[request] Image upload from Write tab

hakjoon · 2007-02-11 21:49:36

Matthew,

Yeah, I’d be willing to work on this. I’ve been planning on writing some sort of image picker anyway, and I already implemented a simple one for hak_tinymce.

I would love to see this be a community driven plugin(which I think it already is) like zem_contact_reborn, so it’s not just me making implementation decisions.

squaredeye · 2007-02-12 02:48:49

I’ll throw down with ya :)

masa · 2007-02-12 17:44:42

I’ve created a new mockup

Insert Existing Image links to Mary’s img_popper if installed.

Upload New Image toggles the display of a minimal upload & insertion tool, made to fit in the available space.

I labelled the sizes small, medium and large to keep it simple to grasp, but this could possibly be controlled via the plugin’s preference settings to show pixel sizes instead. The idea is that also the different pixel values could be controlled there, for instance you could set them up like this:

small: 240/160px
medium: 360/240px
large: 480/360px

That allows some sort of control so the end user couldn’t upload all sorts of different sizes. It would also ensure a more consistent look of the resulting pages.

Thoughts?

Last edited by masa (2007-02-12 17:46:19)

squaredeye · 2007-02-12 18:51:52

Masa,
I think this is heading in the right direction, but having heard Hakjoons thoughts here, I would be more in favor of heading toward something like this which Bastian had started to think of.

Here’s what it needs to accomplish:

Upload if necessary
- If upload, then assign details. Create thumb. alt. caption, etc. Ability to create category on the fly if necessary.
- If upload multiple images??? How would detail assignment work if this was the case?
Select image if already uploaded or just uploaded
set display settings (using graphical representations of classes – defined in a extensions/pref tab)
insert image (similar options here to img_popper, but could be limited in an extensions/pref tab)

Things I think are preferential:

Single interface (not two separate links)
Images handled like bas_img (with hierarchical folders) or (multiple categories – tagging) for sorting purposes (may be outside the frame of this plugin)
Simple image manipulation (again, may be outside the scope)

What do people think of that?

Dragondz · 2007-02-13 15:49:57

Hi everyone

I read carefully your discussion because I am thinking about the same thing, but a simple one, I think in some case we just need a simple write tab with simple image selector/upload, and also i agree with the bastian approach, my thinking is that the both must exist and each one choose witch catch his needs.

My thought are about website like webdirectory that just need simple forms, i think about new write form (added by plugign) with just a basic forms and simple image management (upload, insert, modify). that tab will be accessed by low privilege membere (0) and fix data like :cat, section,… in pref table.

What do you think about that?

PS: Sorry for my bad English

hakjoon · 2007-02-13 15:57:27

I LOVE that mockup that Bastian put up. I love every visual inch of it.

However…

I can’t figure out how to use it. I would love to take that idea and run with it though.

squaredeye · 2007-02-13 16:32:23

Dragondz,
I like your idea. I think it is accomplishable (new word :) through extending ied_hide_admin (one of my fave plugins)? or pulling a similar interface/use into a plugin like this, although that seems like it makes a plugin huge to me.

Hak,
bq. I can’t figure out how to use it.

Do you mean, you can’t figure out the workflow or the coding? You are one of the best coding maniacs I know, so I am guessing you mean workflow.

I’m going to try to work up a workflow mockup, to show you how I think it would work.
Perhaps by tonight I’ll have it finished.

Matthew

hakjoon · 2007-02-13 17:47:35

You all see Bastian’s post about adding upload functionality to bas_img_selector?

Does that make these discussions unnecessary?

squaredeye · 2007-02-13 17:51:36

Okay,
I’m faster than I thought and my firstborn slept longer than I thought.
How about This:

Let me know if there are any parts that seem confusing.
Also a note:

I’m not the biggest fan of the traditional txp interface, but I don’t wish to deviate from it in basic form,
as opposing interfaces can be more confusing to users than similar (albeit poor) ones. Therefore, I’ve
simply tried to make better use of the horizontal space.
I’ve thrown this together very quickly, if a version of this was to be used, it would need to be looked
at more carefully for spacing and whitespace.

:)

Matthew

hakjoon · 2007-02-13 22:39:51

That’s some nice work there. Everything seems good except I’m still a little unsure of the flow of the selector tab. There are some dropdowns and what looks like a carousel plus 2 big images and I’m just not 100% on how it all works together. I also question this type of interface for a site with lots of images. I love it visually but I’m unsure how functional it actually is.

What does bas_img_selector look like these days?

marios · 2007-02-13 23:28:28

@matthew,

This looks great.
( I also still apreciate still the simplicity of the old GUI . Don’t know what that is though. Nostalgy ? )

I’m getting more and more confused these days, then the spartanix get’s my brain back in shape.

regards, marios

squaredeye · 2007-02-14 00:19:18

Check out the thread for bas_img_selector, he’s got a demo of it there, its simple, nice.

We’ll see where we could go with this.

Matthew

renobird · 2007-02-14 03:37:57

Matthew,

Excellent work…not sure how you turned that out so fast.
There are some great features in there that I hadn’t thought about (of course).
The ability to float or apply a class on the fly is super smart.

Cheers!

Hakjoon Wrote

You all see Bastian’s post about adding upload functionality to bas_img_selector?
Does that make these discussions unnecessary?

Good lord, I hope so. : )

Last edited by renobird (2007-02-14 03:41:04)

Leithen · 2007-02-17 09:34:54

ma_smith wrote:

Masa,

Images handled like bas_img (with hierarchical folders) or (multiple categories – tagging) for sorting purposes (may be outside the frame of this plugin)

Perhaps this ought to be a request for an entirely seperate plugin, but multiple image categories would be very powerful.

Take the example of a small website I’ve done for a touring golf club . I’ve used prad_image_index to create an image gallery that displays galleries of images categorised by a combination of who provided them and where they were taken. Ideally I’d like to be able to choose a number of categories to apply to each image – photographer, course, subject, year etc.

This would allow me to retain the existing galleries in its seperate section, but also pull all categorised or tagged photos into the players profiles and venues listings

Dragondz · 2007-02-19 16:44:21

I worked theses few days in an upload plugin from write tab (my firs admin pluggin) and for now I have a testing version.

Don’t use it in an active website, the pluggin is only for testing and improving.

It only work under TXP 4.0.4.

Download it : Pluggin textpattern : dzd_upload_image

What do you think about it?

I also worked on public downloading form, but I don’t know if it s securised, then i prefer work later on it.

A new available version in the same link: include improvements : choose category, caption, Alt, and automatic thumb creation.

Last edited by Dragondz (2007-02-21 14:02:31)

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