How To Fix Steemit/Dtube Thumbnail Size Issues

brandonfrye (64) in dtube • 7 years ago (edited)

How to Fix That Pesky Steemit/Dtube Thumbnail Issue

Over the last few weeks I've noticed that the Dtube thumbnails on Steemit have been extremely small and knew I had to find a way to fix it. In today's video I'll show you a workaround to fix your thumbnail size issues. It only takes a few seconds with each post to make your Steemit blog look much more pleasing to the eye.

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davidpompeii (51) · 7 years ago

Okay, the Mustang is way cool. And you have a great personality and an abundance of charisma. But dude, I would appreciate it if you would get to the point "How To Fix Steemit/Dtube Thumbnail Size Issues"

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Lol, although very blatant I do appreciate your feedback. After the feedback I received from this video (you weren't the first to say it) I have totally rethought the way I shoot videos and I do now get to the point when it comes to videos like this. Anyways, thanks for your comment and constructive criticism. I do take it to heart and it's people like yourself who help myself become more successful here on Steemit. I didn't even remember mentioning my Mustang lol but I suppose I did. Keep rocking man and I'm glad to see you here on Steemit! :)

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davidpompeii (51) · 7 years ago

I am a stand up comic and improviser, so glad you laughed. I mean no harm at all. I have to be honest or I am nobody. You are a really cool person for not getting angry or taking my comments personally. I also took your advice and it worked perfectly, the second time. I screwed it up the first time. Thank you very much.

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knightwarrior (58) · 7 years ago

Great tutorial, keep it up :)

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Thanks @knightwarrior!

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yekrats (50) · 7 years ago

Holy crap! I thought I was just an idiot that I was the only one that couldn't figure out the stupid thumbnail problem. I'm implementing this immediately. Thank you so much!

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Hah no it wasn’t you. Glad this helped! :)

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sushiltiple (52) · 7 years ago

Thank You!!! very understandable!!!

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elijah-blogs (52) · 7 years ago

hey @brandonfrye you have taught me alot of new information about YouTube,dtube,and steemit thanks.

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albinormaydii (42) · 7 years ago

Simple but really helpfull. Nice dude!
Had no idea that you're a mustang lover, Lol

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Yes, on my second Mustang actually. Can’t beat American muscle!

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mdsafwankhan (48) · 7 years ago

Well tutorial .
How to get maximum profit and which kind of bots ....pls reply me with a positive answer.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Hey @mdsafwankhan, Thanks for the feedback. And yes, I've done two videos on upvote bots. I recommend checking our my most recent one here. Hope that helps!

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bigpanda (66) · 7 years ago

This is great, thank you. I was hating the tiny thumbnails and now there is a solution.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Same here. I'm sure they'll get that fixed soon.. but this will help in the meantime. :)

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chris.scustoms (36) · 7 years ago

Yes I wanted to know how you did that. Didn’t watch the video yet but I will when I get back home.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Cool, yeah I knew there had to be a workaround. It's very easy to do too. :)

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chris.scustoms (36) · 7 years ago

I did upload a test video yesterday I will try it out now

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chris.scustoms (36) · 7 years ago

I did notice the same also I don't spend as much time on facebook and less on youtube also.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Glad to hear it's not just me.

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wbjadventures (25) · 7 years ago

thank you

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jr11 (50) · 7 years ago

@brandonfrye watching the video now. Thanks for your consistency. You haven't posted a video yet that did not educate or help the Steemit community. Your work here is appreciated. Also, regarding removing myself from other social media platforms. I am on them, but there is little to nothing to gain from them. Most people are kind of about themselves and the ads are ridiculous. It's much better to be here on Steemit where we can actually engage and get paid, instead of in a sense paying others to be on their social media platform.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Thanks @jr11, I appreciate that. And I agree completely about these other social platforms. I’ve been a lot happier here.

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mercurybot (50) · 7 years ago

You got a 27.00% upvote from @mercurybot courtesy of @brandonfrye!

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tnelectronics (42) · 7 years ago

Thank you so much for this, I have a youtube channel with over 3 million views and 8k subscribers. Although I really don't agree with all there new rules and conditions for creators so I am trying to switch to steemit! Your thumbnail advice really helped me, if you have any other advice or tips that would be very appreciated!

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Awesome, thanks for the feedback @tnelectronics! And yes, if you go through my channel I have a lot of videos on how-tos and tutorials for Steemit. I'm now adding more about Dtube.

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joshpeterson (58) · 7 years ago

Thank you. The mini thumbnail has been bugging the crap out of me.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Lol me too! Glad that helped :)

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joshpeterson (58) · 7 years ago

Definitely. Just had a chance to watch the vlog. I have been on a similar journey as you with the other social media channels. I post to Instagram/FB stories because it's "temporary," but last year I took a few multi-month breaks from Facebook and Twitter. It was wonderful. What I realized is that I can't completely take myself off of those platforms, though, because there's a lot of people that I care about still on them (hopefully one day they'll all be on Steem). And so my way to deal with that and fight against the addiction is to use app blockers on my phone, and use the Newsfeed Eradicator Chrome Extension for Facebook. I can handle Facebook without the Newsfeed. That's one of the worst things about that platform.

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booster (68) · 7 years ago

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bigtom13 (64) · 7 years ago

I am in the process of talking to the friends on facebook. It's two parts. 1. I encourage them to come try Steemit. 2. I explain that I am withdrawing from FB. I get so I'm just pissed when I go there.

