Improving TXP Image Management

iblastoff · 2007-07-15 04:54:16

i feel like im surrounded by tumbleweeds but umm..anyone actually working on this still?

squaredeye · 2007-07-15 05:42:10

its a busy world out ther iblastoff. I think folks have moved on from this topic.
It could likely be renewed with vigor if someone with coding knowledge had either
financial, entreprenuereal, or altruistic incentive to pick it back up again. One of those
you have some influence over :)

Matthew

iblastoff · 2007-07-15 06:41:14

ma_smith wrote:

its a busy world out ther iblastoff. I think folks have moved on from this topic.
It could likely be renewed with vigor if someone with coding knowledge had either
financial, entreprenuereal, or altruistic incentive to pick it back up again. One of those
you have some influence over :)
Matthew

im definitely not a coder..but can help with funding a ransom or whatever if it ever comes to that point!

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milkshake · 2007-09-23 17:35:27

Just came across this thread looking for a way to integrate txp + zenphoto

+1 for a ransom

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In the mean time, can anyone recommend a good gallery solution from the current plugins.
So far I have found:

fpx_image_import
wet_for_each_image
wet_thumbfilter
wow_gallery
stm_image_uploader
glx_admin_image

Looking for a way to easily get batches of images into txp, then have ways of displaying/sorting/filtering them.

Importing images as articles / auto linking images with articles would also be neat,
then you get all the advantages of articles for free (comments, custom fields, etc.)

iblastoff · 2007-09-24 06:48:38

i believe fpx_image_import and wow_gallery are the only two from that list that allow you to batch import. i don’t know of any plugins that would import images as articles though. i guess it depends on how you want to display your gallery.

from what i remember, wow_gallery allows you to have more than two image sizes per image (as textpattern currently limits you to ‘original image size’ and ‘thumbnail of image’).

although some people think the lightbox method is overdone, i like smd_slimbox myself. it definitely has highly configurable sorting/filtering abilities.

milkshake · 2007-09-24 13:51:25

Thanks dude :)

I will check out wow_gallery first…

jameslomax · 2008-02-01 20:06:06

Bump.

;-)

So much energy went into this…where’d it all go?

321 replies, 41915 views, and yours just makes 41916

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masa · 2008-02-05 01:32:33

jameslomax wrote:

So much energy went into this…where’d it all go?

Well, I’m still hanging in here, but so far no one seemed to be interested in my offer. I would like to hear, if anyone has suggestions on how to set up funded development of such a plugin.
It might help, if we compiled a list of features, we’d like to see, so I’ll go ahead…

multi-column layout of the image listing instead of the current single-column one
an option to list by image categories only using a thumbnail of the first image as the representation for the entire category; clicking that thumbnail would expand the respective category to display all associated images.
ability to delete multiple images or an entire category of images at once

I’m working on a site, which might approach the 1000-image mark fairly soon, so a solution would be very much appreciated.

Devs: are there any plans to address this in 4.1.0 ?

Cheers Martin

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jameslomax · 2008-02-19 11:14:19

Martin, I think feature requests have been covered very well already. I said myself, a long time ago, multi column images would be a simple and big improvement.

I think what this needs now is an expression of interest from a coder or plug in writer, if anyone wants to take this on. One or two did say they were interested, but then went silent. I don’t know if repeating what’s already been said serves any purpose. It might, if it generates interest again, but I’ve already made my comments on this and so have others.

If any plug in writers are interested in doing this, which could be a funded project, it would be great if they respond – I’d recommend reading the entire discussion, which is quite comprehensive, and seeing how they feel about it. One of the last topics to arise here is whether improvements should be built into the core or built as a plug in. If they’re built into the core, that’s more complicated and the devs have never said they were working on it. So I think we have to assume that’s not going to happen, at least not for a very long time.

I’m more happy with a plug in: someone could take it on, maybe get funded with one of those ‘ransom’ set ups, and it could be built much more quickly and easily.

masa · 2008-02-19 13:33:19

jameslomax wrote:

Martin, I think feature requests have been covered very well already. I said myself, a long time ago, multi column images would be a simple and big improvement.

Sure, it’s just that this thread has grown huge and the information is scattered all around.
That’s why I think it might be a good idea to summarize it and perhaps just post it as a new thread under plugin requests.

Anyway, I’m at a bit of a loss here: more than enough members have expressed interest and quite a few are willing to fund the development of this plugin. What else can we do?

One or two did say they were interested, but then went silent.

Maybe it is way more difficult than we can imagine?

Cheers Martin

wet · 2008-02-19 13:51:05

masa wrote:

Devs: are there any plans to address this in 4.1.0 ?

Certainly not to the extent you listed here. Not because it isn’t a worthwhile goal, but our focus for 4.1 is elsewhere (subsections, unlimited categories).

masa · 2008-02-19 19:31:57

wet wrote:

…but our focus for 4.1 is elsewhere (subsections, unlimited categories).

That is great to hear!

jameslomax · 2008-02-19 21:59:29

masa wrote: Anyway, I’m at a bit of a loss here: more than enough members have expressed interest and quite a few are willing to fund the development of this plugin. What else can we do

I agree. Its really up to the plug in developers, and if they want to work on this. As I recall, one of the last topics discussed here was improving the txp core. I think for some people this is what they wanted and what they were always talking about – which is a matter for the devs really and unless someone has the same skill they do and can start hacking the txp code, there’s no point in having that discussion.

A plug in though is another matter – less work, and it can be done independently of txp development.

By all means try and attract attention again, but for myself I’ve already done that and think what this now needs is someone saying they’re interested in working on it.

Bloke · 2008-02-19 22:20:05

A summary of the key ideas in the thread wouldn’t be a bad idea from anyone who’s recently trawled through it. Been a looong time since I read it and I remember there were some cool ideas.

However, I think James is right, that a lot of the functionality required some big changes to the core. Changes that are more than likely part of the xpattern spec. And since the major players championing this (mrdale, ma_smith to name two) are involved with xpattern it’d be a fair bet that’s where the action is.

I can’t recall if this thread was solely about the admin side or if some of the proposed solutions were in client-side tags. upm_image certainly goes a helluva long way towards providing good image output. And from a gallery standpoint, the beta version of smd_gallery is shaping up well for those that want a bit more power/flexibility in getting stuff out of the database.

iblastoff has also been busy with:

Sure, they’re plugins and not core, but they do help a lot with image management. Does any of that lot address some of the issues?

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jameslomax · 2008-02-21 14:59:11

Had a look at yours dude, bloke I mean, but unfortunately its too technical for me. I can only cope with very minimal tweaking and coding.
The browse_by plug in was a great discovery, though of course it doesn’t load up into the images page.

My guess is, it could be modified a little, quite easily, and be a useful and necessary addition to image management.

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