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More powerful image tag
I’ve looked, and I don’t see much mention of it around, but I could really use an image tag that can produce lists and not just single images.
It could work exactly the same way that <txp: article> works:
- Using forms
- Outputting multiple images
- Category
and sectionaware: (images don’t get assigned sections, Duh!) - Sort them by whatever criteria you like.
- Outputting caption, title, alt-text fields according to the form.
Seems like a very natural and elegant way to give the image tag a little more oomph!
Last edited by mrdale (2006-02-01 19:22:08)
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Re: More powerful image tag
I’m hoping to do this with upm_image. Life just keeps getting in the way lately.
What are you thinking in terms of section aware?
I was hoping to implement it so it could take as input:
- image ID or list of image IDs
- image URLs or list of URLs
- lists of combined URLs and IDs
- category
Source of input could be specified in the tag. One’s I thought of were:
- article image field
- URL
- Any custom field
Maybe set a precedence so you could do article_image unless something is in the URL or something like that.
And forms support which currently already in upm_image, plus thumbnail, popup etc.
I’m hoping to separate it from the img_popper and make it it’s own plugin.
Anything else you can think of?
Last edited by hakjoon (2006-02-01 19:16:31)
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Re: More powerful image tag
> hakjoon wrote:
>What are you thinking in terms of section aware?
My bad… images don’t have sections assigned to them, silly. :)
Forget that I mentioned it. What you have sounds good…
BTW: Don’t you think this would be a good way to patch the standard image tag?
Last edited by mrdale (2006-02-01 19:21:20)
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mrdale wrote:
BTW: Don’t you think this would be a good way to patch the standard image tag?
We can always submit it as a patch once all bugs and features are worked out. I know the patch guidelines seem to look favorably at items that are already working hacks or plugins.
In some ways it’s faster to prototype features as a plugin because revisions don’t need to be tied to official releases. Specially for public side stuff it’s just as easy to do it as a plugin. Admin side is another story.
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#5 2006-02-13 06:50:44
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Re: More powerful image tag
<cite>hakjoon wrote:</cite>
<blockquote>I’m hoping to separate it from the img_popper and make it it’s own plugin.
Anything else you can think of?
</blockquote>Will you announce in this thread when you have a working prototype? This would be perfect for something I’m working on right now.
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<a href=“http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=3618”>glx_gallery</a> returns image lists. I’m using a slightly hacked version of it in <a href=“http://hblack.net/hblack/”>this</a> site. Having said that. It would be wonderful for the plugin’s functionality to be integrated in txp
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Logoleptic wrote:
Will you announce in this thread when you have a working prototype? This would be perfect for something I’m working on right now.
I’ll make a point of announcing it here when I have something.
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How do you tell glx image to return a list, or is it section and category aware based on the url?
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> mrdale wrote:
> How do you tell glx image to return a list, or is it section and category aware based on the url?
I use the plugin on a per article basis
Here’s a sample call
<code><txp:glx_gallery category=“2002soloshow” usecaption=“1” pop=“1” /></code>
where <code>2002soloshow</code> is an image category.
The plugin works with Dean’s <a href=“http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=1228”>dca_pop</a>
I guess an easy method would be to use it in a custom field: ie
<code><txp:if_custom_field name=“custom1”><txp:glx_gallery category=”<txp:custom_field name=“custom1” />” usecaption=“1” pop=“1” /></txp:if_custom_field></code>
… but I did not test this to make sure it works
Last edited by colak (2006-02-13 16:51:39)
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I created a textbook feature request area for image handling related thoughts. I thought it might be good to start consolidating a lot of the info scattered around the forum.
If anyone needs logins drop me a message.
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Maybe a good, user friendly, way for multiple images on a per article basis would be to have another field in the Advanced Options (Image category), similar to the “Article image” field but instead of a single image it would output all images in an image category. (choice of thumb with popups or full size would be cool)
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#12 2006-02-14 17:25:03
- Logoleptic
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Re: More powerful image tag
hakjoon: Thanks for starting the feature request section; that’s a great idea. :)
colak: Try wet_thumbfilter. I was able to get the photo gallery I was working on up and running with a combination of wet_thumbfilter and upm_img_popper.
Last edited by Logoleptic (2006-02-14 17:27:13)
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