By vnowee on

I already searched for this, but didn't really find a good solution.

I have from some events a lot of pictures, which I want to show (in a grid).
I want it to show all pictures (thumbnails) that are in a specific folder, so not based on nodes.
Is there a way to do this?

If nodes is the only way to go, what is the best option. (I don't feel like registrating each image separately, because its about 200 images).

thank you!

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Passero commented

Good question. I'm also looking for this. I use the IMCE module to upload files, which is a nice module but it does not create nodes for the uploaded files so it's not easy to show those images in a gallery.

I have looked at the Views Slideshow module but i haven't figured out how to show the images... It should be possible to build a view based upon files and use this to populate the slideshow view but i haven't figured it out yet.

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timmyriddle commented

Hi there,
I'm also interested in an answer to this. I read this post http://drupal.org/node/1025556 which offers a slight solution. A content type called "Gallery" is created, with an image field and the "Number of Values" set to "Unlimited". I can see how this option works, as each node would then be a separate gallery.

There is an option in Views to display content in a grid, and if you add a field to display "Content: Image" then it might work. This doesn't offer you a solution to displaying all images in a specific folder, though I do believe there is a setting somewhere called something like "Link files to Nodes" which should store all images for a specific node in the same folder.

I'd be really grateful if someone with relevant experience could provide some detailed insight into image handling and organisation in Drupal. At the moment I don't know what methods constitute good practise and would like to know before I turn my file system into a complete mess!

Thanks,
Tim.

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vnowee commented

Hi Tim
thnx for the link. Actually that solution is not that bad! I just tried to implement it, and I guess it will work for me. Didnt format it yet with Views, but that shouldnt be so hard.
The only thing is, that I still need to add (manually) about 200 or more pictures. Although this is much better than adding 200 (or more) separate nodes ;)

thnx...

still looking for a nice solution though, where I can just upload the 200 images to a folder. A node which I can point to that folder, so the image-gallery will show the contents of that folder.

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vnowee commented

At the moment im trying something with just a view.
Views will let you show files. You can set a filter on the file-path, so I now have a list of the files I want.

What I still need to do, what could be a problem:
- set the filepath, based on a parameter (instead of creating a new view for each gallery)
- create thumbnails of the images in the specified folder (can this maybe be done by a cron job? Automatically create thumbnails of specified folders?)

how can i best solve this issues?

(my drupal and php is quite limited... im hoping to learn every day ;) )