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[howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
I know it’s still at release candidate stage, but I wanted to put 4.3.0’s new image tags through their paces. I’m impressed, and quite expect to dismantle soo_image into one or two small & specialized plugins. Because the new core tags do pretty much everything I need.
Herewith, a demo with code and examples. Pure Txp, no plugins.
Edit, 2011-04-10: new URL
Last edited by jsoo (2011-04-10 16:23:22)
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
Great idea, great examples! Thanks.
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#3 2010-09-28 11:44:27
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
I wanted to use soo_image in the past but I waited for this reason: I’m going to wait for the “lite editions” for specialized functions, using the core ones for basic image handling.
Thanks for the demos: very useful
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Niiiiiiice!
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#5 2010-09-28 16:11:55
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
Very nice indeed.
Excellent that this is now possible with just the core.
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Crikey!
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Question: I note the Photoblog example above assume one image per article. soo_image allows several. Is that possible in TXP 4.3.0, or is that still the domain for a plugin?
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
Yes, image_list understands a comma-separated list in the article-image field. See the demo’s ‘et cetera’ page.
Edit, 2011-04-10: updated URL
Last edited by jsoo (2011-04-10 16:24:18)
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
johnstephens wrote:
assume one image per article
Officially, the article image field is to hold one ID only. But the <txp:image_list /> tag — without any other selection attributes — will treat the article image field as a comma separated list of IDs if it’s set as such.
Edit: too late :-)
Last edited by Bloke (2010-09-28 19:30:28)
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
That’s awesome, Jeff. Thanks! (Silly of me not to read et cetera before posting.)
Stef, is that a behavior I can count on for the future? Associating multiple images with an article in this way is very useful. I only ask since you said “officially” the pairing of articles to images is 1:1.
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Where can we vote for width/height attrs for thumbnails? :)
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Re: [howto] Using the new image tags in Txp 4.3.0
johnstephens wrote:
is that a behavior I can count on for the future?
Yup. The <txp:article_image /> tag will continue to function as it always did only supporting a single image, but it didn’t make sense for <txp:image_list /> to obey the same logic. So I made it understand a list of IDs if they were present (or just a “list” of one image if the article image field was used as in 4.2.0).
If you want any more esoteric functionality like using a list of category names in the article image field, then it’s plugin land or abuse the system with tags-in-tags.
EDIT: stupid, brain-dead code example removed
Last edited by Bloke (2010-09-29 08:12:46)
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