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Fleximage is a Rails plugin that tries to make image uploading and rendering super easy.

• Overview
• GettingStarted
• TemplateExamples
• WhoUsesFleximage
• Todo

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If you need help, you can send me a message through github. I can’t promise to always be helpful, or even reply, but I will do the best I can.

General Reference

• PageCaching
  Without caching Fleximage will melt your production server. Learn the page caching basics to keep things running smoothly.

• ModelClassAccessors
  Learn about all the different class methods that allow you set various options about how Fleximage works with storing and preprocessing images.

• Operators
  A list of all the image operations included with Fleximage. Resize, text, image overlay, and more.

• OutputFormat
  How to render JPG, GIF or PNG using Rails formatted routes.

• DatabaseOrFilesystemStorage
  To store you master images in your database, or your filesystem. The debate rages on. Fleximage recommends the filesystem, but supports both.

• ConversionTasks
  Upgrade your old Fleximage image storage format to the new creation date based directory format. Or swap from JPG to PNG master image storage anytime you like.

• MagicColumns
  Filenames and image dimensions can easily be captured into your database by having the right fields present.

• CustomImageOperators
  If you have some specific needs that can only be satisfied by calling the RMagick methods directly, you can write your own image operator.