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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
Hehe all right. I’ll just fire up some JAA and get going.
The roof has been fixed for a few months at least – I should update my site someday!
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
mrdale,
Is this off base from you are after? Made a quick mockup of how I envision it.
This would be a lightbox/thickbox effect over the write tab.
The content would need to be updated via ajax – which thickbox can do.
Ideally I would like to have the option to add multiple images.
not 100% sure on how to handle this.
Last edited by renobird (2008-06-11 20:04:03)
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#27 2008-06-11 19:59:12
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
You can add 50 USD on my behalf.
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#28 2008-06-11 20:06:53
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
renobird,
I very much like the condensed look!
@everyone: is the Date column really needed?
Like I mentioned before, I would like to see options to insert image/thumb/popup into the body, too. Perhaps that could be toggled by a preference setting without complicating things too much.
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
Thanks Masa!
masa wrote
I would like to see options to insert image/thumb/popup into the body, too. Perhaps that could be toggled by a preference setting without complicating things too much.
Mee too. I have a use for both variations.
Ideally I’d like it to be super simple for the most un-tech of user…a preference to turn on/off adding to the image/thumb/popup to the body seems like a good solution. When turned “on” the size of the “image picker” could increase in width to accommodate the additional column. In theory. : )
I don’t have any idea how hard that would be to code.
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
Masa,
Here’s another version with some icons for the features you need.
Space would be tight, so the title tags on the icons would be important to communicate their purpose to the user.
Not sure if they are the best choices for icons either…but I had them handy.
I’m all for these options…assuming it wouldn’t keep someone from taking on the development.
I’d really like to see this get done…even just a very simple version.
Last edited by renobird (2008-06-11 20:42:18)
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
Hi Guys
Actually, I’m after a stripped down version that just has the thumbs in a grid, not even names. Click an image(s) to select it, click “add button” to add it to article.
But I suppose you could handle that via css. Also, I think it’d cut down on the ajax workload if you put the category picker on the initial page so that you’d see the images in that category, less flexible, but when you have hundreds of images I imagine it would slow things down a lot to show and hide them all.
Thoughts?
Last edited by mrdale (2008-06-11 20:48:12)
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
One of the best things about upm_image_popper is the ability to assign a CSS class to the image. Very useful.
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
I envisioned something different (simpler and more direct) than “upm_image_popper”, because most of my users just want to see what images they can choose from and associate them with the article. I personally think upm is much more complicated and visually daunting. I’d rather not have to explain a host of options and fields, but…
Having said that, as long as I can press a button somewhere and get the super simple version (grid of thumbs) which is what I initially envisioned, I don’t mind what other features are added.
masa> excellent!
Last edited by mrdale (2008-06-11 20:55:14)
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#34 2008-06-11 20:56:06
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
Tom,
personally I think this looks great and if you don’t need the additional options you turn them off.
Since you mention title tags I was wondering whether the two columns Add and Insert could be merged into a single…
Insert as…
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Article Image
Full-Size Image
Thumbnail
Pop-up Image
?
Last edited by masa (2008-06-11 20:56:46)
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
Dale,
OK. I re-read your original post. Looks like we got off track from what you were thinking.
Are you thinking of something more like this?
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#36 2008-06-11 21:08:18
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Re: [request] Needed: lightbox-style article-image picker
mrdale wrote:
Having said that, as long as I can press a button somewhere and get the super simple version (grid of thumbs) which is what I initially envisioned, I don’t mind what other features are added.
The grid idea is an excellent one. What about having square thumbs with nothing but different insert buttons (icons) underneath:
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