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Ruby

Posted by Tony McKeown
Tony McKeown
Courses Plus Student 14,300 Points

Paperclip resizing problems

I've got an avatar in the user model. 

has_attached_file :avatar, :styles => {
    large: "800x800", medium: "300x200>", small: "260x180>", thumb: "80x80"
}

In the profile controller I use

<%= image_tag @user.avatar.url(:thumb) %>

and it works correctly with the dimensions specified.

I've tried to pass this information to my comments model and I can see the image.

<%= image_tag comment.user.avatar.url(:thumb) %>

But it's not adjusting the size of the avatar. I could use large or thumb and the size is staying the same. The only difference is that by using :thumb the picture gets a bit blurry.

Any ideas how to fix this?