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#1 2010-09-28 11:04:14

jsoo
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[howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

I know it’s still at release candidate stage, but I wanted to put 4.3.0’s new image tags through their paces. I’m impressed, and quite expect to dismantle soo_image into one or two small & specialized plugins. Because the new core tags do pretty much everything I need.

Herewith, a demo with code and examples. Pure Txp, no plugins.

Edit, 2011-04-10: new URL

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#2 2010-09-28 11:41:53

maverick
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Great idea, great examples! Thanks.

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#3 2010-09-28 11:44:27

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

I wanted to use soo_image in the past but I waited for this reason: I’m going to wait for the “lite editions” for specialized functions, using the core ones for basic image handling.

Thanks for the demos: very useful

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#4 2010-09-28 15:17:36

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Niiiiiiice!


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#5 2010-09-28 16:11:55

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Very nice indeed.

Excellent that this is now possible with just the core.

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#6 2010-09-28 16:19:23

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Crikey!


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#7 2010-09-28 19:04:23

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Question: I note the Photoblog example above assume one image per article. soo_image allows several. Is that possible in TXP 4.3.0, or is that still the domain for a plugin?

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#8 2010-09-28 19:28:35

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Yes, image_list understands a comma-separated list in the article-image field. See the demo’s ‘et cetera’ page.

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#9 2010-09-28 19:30:09

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

johnstephens wrote:

assume one image per article

Officially, the article image field is to hold one ID only. But the <txp:image_list /> tag — without any other selection attributes — will treat the article image field as a comma separated list of IDs if it’s set as such.

Edit: too late :-)

Last edited by Bloke (2010-09-28 19:30:28)


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#10 2010-09-28 19:36:35

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

That’s awesome, Jeff. Thanks! (Silly of me not to read et cetera before posting.)

Stef, is that a behavior I can count on for the future? Associating multiple images with an article in this way is very useful. I only ask since you said “officially” the pairing of articles to images is 1:1.

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#11 2010-09-28 19:43:17

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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

Where can we vote for width/height attrs for thumbnails? :)


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#12 2010-09-28 19:48:55

Bloke
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0

johnstephens wrote:

is that a behavior I can count on for the future?

Yup. The <txp:article_image /> tag will continue to function as it always did only supporting a single image, but it didn’t make sense for <txp:image_list /> to obey the same logic. So I made it understand a list of IDs if they were present (or just a “list” of one image if the article image field was used as in 4.2.0).

If you want any more esoteric functionality like using a list of category names in the article image field, then it’s plugin land or abuse the system with tags-in-tags.

EDIT: stupid, brain-dead code example removed

Last edited by Bloke (2010-09-29 08:12:46)


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