I installed Image module & imported 10,000+ images [path: /files/images/xxx.jpg] Then I installed Thickbox & set it to "Automatically activate Thickbox for all image nodes (requires the image module).." BUT: when I build a view, there are no "Thickbox" field or filter options. Am I missing something? [As an experiment, I installed Imagefield, added a 2nd image field to my image type, & created some test nodes [path: /files/xxx.jpg]. Thickbox field & filter options appeared in views, but Thickbox will only work with my new test nodes.]

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liquidcms commented

you imported images using image module – that means these are now image NODES… not fields in a node. There would be nothing to show up under views fields – but there is likely a filter for image nodes (thickbox isn’t a field or a node it is simply formatting an image)

then you say that you added imagefield (which is a cck field type) and added it as a field to your image (node) and it now shows up as a field – ok, that makes sense – you added a field and it shows as a field.

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kakoolcom commented

I think the problem is that IMAGE MODULE views don't generate clickable thumbnails. They generate clickable title links pointing at nodes.

IMAGEFIELD views DO generate clickable thumbnails (which point at jpg files & thus activate thickbox) + clickable title links that open the nodes.

So the question is: how do you make IMAGE views generate clickable thumbnails (that point at the image files)???

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kakoolcom commented

Update: I got thickbox working (!!) by editing my image content template. Links to thumbs & images that point at jpg files will activate thickbox AS long as class="thickbox" is included in the href tag. Our code looks like this:

...
print '<a class="thickbox" href="'.$imglink.'">'; 
print $node->content['image']['#value']; 
print '</a>';
...

I still don't see thickbox filters when building views [and thus no pagers (< prev & next >) on thickbox pages] but it works.. Hope this helps someone else out there ;)

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frjo commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)