I am a new user an am pretty amazed at what Bubble can do. I just completed the basic lessons and I had a question for the pros:
Is it possible to have a text input form where I can input a title of a blog post and an image uploader where I can upload an image. These will then be used to generate a thumbnail which a user can download.
Of course, there will be other customization options available like the size of the text, the text, etc.
Something similar to this:
Thing with the top one is that you can’t choose the color, or the font size of the quote, it’s just… there.
Currenty, I’m thinking bare minimum: 1 input form (for the quote) and an image uploader (for the background image). But how would I put the two together?
You could use something like Imgix. Bubble provides some options for using Imgix automatically, such as resizing images, adding pixelation, formatting it as a certain file type, etc. but this doesn’t include adding text to the image.
If you want to add text as you’re doing, you could either:
Integrate with a tool like Imgix through the API and manage it that way. Probably easy to set-up once you know how to use APIs. Don’t know Imgix’s pricing for these services though.
Talk with Bubble about sponsoring a feature addition so they extend their API and make adding text an option available to everyone.
Alternatively, if you want something cheaper, you could just include the text as a text element on top of the image in Bubble. It’d appear to users as if it’s written on the image, but would be a separate element.
I took a look at their website and saw they have a text API documentation under the developers tab. I believe that’s what I’m looking for.
I’ll contact them, along with Bubble with the sponsorship for the feature addition.
However, I saw that your third bullet point, you said I can put the text over the image but it will be a separate element. Is there a way I can screenshot the “box” around the image to capture the text element over the image and have a button that can download that?
Just curious, but I do appreciate your help! I’ll look into Imgix!
Thanks for the recommendation! I actually took a look at the plugin and there was something wrong with the action as it did not display a dynamic content.
