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#13 2011-03-04 16:49:36

redbot

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Registered: 2006-02-14

Posts: 1,410

Re: Can <txp:images> remain unsorted?

Bloke wrote:

… So this trick is actually pretty handy and I’d be loathe to lose it because it fills a gap in the function suite. Maybe if the article_image tag is modded one day to allow it to output its raw value then this loophole can be closed. But not before: it’s too useful!

Totally agree.

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#14 2011-04-22 02:51:42

gomedia

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Registered: 2008-06-01

Posts: 1,373

Re: Can <txp:images> remain unsorted?

I was going to have a moan about the lack of unsorted image capability but having read this and this, I can appreciate the issues.

Just for the record – I’m not using the Article Image field so here’s an alternative & similar approach:

<txp:variable name="count" value="0" />
<txp:variable name="img_list" value="9,11,12,10,28" />
<txp:images id='<txp:variable name="img_list"/>' break="" sort='field(id,<txp:variable name="img_list"/>)'>
	<txp:adi_calc name="count" add="1" />
	<txp:image html_id='img<txp:variable name="count" />' width="0" height="0" />
</txp:images>

and I’m using a counter to assign a unique HTML id to each image.

Now then, let’s look at this from a different angle. With articles, it’s possible to fiddle with the posted date/time to get the sorted output into the desired order.

With images it’s not – the date/time of upload is stored but can’t changed. If the Image Edit tab allowed this to be modified then we could use sort="date asc/desc" to achieve the required output.

#15 2011-05-08 23:58:58

gomedia

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Registered: 2008-06-01

Posts: 1,373

Re: Can <txp:images> remain unsorted?

gomedia wrote:

If the Image Edit tab allowed this to be modified then we could use sort="date asc/desc" to achieve the required output.

and as if by magic … adi_image_tab