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By mallet on
I have happily been using drupal 6 for a few months now. and till this day, I still appreciate the forum support here :)
However, I still cant get some of my requirements down even researching has got me no where :(
One of the requirements I wanted was for people to upload flash or swf files onto the site and make it categorise in a list view. I used taxonomy and it does put everything you want it to. but when you use upload it via flash node it and using the taxonomy to categorise it, the selected catergory is then listed with all the swf files in one whole go and depending on how many files are uploaded it takes ages to load the page.
The suppose method I want it is, when you browse or search for a youtube vid. it shows the thumbnail showing the file and when you click the link, and finally it brings up the file. for your viewing.
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yes, thumbnails are the way
yes, thumbnails are the way to avoid the performance problem wtih videos in views. I just added an imagefield field to my video nodes to store a full size screencap of the first frame and then use imagecache to handle the automatic thumbnail resizing (though if you just upload the right size screen cap you leave out the imagecache part.
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Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu
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Hi
Hi
thanks for your reply. I am having problems with the imagefield module for drupal 6 which is now working and operational.
the process I have is: I have installed imagefield and created a field in flash node. users uploads a swf file, and the the sub option created via the fields is the process to upload the image.
however, one of the problems I am having is when I do choose for people to upload the picture file using the imagefield option, the picture is then listed in a file list and when you click the image it displays the actual picture and not the flash file itself.
when you meant by creating imagefield field to the video nodes, how was the process done exactly?
is there a way to automate the way image so that when users upload the flash file it already creates the image of the uploaded flash file without having users to upload a separate image file?
Thank again for helping me.
-Mallet
EDIT:
I did get the imagefield to work. I forgot to add imagecache field. and works great. to sort the linking the image to the node, on the display fields
just select the teaser to thumbnail image link to node. thanks again WorldFallz for your help. I let you know if I get any problem.
excellent-- glad to help
excellent-- glad to help ;-)
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Search is your best friend." -- Worldfallz