upm_img_popper

Mary · 2005-05-27 00:33:36

ss: uh, if it doesn’t show up at all, then you are either overlooking it, its not been activated, or you don’t have JavaScript turned on.

james:

“Am I right in thinking you’re using custom-built tags here”

Yes, there is one custom tag this plugin outputs.

“…your images wont disply any more…”

That’s a “problem” with many of the plugins available: they add new tags. If you stop using the plugin, you have to go back and change your tags.

“…using the plug in requires that you commit to it. If you want to test it…”

Testing it doesn’t require you commiting to it.

My custom tag does exactly the same thing – and more – than the three built-in tags do, so I don’t see what the problem would be – using my tag, using the built-in, same end result – unless you don’t want the link to the image picker. But, then you could ignore it too.

?

mrdale · 2005-05-27 03:54:36

james:

I know what you mean about keeping track of custom tags, but I think of plugins and their authors as a godsend. I can build web pages, I can think of functions, but I cant build PHP ‘em.

While I do have to keep track of the plugins I use, I consider it my small side of the transaction that allows me to have free developer time. And Mary, along with others who develop plugins, is super responsive and super fast. (that’s my suck up for extending upm_save_new into a revisions plugin :P )

Anyway, I guess I’m just saying that keeping track of plugins and tags is a very good problem to have.
-Dale

Mary · 2005-05-27 04:12:53

“that’s my suck up for extending upm_save_new into a revisions plugin :P”

{sticks fingers in ears} can’t hear you, can’t hear you, la, la, la, la!…

jameslomax · 2005-05-27 08:43:04

No Mary’s great, coming here and checking up on what people want, and building a great piece of code. I absolutely agree that people like her make txp much more useful and versatile than it already is. Just think about it (or maybe you already have) – do you get that with Microsoft? Sorry for using the abusive M word ;-)

I wasn’t aware that other plugins use custom tags – maybe because with this one you see them being inserted, which alerted me.
If its because you cant do it it in php, txp, whatever, then fair enough – there’s no avoiding it. It is a consideration though….if not for me, or you, then for someone who will think ‘hmm, yes, but after 6 months I’ll need to uninstall this for xzy reason and then my images will disappear.’

Anyway, I dont want to debate this subject because its more for textpatter – this thread is about tracking the developments, getting feedback, and saying ‘yay Mary!’.

Personally, at the moment I’ve got both bas_img and upm installed. Bas is faster if I’ve recently ftp-ed an image that I know is waiting for me at the top of the dropdown list, and upm is faster and easier if I dont know where an image is, and need to browse all of them. Although I admit its not the most elegant way of doing it, using 2 plugins, its working OK at the moment and they dont conflict or take up lots of space on the admin interface.

If Dean is watching this development it could get interesting, because of the way it uses the txp image-handling. If you improve and enhance the latter (3 columns! 3 columns! category navigation!) – then bingo!, this plug in gets better than it already is.

Anyway, M, did you mention something about a dropdown option?…… ;-)

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theturninggate · 2005-05-27 20:13:59

This plugin is beautiful and just what I was looking for. Much more what I needed than bas_image_selector (which also made a mess of my “write” page).

Any chance you can add an option to include Captions with an image (with the caption wrapped in a class=“caption” tag for styling purposes)? the glx_image plugin allows captions, but I’d much rather use this selector to place them! Then this would be perfect.

Thanks!
theturninggate

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Mary · 2005-05-27 22:02:43

James:

“I’ve recently ftp-ed an image that I know is waiting for me at the top of the dropdown list”

v.0.3 made the default listing of images sorted by date descending (newest to oldest)

“I wasn’t aware that other plugins use custom tags”

Yes, thats what the bulk of plugins do.

“If its because you cant do it it…”

Well, do what exactly? Did you have an idea as to what it could do alternatively?

“did you mention something about a dropdown option?”

Someone else did, but I’m saying for this plugin, “no”.

:)

Mary · 2005-05-27 22:06:01

theturninggate:

“Any chance you can add an option to include Captions with an image (with the caption wrapped in a class=

sekhu · 2005-05-27 22:12:10

Would it confuse things if this was somehow added within the quicktags, or do you think it’s better a sep plugin?

theturninggate · 2005-05-28 04:50:40

About easily adding captions and alt text (or not) when using the plugin, what about using check boxes? You could have boxes for “Include Caption” and “Include Alt” — when checked, they would output the information in the tag. What do you think?

As for the caption text, I’d like to be able to use it as I do on this site, using glx_image. I admit, I’m a little confused by your use of the caption in the current build. What URL titles are you referring to?

Mary · 2005-05-28 05:11:53

“What URL titles are you referring to?”

Image title attribute (<img title="image caption">). See, captions can be used as either one, and I wasn’t sure about how I could implement both. You have given me a good idea now, though.

Basically, the check boxes, as you said. One checkbox, two radio buttons.
• one checkbox for the image alt.
• the two radios for the choice of either returning it as a title, or returning it to be used as a caption (like your example).

Then what I can do is create a little preference for it, where you can customize how the caption gets spit out, as in the html around it, if you do use the caption option.

How does that sound?

starzabove · 2005-05-28 05:43:52

So, is there a way to make an image a link with this tag? The normal textile fashion with quotes wrapped around it, followed with a colon and then the url doesn’t appear to work.
I’m probably missing something obvious – one of those kind of days.

Thanks

Mary · 2005-05-28 14:28:06

“The normal textile fashion… doesn’t appear to work.”

It wouldn’t, as Textile doesn’t play nice with tags, and image urls in Textile are a bit different.

“is there a way to make an image a link with this tag?”

Not currently. I’ll try and work that into the next release.

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