image hosting (link to forums)

[aliusmankhan]

hi fellows
I am going to develop an image hosting web site in ASP.net 2.0 (C#)
I know how to upload image and save it into the database or on hard disk.
But i am quite confused about the links. as we all know that the image hosting web sites give the links to display image in forums and web sites

1. Direct link (Just a link to download image)
2. Thumb link (image will be shown as Thumb in Forum)
3. Full image link (Full image will be shown in the forum)

I am using C#
Can any body know about that, Can u help me please?

aliusmankhan

[alliancejhall]

if you are storing the image it self in a database then all image links will probably have to go to the same page with a querystring holding the image id, then query the db on that page and output the binary. you can even throw in another querystring to determine if the image should be output as a full size or a thumb size....

Jason Hall

[aliusmankhan]

quote:Originally posted by alliancejhall
 if you are storing the image it self in a database then all image links will probably have to go to the same page with a querystring holding the image id, then query the db on that page and output the binary. you can even throw in another querystring to determine if the image should be output as a full size or a thumb size....

Jason Hall

Thank you for your reply
would u please guide me more on this?

aliusmankhan

[alliancejhall]

are you definitely storing the image binary in the database or just a path to the image?

Jason Hall

[Old Pedant]

In addition to Jason's question about where you are storing the images:

Are you storing *both* the thumbnail images *and* the full size images? Or are you perhaps storing 3 sizes? Original, forum size, and thumbnail size? Or do you expect to do the resizing "on the fly" as images are requested? (I don't recommend the "on the fly" solution unless your site will be lightly used. But you *could* do it "on demand", such that the first person who needed a thumbnail would cause it to be generated and then stored in the DB and then subsequent requests for it would just get it from the DB. But if you know that all the images of all sizes will be used often, it would be easier/better to just store all 3 sizes and be done with it. Or two sizes, whichever.)

[aliusmankhan]

Thank You Guys for reply
alliancejhall : I am doing it in both cases, i will save the image in database Normally but if some one dont have SQL database server hosting facility then i will provide them the solution without database, in this case i will save the image in hard disk, so i need help in both cases
Old Pedant : I am just inserting the original image to database and in case of HD save i will save the original image to hard disk, but definatly i will give the 3 options, Direct link, thumbs, and Full size image


aliusmankhan

[Imar]

You may want to take a look here: http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=414 to get some inspiration and working code to save images on disk and in a database.

Hope this helps,

Imar


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[aliusmankhan]

quote:Originally posted by Imar
 You may want to take a look here: http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=414 to get some inspiration and working code to save images on disk and in a database.

Hope this helps,

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 : in C# and VB, ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Dreamweaver MX 2004
Want to be my colleague? Then check out this post.

Thank you for reply dear, But i already know how to store image in Database and Hard disk, I need the information about how to show image that stored image is FORUMS

aliusmankhan

[Imar]

quote:I need the information about how to show image that stored image is FORUMS

Heuh? That didn't make any sense to me.

What exactly are you asking?

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
http://Imar.Spaanjaars.Com
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 : in C# and VB, ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Dreamweaver MX 2004
Want to be my colleague? Then check out this post.

[aliusmankhan]

Dear in any image hosting web site when we upload a pic, they will give us three types of links
1. Direct link (Just a link to download image)
2. Thumb link (image will be shown as Thumb in Forum)
3. Full image link (Full image will be shown in the forum)

i wanna know how to give links to image uploader so that he/she can post that given link to any forum to display his/her uploaded pic to that forum?



aliusmankhan