Posted by GiorgosK on October 31, 2009 at 1:20pm
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| Project: | Gallery API |
| Version: | 6.x-1.0-rc2 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Issue Summary
teaser1
teaser2
etc
don't seem to change the slide show at all
what does is the settings here
admin/content/node-type/page/display/basic
Am I mistaken, is there a guide somewhere that I missed ?
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#1
The formatters select the imagecahe preset for the thumbnail and main images of the slideshow. Took me awhile to figure this out as well! You can create new imagecache presets or use an existing one you already have.
Select formatter for preview slide type: ie "Thumbnails"
Select formatter for view slide type: ie "main image"
This is a promising module and documentation would be great. Hopefully it will gain users and become and implementation method for other JS galleries. This module solves a crucial problem with a lack of galleries for multiple images within an imagefield.
#2
Sorry but it don't look this way at least in my setup
I have about 9 imagecache presets but NONE appears in that list
the only things that I see in the list are
Empty
Full Node
Teaser1
Teaser2
Teaser3
Teaser4
And I have no idea what they mean and they seem to change NOTHING when I assign them
BTW I am using Djembe Gallery to display images from nodes using Views
#3
If you have Full Node, Teaser1, Teaser2, Teaser3, Teaser4 this means that you are using Views module input method - this a method that builds slides from a view. If you want to build a gallery from the multiple image field you need to change an input method in your gallery preset. The CCK imagefield method will provide imagecache presets. Does it help you?
#4
@ardas
I understand what you are saying but this is not my question
As I stated on the previous post I am using Views for input and this is what I need to be using
BUT, does "Select formatter for view slide type:" make sense for the particular input format (views) ?
I suspect that it does not make ANY difference (from experience changing this formats)
If this is TRUE this would be a bug issue and the interface should be cleaned up from things that don't apply for this input format, because it confuses the user, does that make sense ??
#5
"Select formatter for view slide type" field has the following options Full Node, Teaser1, Teaser2, Teaser3, Teaser4. They means that node_view() will be called with different parameters to build a slide.
Full Node - node_view($node, 0, 1)
Teaser1 - node_view($node, 1, 0)
Teaser2 - node_view($node, 2, 0)
Teaser3 - node_view($node, 3, 0)
Teaser4 - node_view($node, 4, 0)
Full Node slide type will give you a full node template, Teaser1-Teaser4 are 4 different teasers in case you want to have several teasers - one for gallery representation and another for other pages. In order to see the difference you need to have switch ($node) {} in your node.tpl.php to generate different templates. You don't see any difference because you probably have only one teaser in your node template file.
Am I correct?
I think that "Select formatter for view slide type" is not the best name. Please suggest the better name to make more clear.
#6
Thanks for taking the time to explain
but I still don't understand the deal with teasers and the formatter
certainly teaser1, teaser2 being there does not help me understand that I actually have to modify node.tpl.php
and had me looking all over the place on where they can be configured
I actually don't have ANY teasers in my node.tpl.php
perhaps the simplest example of usage can help me (and all future users ) understand how to use it properly
and take advantage of the powers that I understand that it has but can't unveil ...
and after I am clear I can probably suggest a better name ...
#7
I am also kinda lost with the "Select formatter for view slide type" option.
In order to be flexible I would like to use a view that will select the images in the gallery. Based on what I read above my feeling is that a view cannot be used to provide "just" images. It is rather used to provide a whole "slide" of content, e.g. a node's content or teaser. Is this correct?