Experiences during Bodega partner experience walkthrough

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Tuesday 22 October 2013 21:55:53 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 16:38:17 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 October 2013 13:47:27 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > > When sending a request for publishing for an image, there is still the
> > > > message, that an icon is missing. There is only the possibility to
> > > > upload
> > > > a
> > > > sreenshot, which i did, but which is not accepted as an icon.
> > > 
> > > Turning screenshots into icons is not implemented; you need to provide
> > > an
> > > icon.
> > 
> > Auto-creating icons from thumbnails was what Marco suggested in a previous
> > thread, wasn't it (see below)?
> 
> yes; but it only got implemented tonight (thanks to marco)

Lightning-fast Marco, as always :)

> > > b) modify the server in such when icons are generated, if none present,
> > > use
> > > the screenshot and resize it icon-sized
> > 
> > Is it still the plan to implement that in the future? For me, this is the
> > way to go, because what works better as an icon for an image than a small
> > version of it?
> 
> yep. and for things like books we even know which screenshot to use (the
> front cover).
> 
> many will still want to create their own custom icons, though, as generally
> the result will usually be better.

Sure. People should have the chance to provide their own icon, with auto-
generated ones as fallback.