Embed Fast Gallery in node?

Thanks for the pointer, Nick.

I tried calling "print fast_gallery_page()" directly from a php snippet but that didn't work. I got the standard error page telling me I needed to set up my configuration.

After looking through the code for fast_gallery_page() it looks like you are using Drupals "arg()" function to get passed arguments. After altering the function call to include the 2 parameters for selecting the gallery it now looks like this:
function fast_gallery_page($fg_path='', $gal_name='')

I also changed the "$ar_path" assignment from $ar_path = arg(); to this:

if ($fg_path == '' || $gal_name == '') {
    $ar_path = arg();
}
else
{  
    $ar_path = array($fg_path, $gal_name);
}

This allows me to embed a gallery into a node simply by calling it like this:

    <?php print fast_gallery_page('fast_gallery', 'SafariSeats') ?>

I'm not sure if this is the proper "Drupalish" way of accomplishing this but it seems to be working well so far.

Brilliant Gallery installs an input filter that allows the user to enter something like this: [bg|NameOfGallery] which will embed the specified gallery inline in the text.

This is far simpler and easier to use than the php snippet noted above and would make Fast Gallery more versatile if it had this capability.

Mlle. Yotnottin

This is my first time making a patch so use with caution.

Mlle. Yotnottin

I didn't think of subgalleries since I'm not using them.

However, it looks like the parent gallery still shows an image and link to subgalleries. Clicking the link then takes me to the subgallery as usual. If I try to access a subgallery with "parentgallery/subgallery" this does not work. It does appear though that specifying just the subgallery like "subgallery" (without the parent) still works as expected.

I guess for this method to be generally useful for others the idea will need to be expanded on.

Mlle. Yotnottin

It's taken me a while to get back to this. It looks like the expanded teaser text isn't quite what I need either. It still doesn't give me a "handle" to access a gallery from other Drupal nodes.

I did however find a workaround that allows me to embed a fast gallery in a normal node and doesn't require any changes to the fg code. I used the technique described at http://drupal.org/node/83431 and added that code to a custom module I use for just such things and came up with this:

function get_fast_gallery($path) {
	$q = $_GET['q'];
	$_GET['q'] = drupal_get_normal_path($path);
	print menu_execute_active_handler();
	$_GET['q'] = $q;
}

When editing a normal node I can now add a small piece of php to display the gallery:

<?php get_fast_gallery('fast_gallery/galleryname');?>

which then gets added into the page when viewed. Except for a few small css issues this seems to be working out quite well.

Thank you for your work on this module. It now does just what I need.

Mlle.Yotnottin

I'll take a look at it and see what I can come up with. It seems it would be best to implement this as an inline filter tag/token as opposed to a function call like I'm using it now. Also, this method looks like it may have some security issues such as lack of access control and parsing for malicious intent.

I'm pretty tight for time as well but I'll see what I can do.

Mlle.Yotnottin

I found a few minutes to work on the filter tag this evening and came up with the attached patch based on code found in several other modules.

This code is based on the 6.x-3.2-beta1 version and creates a filter called "Fast Gallery Tag" that can be enabled on the "admin/settings/filters" page for an input format. Once enable, it can be used within a node in the form "[fg:galleryname]". The tag is then replaced with the requested gallery at the position of the tag in the text.

I have not performed any extensive bug testing so use with caution. There is a lot of room for improvement but this should provide a starting point in this endeavor.

Mlle.Yotnottin