Hi there!

I'm enjoying the module, and looking forward to a new release when that comes. In the meantime, I couldn't wait for the customizable xpath selection, so I added it myself (see the patch below - I also had to fix the url_to_absolute implementation, probably the same as http://drupal.org/node/557966#comment-2011140). This allows me to grab pics from feeds like http://news.bahai.org, which has a background image that's larger than the main image on the page. As you noted, it also cuts down on the number of images that imagegrabber has to download when nodes are refreshed.

I know this is on your todo list, so I thought I'd add this feature request so that I'll know when it's done, and maybe even contribute to the solution if you'd like to use the code. If I were going to let non-admins use this feature, I would probably make a mini-form with id and class for the div and img elements, so that people wouldn't have to know xpath to use it, but that was beyond my needs at this point.

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publicmind commented

Hi David,

ImageGrabber is ready for its next release, probably in a few days it will be available for download. Everything you said was considered. As you said, I don't expect the users to know the xpath stuff, so I used the id/class thing. (I was really amazed to hear from you what all I actually did!!!)

In fact, I was going to release it today but then I came across this cron issue and I am working on it from last 12 hours now. Sometimes due large size of feed, imagegrabber could give 'execution time exceeded' error. I am working on that and will probably release it soon after some load testing.

Please have a look here,
http://publicmind.in/test/feedapi-imagegrabber-new-interface.jpg

This is the new interface for the next release. Please make any suggestions that come to your mind.

Thanks for the patience and help.

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publicmind commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Hello,

FeedAPI ImageGrabber v1.8 has been released. The new release resolves this issue. Please do post your comments about the new release , I am always looking for your feedback.

Thanks.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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