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#1 2006-01-22 18:17:51

mrdale
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...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

Seems mind-blowingly simple, but I want to produce a series of divs each containing:
  1. a full-size image
  2. an image title(name)
  3. an image caption

The images would be selected by their image category.

I could do this very simply if the image tag behaved like the article tag.

Thanks in advance

Last edited by mrdale (2006-01-22 18:18:39)

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#2 2006-01-23 15:42:05

mrdale
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

Sorry to bump, does anyone know how to do this?

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#3 2006-01-24 04:13:02

mrdale
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

Seriously, how hard could it be?

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#4 2006-01-24 04:42:36

nardo
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

as far as I know, you’ll need upm_img_popper to achieve that…

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#5 2006-01-24 06:20:49

Jeff_K
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

I use zem_article_image for something similar.

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#6 2006-01-24 16:57:05

mrdale
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

As far as I can see upm_img_popper and zem(hak)_article_image can only make a list of article images, which would assume that you have associated the images to an article.

I want to avoid creating articles altogether and simply make a list of full-size images with associated information.

It’s gotta be possible… an image tag that works like an article tag would be perfect…

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#7 2006-01-24 19:05:36

hakjoon
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

You’re right upm_image won’t take a list. I’ve been planning on moving upm_image into the direction you are describing, but haven’t had a chance to tackle it yet. Unfortunately I haven’t fully groked upm_img_popper yet.

Let me see how hard it would be to add category based parsing, since this is something I want also.


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#8 2006-01-24 22:56:30

nardo
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

have you explored the txp tags for image index and image display – I never grokked those but perhaps they could do what you want (in combination with the plugins, to allow you to output captions?) … a long shot

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#9 2006-01-25 02:15:57

mrdale
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

Hackjoon> how about pulling those image tags out of upm_image_popper? Many people use bas_image_select for the image insert functionality. Just an idea.

Thanks nardo> From what I read in textbook, the image index and image display produce a thumbnail list with a full size image resulting from a click on the thumbnail.

Another thought: Is this function fundamental enough to make a feature request for inclusion in TXP’s core?

Last edited by mrdale (2006-01-25 02:19:22)

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#10 2006-01-25 02:23:47

hakjoon
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

mrdale wrote:
Hackjoon> how about pulling those image tags out of upm_image_popper? Many people use bas_image_select for the image insert functionality. Just an idea.

That’s actually my plan for the plugin. I want to split it into upm_image and upm_img_popper. The popper would still be able to insert the upm_image tags but you could use them without the popper.


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#11 2006-01-25 16:14:45

mrdale
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

> hakjoon wrote:
That’s actually my plan for the plugin. I want to split it into upm_image and upm_img_popper. The popper would still be able to insert the upm_image tags but you could use them without the popper.

Great! I’ll stay tuned

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#12 2006-02-13 07:34:42

Logoleptic
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Re: ...display a series of full-sized images with titles and captions?

<cite>mrdale wrote:</cite>

Another thought: Is this function fundamental enough to make a feature request for inclusion in TXP’s core?

I vote “yes,” big time. It’s frustrating having the ability to upload and annotate images, but not having any built-in functionality to get that data back out again.

Last edited by Logoleptic (2006-02-13 07:35:13)

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