How can I create a page with an uploader for pics?

Posted by M1chel on October 9, 2008 at 10:41pm

HI, I hope this isn't so obvious and hasn't been asked often..I did a fast research in the website but I haven't found what I need. but I've also been working with drupal just for 4/5 days..

I wanna create in my website a page with an uploader of images and below the albums with the galleries of the pictured uploaded by the users.

I added the "album photos" module but I don't know if it's enough for my purpose. it allows me to upload the pics, but would it also add an uploader in my website?
how can I add it?

or anyway which module and which way to do so would you suggest?

I'm only a newbie, please help me to start :)
I'm reading the hanbooks and a lot of forum topics but there's so much stuff that I'm loosing my mind :P a direct hint here would be much appriciated :)

thanks to everyone who's gonna spend time to answer my question.

Michel

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Posted by VM on October 9, 2008 at 10:51pm

I'd investigate the CCK.module with the imagefield.module addon.

Though I don't know how you will go about getting the image upload form above a presentation area of galleries. Not sure that idea makes much sense to me to be honest.

Hi Michel, Album photos

Posted by jeremy_a on October 9, 2008 at 10:56pm

Hi Michel,

Album photos integrates with SWFUpload, which will allow users to upload many images at once to drupal. So you could use that as your uploader.

Regarding having an uploader & galleries on the same page: drupal modules will upload from the node/add or node/edit form by default, so to do this, you'll need to divide your page into areas - one part is a form, others are albums, etc. The main module to do this with is Panels.

Cheers,

aaaah perfect, I got it!

Posted by M1chel on October 9, 2008 at 11:07pm

aaaah perfect, I got it! I'll try immediately :) thanks!

well, before to start I noticed I didn't understood something that I'm embaressed to ask.. how do I create the page with the pics and stuff..

I mean, I already created other pages with text and pics, created the menu item for them and so, but I don't know how to create the page with the gallery/uploader and the page with the forum (which I already created).
when I create a page I have only the title and the body, but I don't know how to say to drupal "hey, this is the page with the gallery! hey this is the page for the forum!"
got it? :D

I'm reading the cookbook for beginners and following instructions for everything but I didn't saw an explanation for this..

thank you

When you create a page (or a

Posted by jeremy_a on October 10, 2008 at 12:02am

When you create a page (or a node in drupal-speak) with album photos or cck imagefield, it behaves exactly the same as other nodes. You can create a menu item for it, link to it, etc individually

To put all of these different nodes onto a single new page, one way is to use something like Panels, which takes the ids of these different nodes, (or nid in drupal speak) and then fetches them and allows you to arrange many nodes on a page.

Alternatively, you can use blocks to put different areas on one node. These are more limited, and have their own properties (different from nodes), but perhaps it's an easier place to start than Panels if you'd like to arrange a variety of content in different areas on your pages.

ok, I'll try! thank you very

Posted by M1chel on October 10, 2008 at 12:25am

ok, I'll try!

thank you very much Jeremy, you can't guess how much I appreciate this help :)

Michel