Drupal 6.11 - ImageCache 2.x-dev

I've selected my image field in the views panel to be displayed in my block.
I've created a 'thumbnail' preset with correct size to be displayed and linked within a grid layout and have gotten them to load the imagefield data properly.

However, I do not see the 'FORMAT' option to have the 'thumbnail' that will be generated turn into a linked to the same image processed by another preset called 'display size'.

Essentially, I want to be able to upload an image file and have the grid automatically be generated with 'thumbnail' preset links that point to the 'display size' preset pictures, which load in a div container via jQuery.

I have the action working (grid, jquery, container load, thumbnail links, etc.) I just cannot find the proper 'FORMAT' selection in Views > Fields > Content: ImageField.

what I was hoping to see in the list was:

FORMAT:
thumbnail image linked to display size image

It's loading the full size image in a fixed size box. I do not mind if someone posts a method of having the image resize upon upload, I don't think (for this site's purpose) that it matters whether the 'display size' pictures are generated on page load, or on image upload. I think uploading to the node and having it resize automatically at that point is a bit better for this site, but again... really a non-issue.

does anyone have any insight on settings? I've tried fiddling with display fields and such, to no avail

Comments

drewish’s picture

drewish commented
Category: task » support
Status: Active » Fixed

The module doesn't provide this because it would cause the formatter list to explode. Each preset rather than just being 5 formatters would now be 5 + the number of presets - 1. So if you had 5 presets before you'd have 40 formatters--which is a lot--but after you'd have another 20 formatters for a total of 60 which is kind of crazy. If you need this functionality you can either write your own formatter or use one of the thickbox modules which have code to do exactly what you're talking about.

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

Thickbox opens images in a thickbox. I do not require this functionality. I am using Jquery to load the linked image into a div.
are there any links to making formatters, or does someone have any tips?

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

I found the areas in the module code that have the formatters, but I cannot seem to get my formatters to load up. are there any links or tricks? I tried googling and found nothing about additional formatters to the imagecache module. a patch would be awesome, if it's floating around... maybe even one that no longer works that I can just code-browse with...?

any help is appreciated. thank you.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.