correctly, I guess you mean enabling BlobCache to cache "png" extensions? Have you tried that this really works?

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:22:50 +0000

@Jussi: yes, the images are being resized on the fly. While it has some impact on the server, if configured correctly, the server should be able to cache the image once resized.