Examples / tips for improvement of articles + icons layout

[@rjen]

I created the commits for the changes, but they are now part of the PR that is awaiting review from tino.

As soon as that is done I will merge them in (I hope)

[tino]

I put a couple of comments on the pr yesterday. I think what you've done is the best way. I would prefer the get attachment to be it's own function as we can call it elsewhere from other functions, but I can change that later.

[@rjen]

Where did you put those comments? I am not seeing them in github. But if it is ok with you I'll merge the PR.

Need to do more changes on the layouts : articles and avatars seems funny too...

[@rjen]

As for the article icons.

1. I noticed that the upload limit is hard-coded to 180Kb (even though the text says it is 500Kb).
2. When uploading an image it creates a thumbnail of 128 x 128 (a value we are not using anywhere)
3. The original image is stored in the folder too, but not used anywhere

I am thinking to
1. add a setting to the article settings to allow the admin to set it's own file size
2. add a setting for the icon thumbnail
3. See if we can delete the original images since all they do is take up space...

[jernatety]

For now I have settled for the attached... hopefully some more suggestions come along

I like that you're reconciling the formatting. I always thought the icon was a little weird where it's placement is plus having the avatar. I made a slight modification to rjens 1st layout by rearranging the info, removing the avatar and moving the print page down.

[@rjen]

Yeah, I also find that showing both the image AND icon is a bit too much for the Articles + Icons layout. I think I will remove the avatar completely there.

The Print page function seems a bit out of place on the category page and frontpage. I think I will only show that on the single article pages...

[lurkalot]

Yeah, I also find that showing both the image AND icon is a bit too much for the Articles + Icons layout. I think I will remove the avatar completely there.

You can just turn them off in front page settings. "Show avatars in forum-topics"

[@rjen]

I know, but I think many admins may not remember that and may complain about it. So  I am considering to remove the from the articles + icons layouts only.

Or maybe we can put the author  and avatar in a more suitable place in those 2 layouts?

[@rjen]

I like that you're reconciling the formatting. I always thought the icon was a little weird where it's placement is plus having the avatar. I made a slight modification to rjens 1st layout by rearranging the info, removing the avatar and moving the print page down.

Having problems putting the article info on separate lines: the code is setup in such a way that it affects all layouts. Need to think about that...

Just throwing some ideas in the mix...

What about something like this?

[jernatety]

That looks really good.