Featured Image Size with Premium Layout

Hi Kayelless,

Thanks for upgrading!

Unfortunately, that upgrade is designed to show the full image and would require a lot of additional customization to crop the images the same way the standard layout does.

The effect can be recreated to a degree with CSS, but not quite the same. You can try the following and see what you think:

.excerpt .featured-image {
  min-width: 130%;
  position: absolute !important;
  top: -15%;
}
.excerpt {
  min-height: 300px !important;
}

That will give each post on the blog the same height and images that are zoomed in a bit.

Yeah, that’s not going to work. Thank you for the assistance anyway. Money wasted.

I really don’t like the use of a full-size feature image on a blog entry page like that. As a photographer I do want to show off my work, but I, also, want control over how it’s displayed. Typically, I’m going to want to place my images within the content of the post or page while utilizing the feature image for feeds and archive pages, etc. I use a simple lightbox feature to allow for larger or full page views.

With a full size feature image showing in the header of the post it becomes redundant for individual posts and, also, forces my viewers to scroll through in order to see the image. That’s not a good way of displaying a picture. The feature is okay for galleries, but with individual posts it’s overkill.

Still, I like the cropped version of the feature image in the header as it’s a nice lead in to the content whether it’s for a gallery or individual post. So, I’ll continue to use the theme as it looks nice and functions well, but it seems pointless to upgrade if I’m going to lose control over what I like about the theme.

I saw in another thread how to actually turn off the feature image, but that would result in a blank header.

Anyway, it’s a nice theme. Thank you for creating it.

Kayelless,

I’m sorry that the upgrade didn’t meet your needs. If there’s anything else you need or want to customize, just ask here and I’ll do my best to help.