Posted by dsnydernc on March 17, 2007 at 2:16am
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| Project: | Mugshot |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Miscellaneous |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | bonvga |
| Status: | active |
Issue Summary
As it is, this module works great and is a lot of fun. However I think a few features would dramatically improve this module to make it work more like the popular www.bloggersnap.com...
1. Ability to associate mugshots with user profiles, ie. the mugshots you have taken appear in your profile
2. Ability to rate mugshots, integration with voting api
3. Ability to comment on mugshots
4. Some kind of message to appear when a user without a webcam, or a misconfigured camera, navigates to the snap page. ie. 'no webcam detected' etc.
Thanks for a great module, I hope to see it further developed!
Comments
#1
Comments on Mugshots would be exellent.
#2
Last days, i've worked on the webcam detection. Now, the flash module can detect the 'blank' photo.
Currently, the most asked feature are the comments on mugshot and the rating api. I think I will work on the rating api.
#3
Here again, if we turn mugshots into nodes, we can rely on Drupal's VotingAPI for rating functionality and not build one from scratch! Same goes for comments.
#4
Much agreed Matt, taking a different direction with this module and integrating it in to the current Drupal system as a node would open up a world of possibilities... + 1 for Mugshot redesigned as a node vs. independent mechanism. MUCH thanks to the module developer, well done to you - but for this module to advance it is in dire need of different path.
#5
David, if you are interested you might take a look at my attempt to CCKify mugshot. It's admittedly a bit rough around the edges, and I won't recommend using it in production yet, but it's a good start... The biggest drawback at the moment is that it still uses the mughot table for storing data (as opposed to the CCK schema/method). I'll hopefully have some time to work out this issue, and if we don't hear back from Arnaud I'll probably just release the code as a new product/module.
While we're on feature requests, it sure would be great to connect mugshot.module with user.module so users can quickly create an avatar using a webcam.
#6
"While we're on feature requests, it sure would be great to connect mugshot.module with user.module so users can quickly create an avatar using a webcam."
That would be an awesome feature.
#7
Hi all !
I'm sorry for this late response, my job takes me a lot of time and I moved recently.
Matt, your work on CCK is excellent ! Thanks a lot !
Let me hasten to port mugshots as a node (on Drupal 6 ?).
grah, maybe CCK is good solution for this feature ?
Thank you for your patience, and stay tuned :)
Arnaud.
#8
Hey Arnaud, good to hear from you!
I was thinking about a possible solution that would keep existing users of mugshot happy because we won't break their setup, but would allow new users the option to use mugshot as a CCK item. Split the module into these parts:
mugshot.module: Basically, the API that allows other modules to use the mugshot tool and alter the tool's parameters (i.e. Goo effect).
mugshot_gallery.module: This module is basically support for users who are using the current mugshot gallery. I think it would be advisable to EOL this and encourage people to move to the node-based approach, because it is Drupal-friendlier. Ideally, we'd provide an upgrade path for existing users to move to the new setup. Depends on mugshot.module.
mugshot_cck.module: This module allows the mugshot API to be used as a CCK field. Depends on mugshot.module.
mugshot_user.module: This module allows a site to use the mugshot API as a user picture. Depends on mugshot.module.
mugshot_comment.module: This module allows comments to include a mugshot. Depends on mugshot.module.
Others to come?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this Arnaud.
#9
Hi Matt,
I'm fully agree with this roadmap ! Now, I trying to give off more time for future days.
Stay tuned :)