Displaying captions in a gallery?

Since right now (first release, D5 branch) MAQUM just creates taxonomy for everything, here's what my node-image.tpl.php looks like:

  <h1><a href="<?php print $node_url ?>" title="<?php print $title ?>"><?php print $title ?></a></h1>
  <?php print $content ?>
  <div class="meta"><p>
  <?php if ($submitted): ?>
    Date: <?php print format_date($node->created, $type = 'large'); ?><br />
  <?php endif; ?>

  <?php if ($terms): ?>
      Keywords: <?php
      $termcounter = 0;
      foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 9, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
        if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
          print ", ";
        }
        $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
        print $link;
        $termcounter++;
      }
      ?><br />
      Shutter Speed: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 23, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Aperture: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 13, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Focal Length: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 16, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      ISO: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 22, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Exposure Program: <?php
       $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 14, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      White Balance: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 17, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Metering Mode: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 24, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Flash: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 15, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Make: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 12, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Model: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 11, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />

      Location: <?php
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 19, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        print ", ";
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 21, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        print ", ";
        $termcounter = 0;
        foreach ((array)taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($nid, 20, $key = 'tid') as $term) {
          if ( $termcounter > 0 ) {
            print ", ";
          }
          $link = l(t($term->name), "taxonomy/term/$term->tid", array("title" => t($term->description)));
          print $link;
          $termcounter++;
        }
        ?><br />
    <?php endif;?>

    <?php if ($links): ?>
      Links: <?php print $links; ?><br />
    <?php endif; ?>
    </p></div>

(In part, anyhow)

Let me know if you need more help.

This just themes the image nodes. See Theming nodes by content type in the handbook for more information about theming nodes and specific content types (in this case, images). Also check out the Contemplate module (even though MAQUM doesn't take advantage of CCK fields) for a more interactive and visual, less programmy way to theme your nodes.

I'll be glad to help with any issues you have. :)

As indicated in the info file:

; $Id$
name = MAQUM
description = "Metadata Aware Quick Upload Module: a module which creates image nodes with EXIF and IPTC metadata."
dependencies = taxonomy image
package = Image

The only thing that it depends on is image and taxonomy, it has nothing to do with CCK. The reason it depends on taxonomy is because it create vocabularies for certain metadata fields embedded in the image. Again, nothing to do with CCK. There is no mention of CCK at all on the current project information page. It currently says:

MAQUM will also take a list of fields (either EXIF or IPTC) and for each field, create a vocabulary for it (with the name of the field) and for each image you upload, tag it to the right taxonomy term (while creating it if necessary). For instance, if I went with the default options of shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focal length and uploaded an image wtih EXIF that reflected that I took the image at 1/100 of a second with an aperture of f/1.4 with an ISO set to 400 and my lens set to 30mm, the term 1/100 would be created in the shutter speed vocabulary, the term 1.4 would be created in the aperture vocabulary, the term 400 would be created in the ISO vocabulary and the term 30mm would be created in the focal length vocabulary. From this point on, Drupal's powerful taxonomy kicks in.

Feel free to remove MAQUM at any time, all MAQUM does is create an image node. Your content will not change in the least. Your real question is what happens to your content ten years down the road and you can't use image module any more. For the answer to that question, I'll refer you to the image module for that question since I am not the image module maintainer. I would like to point out that Drupal, image module and MAQUM are all open source, so in terms of "can I use this in x years" the answer should be obvious.

As for your concerns about displaying the content, sorry, this isn't really a MAQUM question. You're trying to adjust how your image nodes appear in a gallery. Last I checked, that was a theming question as it pertains to image nodes. That being said, I did show you how to theme nodes, gave you a link to the relevent handbook pages and at this point, this is all I have time to do. If you insist on figuring out a views way, you're more than welcome to, but I cannot and will not help past this point.

Please understand again what MAQUM does -- create image nodes. Anything outside of the creation of the content is well outside the scope of this module. If you want your image nodes to look different, whether it be a gallery, a block or the node itself, it really has nothing to do with MAQUM. MAQUM just creates nodes for you with the metadata in the photo so you don't have to do it manually.

This is valuable feedback. I'll update the project page tonight to reflect this.

My email is brian@brianpuccio.net, drop me a line next week (after midterms) and I'll help you with your issues with displaying content the way you want if I can.

Thanks!