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#1 2006-11-02 19:18:03
- lee
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Excerpt Image
Have an Excerpt Image box, like the Article Image box, in Advanced Options with a txp:excerpt_image tag.
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Re: Excerpt Image
You can already have an excerpt image by either using the Article image or by physically pasting an image tag in the excerpts field
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#3 2006-11-03 08:57:20
- Mary
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Re: Excerpt Image
Or using a custom field.
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#4 2006-11-03 13:36:58
- lee
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Re: Excerpt Image
Hi Mary, how would I use a custom field? like: <txp:image id=”<txp:custom_field name=“imgid”/>”/>
Getting clients to use the tag generator and then cut/paste is to involved and not very user friendly for low tech clients. They find it convoluted and an easily forgotten process, where as putting a number in a box is much simpler.
I love TxP and hope the user interface, not the developer interface, is made even more user and work flow friendly in the coming years.
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#5 2006-11-03 14:05:20
- Mary
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Re: Excerpt Image
In a very basic way:
<txp:if_custom_field name="Excerpt Image"><img src="<txp:custom_field name="Excerpt Image" />" /></txp:if_custom_field>If you make a simple plugin, you can have it emulate article image behaviour fairly easily.
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#6 2006-11-03 14:47:33
- lee
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Re: Excerpt Image
Thank you very much Mary, I have to start thinking a bit deeper.
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Re: Excerpt Image
You could use bas_image_selector. This plugin has an option to add an image to the excerpt-field. Very non-tech savvy if you ask me!
…Prrrrrrrr…
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Re: Excerpt Image
Yep, you could use that plugin (if it’s updated to 4.0.4). It’s also really easy to modify bas_img_selector to insert an image into a custom field.
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#9 2006-11-04 09:03:13
- lee
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Re: Excerpt Image
Thanks for the help everyone. I went with Mary’s suggestion, I don’t like using plugins that a client might become dependent on because they sometimes stop working after textpattern get an update.
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Re: Excerpt Image
Good call Lee. The power of TXP is, for a big part, in its tags, and how it’s plain and easy to integrate them with HTML. Not always enough, but in this case it definitely is.
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