NetPublish sites based on the Tablet template have blurry previews

Description

If I use the default preview size when publishing a site based on the Tablet template, the enlarged preview that pops up when you click on a thumbnail is blurry.

Solution

This happens because the default size for previews in the NetPublish template is 512 pixels but the Tablet template displays the preview images at larger than 512 pixels. NetPublish scales the JPEG preview that is provided by Portfolio Server down to 512 pixels on its longest side, then scales the image up to fit the preview pane in the site.

The Tablet template that is provided with Portfolio Desktop Client 11 addresses the issue.

For users of Portfolio Desktop Client 10 or using a custom template based off of that template, it is possible to edit the template so that newly-published sites do not have the problem.

1. Go to the NetPublish template folder:

   • Mac OS X: /Applications/Extensis/Portfolio Desktop Client/Portfolio.app/Contents/PlugIns/NetPublish PlugIn.plugin/Contents/Resources/Data/en/sites/web/
   • Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Extensis\Portfolio x\NetPublish\en\sites\web
   • Vista & Windows 7: C:\Users\All Users\Extensis\Portfolio x\NetPublish\en\sites\web

2. Open the page.xml file at Site 16/pages/DetailsWeb/Details Page/page.xml in a text editor.

3. Change the ImageSize key from 512 to Original and save the file.