So there are 3 types of data associated with an imagefield image... alt, title, and description.
I use title and description from those three for each image. I would like in lightbox under the image to display the image title and then below that the description.
But as it stands, lightbox will only display the description.
Comments
Comment #1
equinox commentedThe /admin/settings/lightbox2/ setup for CCK says that the lightbox display shows the Imagefiled "TITLE" by default - this doesn't work for me. I get no title at all. Toggling the checkbox to show the Node title does work, but that is pretty meaningless to display on a slideshow of images. I will check to see if the description field will display for me for now, hadn't tried that because, despite what seems logical, the Title field can be set to entry as a TextArea, whereas the description entry field is always just a TextField, completely backwards IMO, but I suppose that's a views issue. Integration wise, this isn't quite working out logically.
Either the CCK documentation within the admin settings for lightbox2 is incorrect, or there is a bug in displaying imagefield title information.
Images should have:
a Title - A short identifying line of text that displays on Hover (it does) and also optionally on the lightbox display
a Description - A longer, HTML formattable, Textarea entry detailed explanation of the image which can be displayed on the Node or Lightbox2 as an option
a Citation - ownership and linkage field to source. This is how the Internet works now. If I am setting up image entry fields for a social network I need to obligate them to provide this information in a seamless manner. This information should also be an option for display on lightbox2.
Comment #2
Geijutsuka commentedI agree with equinox 100%.
I believe that this is a very critical issue with the ImageField component of the CCK. The description is often one of the most important aspect of a diagram or graph, or artwork on my site, and these fields severely limit the amount and style of same. The CCK is a wonderfully robust and useful module, but it most definitely leaves something to be desired in the image department.
Comment #3
quicksketchImageField won't add more fields that apply to more than the IMG tag it creates. See ImageField Extended if you want more fields.