I still have cable TV but I probably pay more than most per hour of programming watched. Almost exclusively live sports and maybe the TV is on 5 hours per week, Most days I don't turn it on,

Thanks for another great 'how to' solve a problem here. Keep them coming!

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faisalazmi (54) · 7 years ago

Funny that you bring it here, I thought it was just a bugs.
Really informative man, thanks!

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gothika47 (48) · 7 years ago

I was woundering why this happened on the last video i uploaded. Thank you for sharing. I hope dtube hears about this and fixes the issue but seeing how active the devs are i think it wount take long!

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Right, I bet this workaround won't even be needed soon. They're pretty quick to fix things. :)

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chaddivis (25) · 7 years ago

Thanks for sharing on how to make the thumbnails bigger.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Absolutely, you’re welcome!

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movievigilante (51) · 7 years ago

Please take this as constructive criticism.
While I appreciate the help you provide in this video, based on your title, I was expecting you to get straight to the point without the 6 minutes of filler at the beginning. Maybe make a separate video for the Facebook and cable TV talk.
Nevertheless, thanks for the tutorial. I will give it a try.

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

@movievigilante, I agree completely. That is not how I typically start my videos and after watching it back wish I had left that out. Thanks for your feedback and I’m glad the tutorial was helpful. :)

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jongolson (74) · 7 years ago

Yessir! Simple fix and makes your feed look a lot more pleasing to the eye. I hear you about that. Took me a while to find a good mix for my images but I'm like you I need things to look...Similar...So it helps viewers / readers become familiar with your brand.

And when the image is tiny for your videos but normal size for the blog posts....Something just bugs me lol

Great tips though man, keep them coming!

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Exactly I try to keep it consistent as well. Letting them know when they see my content. Thanks!

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afiqsejuk (58) · 7 years ago

Thank you, Brandon for this information on how to change the size of the thumbnail. I haven't start to do Dtube yet, but if I'm ready to do it, this video will help a ton. Upvoted!

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lukebrn (58) · 7 years ago

Haha so this is the tutorial that you mentioned! Great tutorial as always Brandond, keep them coming :)

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Hah yep. It bugged me so much being a stickler for appearance and consistency with my content. Thanks @lukebrn!

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lukebrn (58) · 7 years ago

Haha it's a good way to be! No worries.

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cryptonz (35) · 7 years ago

Thank you that was a great help to me and i"m sure to many others as well, keep up the terrific clips bandonfrye

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droiderly (36) · 7 years ago

Facebook is on EVERYONE!! Although I haven't been brave enough to delete the Facebook & Instagram on my Mobile devices, I did turn off notifications :) baby steps...

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droiderly (36) · 7 years ago

sounds like someone is on a "media detox"....It must be very liberating. Peace & Positivity :)

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djdaniel2020 (44) · 7 years ago

That's just straight up HTML. That being said, you should be able to edit the parameters for the image size as a percentage, or by pixel size.
Example: src="" width="125%" height="125%">

Example: src="" width="600px" height="600px"

This may or may not work depending on parameters set in CSS. This way you could tweak the size of the image to exactly what you wanted it. Percentages give you the most control, but pixel based dimensions are good too.

I used to be a web designer, so I understand this stuff. Will have to test it out myself. I'm new here, so haven't done any videos yet though

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brandonfrye (64) · 7 years ago

Most sensible thing I've seen in the comments here. I agree and it's a matter of the Steemit.com and d.tube creators coming to a consensus of how they share their css. I think it's a simple solution like you've mentioned and them getting together on that. I think this will be fixed really quick though.. I hope. :)

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djdaniel2020 (44) · 7 years ago

I just tested it, and it appears we're locked out from editing the actual HTML :( Was worth a try though. Apparently the size is statically set in CSS, which we don't have access to. Would be cool if they could come up with a way to resize, or enter parameters ourselves.

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thymewisper (46) · 7 years ago

Just found this video and so glad I did. Now following. I am trying to build up the nerve to create my first video - as part of adding videos to my blog on my website. (And also putting them on dTube/Steemit.)
Anyway, this is great information to have. Thank you!

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jessnt (42) · 7 years ago

I accidently put my last thumbnail on my video I uploaded today is there a way to change the the thumbnail once you have already uploaded the video to d.tube? if so can you make a video like this by any chance?

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daltongang (34) · 7 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to put this together! I ran into an issue with the rendering of our first video, but after watching this and doing what you instructed, it fixed it. So, thanks again man, much appreciated👍

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giddyupngo (57) · 7 years ago

Thanks for explaining that, ditto on Facebook, I knew there was a better way. :)

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sewingreport (32) · 7 years ago

Really appreciate you sharing this - I am very new to this platform!

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divard (48) · 7 years ago

Hi @brandonfrye i really appreciated this Video - i knew it was doable any you helped me do it. If you would like to see the result have a look at my "Lemon in Peril" video. - Have a great day!

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evanharbec (38) · 7 years ago

looks like they've fixed it! But thanks boss.. keep up the content you're a natural in front of the cam

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knockoutkitchen (25) · 7 years ago

Great info Brandon. Cheers!

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politicalcartoon (46) · 7 years ago

Hi. I am always like trying Dtube for months. I can only upload making vids from certain apps on certain video editors

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sauha (40) · 7 years ago

Just subscribed, thanks so much for this =)

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