slideshow newbie - how can user upload mutiple pics and easily turn them into a slideshow?
webdev2 - September 15, 2009 - 14:38
There will be multiple slideshows and one user. I am new to the slideshow mods of drupal and appreciate any help with which mods I need, links to tutorials,video tutorials,...!
Thanks.
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There's probably a dozen different ways to do this-- can you be more specific about how you want it to work?
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Thanks world. I figured
Thanks world. I figured there were many ways to do this and should have been more specific.
Here's the ideal world:
- admin user creates a page and easily uploads/attaches 20 pics for a gallery/slideshow for that page that are automatically resized for slideshow
Here's the slightly less ideal world:
- admin user easily uploads 20 pics for a gallery/slideshow and that particular slideshow/gallery can be linked from a page he/she creates - there would be multiple galleries/slideshows to which would be linked from multiple pages.
Does that help any?
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Yep!
If you want multiple images on a single node you should probably go with a multivalue imagefield on a dedicated content type. You might also want to look at the http://drupal.org/project/image_fupload module for more user friendly uploads.
Then, your choice of slideshow modules will be narrowed down to those that support multivalue imagefields. You can probably use any of the views based slideshows. You can also use the swftools module which integrates http://www.simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer for multivalue imagefields (its a nice solution, though it's not evident from the swftools project page). You can also use lightbox2 or shadowbox for slideshows as well.
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many thanks as always - you
many thanks as always - you rock!
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I've worked with several mods
I've worked with several mods for many hours including the ones you mentioned and I had some questions.
- I can not get Fupload to work on a page - it errors out to only upload one pic at a time. Ever experience that? I've put a support ticket in but wanted to ask you as well.
- What do you mean when you say a "multivalue imagefield". Is there a way to configure an imagefield CKK field type to contain multiple files or do you mean multiple imagefields on one page or do you mean something completely different? Also, how do I narrow down or know which ones support "multivalue imagefield"?
- I could not get lightbox, lightbox2 or shadowbox to work. I amaze myself sometimes by how I can not get supposedly simple things to work. I could add pics to the gallery but when a pic is clicked on and the lightbox is supposed to make the screen black/opaque and display the pic in the middle, it just takes me to a different page with the same pic on it.
Many Thanks.
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1) I don't have access to the site I was using fupload on at the moment, but I don't remember any problems. Ill try and take a look later and see what I can find out.
2) a multivalue imagefield is simply an imagefield with the allowed number of values (on the config page) set to anything but 1. It will allow uploading and displaying of multiple images on the same node. If you set the max number of values to '1'-- then it's one image per node (which I what I use these days). I've gotten away with from multivalue imagefields (preferring the method described at http://www.lullabot.com/articles/photo-galleries-views-attach), but there should be a couple of slideshow modules that support that configuration. The one I remember specifically, http://drupal.org/project/jqgalview, has been deprecated in favor of http://drupal.org/project/views_slideshow iirc. The other one i know of is the simpleviewer integration available with the swftools module. You should be able to search modules with the terms "imagefield slideshow"-- then just read the project page or check the issue queue for multivalue support. Another popular option I've seen mentioned alot is the http://drupal.org/project/photos module but I tend to stay away from peripheral modules-- I don't like running the risk of modules being abandoned (like acidfree).
3) I'm not sure what to tell you there-- i use both lightbox2 and shadowbox and have had no problems getting them working. I guess double check the installation and make sure you see the js files loaded (view the source).
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