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#1 2007-02-23 20:57:23

adnanoner

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Registered: 2007-01-01

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Using custom_fields on images?

Hello everybody,

I have a gallery based on images, not on articles. Is there anyway I can add custom_fields to my images like I can to articles? I could not find any documentation on this subject. Is that my bad? Should I use articles for galleries or is it just a lack of textpattern’s way of handling images?

Thanks in advance, Adnan

#2 2007-02-24 00:53:08

Mary

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Re: Using custom_fields on images?

Is there anyway I can add custom_fields to my images…? Should I use articles for galleries…?

No, there isn’t. You can, as you mention, use articles, and that does offer a lot more possibilities; articles have custom fields, “article images”, are searchable, easy to create archives of, etc.

#3 2007-02-24 01:01:43

adnanoner

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Re: Using custom_fields on images?

But how do you manage an image gallery? I’m making a large image gallery and luckily I can import everything fast with fpx_image_import and put them in the right category. Putting images in hand by hand is a hell of a job. So there’s no plugin to use custom fields on images? Too bad textpattern doesn’t handle images like articles, that would be a great feature. Isn’t there another solution, for example a plugin that automatically edites my images to articles?

Thanks for the help,
Adnan

#4 2007-02-24 01:36:52

Mary

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Re: Using custom_fields on images?

So there’s no plugin to use custom fields on images? …Isn’t there another solution, for example a plugin that automatically edites my images to articles?

I don’t think either exists, though they are possible.

#5 2007-02-24 02:00:20

adnanoner

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Registered: 2007-01-01

Posts: 20

Re: Using custom_fields on images?

Okay thanks for the info :). I think it would be a great step ahead for textpattern if images where handled like articles.. hope in the future, would make things a lot easier.