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"Gallery" image uploading/embedding feature #41

Closed jywarren closed 12 years ago

jywarren commented 12 years ago

Preferably drag & drop

jywarren commented 12 years ago

For this, we could choose the option:

Position: Manually set in node template by variable $node->node_images

in Content types > edit Note > Node images

and present them in an Unordered List so it shows up in a gallery carousel like RJ's addition here: https://github.com/jywarren/plots/pull/57

rjcorwin commented 12 years ago

Alrighty, fairly simple. A File field called image_gallery using an image widget for the edit screen. Then under "Display Fields" tab (http://publiclaboratory.org/admin/content/node-type/note/display) I set the full node version of the image gallery field to display as "Lightbox2: thumb -> original". Added some CSS in node.css and voila. Click on the thumbs below the main image. http://publiclaboratory.org/admin/content/node-type/note/display

Edit form needs some touchups. Trying that now.

jywarren commented 12 years ago

This is working really well, RJ; several people have uploaded images using the system and it even properly syndicates to the Grassroots Mapping blog.

Some people are wanting to place images in specific places, which I am inclined to say "too bad" to, as it adds complexity.

I am removing "node_images" from the wiki pages; perhaps there we should modify the file-attachment system to offer copy-paste tags so people can do more customizable layouts. We already assume that users making wiki pages are more familiar and comfortable with the site.

jywarren commented 12 years ago

Galleries are completed, so i'm closing this; the broader question of whether we want a site-wide easier image uploading system seems still to be open (especially for wiki pages, which the Gallery feature does not address, yet) and I'll point that over to #24