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#1 2006-07-20 18:26:49

mariela

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Registered: 2006-07-20

Posts: 12

very basic question on how to use the rss_thumbpop plugin

I just installed the rss_thumbpop gallery plug in, but now I have no idea what to do. Under admin > Plug Ins, I do see that it is installed, and I have made it active. The only instructions it has is the installation, so I am not sure where to look now in order to implement it. What do I do in order to use this plug in?

Thanks.

#2 2006-07-20 19:01:43

els

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Registered: 2004-06-06

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Re: very basic question on how to use the rss_thumbpop plugin

Did you read this? There is an example, you’ll have to adapt it to your own needs of course, but it will get you going.

#3 2006-07-20 20:21:08

mariela

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Registered: 2006-07-20

Posts: 12

Re: very basic question on how to use the rss_thumbpop plugin

This system is a little different from what I am used to (though I like it much better so far).

To implement a plug in, I was expecting to download a fileset, add tables to the database, add + modify whatever php files came in the fileset and then look in the admin section for whatever new features I may have installed. Given that this software has proven to be much cleaner and simpler in every other aspect so far, I am guessing that I could be misinterpreting the instructions and making them harder than they need to be.

So, based on what I have read, this is what I have done so far:
1. Install the module (done)
2. Activate the module (done)
3. (Here’s where I am confused, but this is my guess):
Go to Presentation > Pages and create the html page for the gallery by inserting
< txp:rss_thumbpop category=“thumbpop” mode=“float” label=“My Pictures” orderby=“caption” pagepop=“1” padheight=“100” />
where the gallery will appear
4. Create a stylesheet for the gallery (used the styles provided at the site mentioned above to start out with).
5. In Presentation > Sections, create a section for the gallery

Now, when I open up http://www.mysite.com/textpattern/gallery, I see
My Pictures
No Images Found

The Functionality Overview lists features that do lead me to believe that this is a type of gallery where the user can just upload and change their gallery images without having to modify code each time, but I do not see any sort of back end component to add images to the gallery.

I have tried going to Content > Write, using Gallery as my section and placing img src tags within that, but that didn’t work.

How do you get the images into the gallery?

Thanks

#4 2006-07-20 21:40:56

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: very basic question on how to use the rss_thumbpop plugin

Just to make sure: the <txp:rss_thumbpop /> tag must go on the page that you assigned to section ‘gallery’ (in presentation > sections).

The images must be uploaded in content > images.

When you are using the tag exactly as you posted, you should create an image category ‘thumbpop’ (in content > organisation), and give the images you want to appear in the gallery this category.

#5 2006-07-20 22:14:11

mariela

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Registered: 2006-07-20

Posts: 12

Re: very basic question on how to use the rss_thumbpop plugin

It is working now. I hadn’t created the image category ‘thumbpop’, which is why the images were not showing up. Thanks!