• Whereas lightbox2 appeared to inherit my ImageCache thumbnail preset (Scale And Crop etc.) for its thumbnail->lightbox formatter, I can't seem to find a way to do the same for HighSlide. There is no way to create a thumbnail->HighSlide Zoom formatter. The default HighSlide formatter does not seem to use the highslide_thumb preset. Actually the Highslide thumb formatter doesn't seem to be using highslide_thumb preset either...
  • Caption text from a node field appears to be reading field types from the wrong content type. I'm given the option to use field_author as a caption even though my Photo content type, which my view is querying for, has no such field. Seems like a bug.

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q0rban commented

Yeah, I'm open to suggestions on the new UI for creating Highslide formatters. The problem is, that in order to work properly with Imagefield_crop, you need to be able to select actual formatters, not just imagecache presets.

There is no way to create a thumbnail->HighSlide Zoom formatter.

Sure there is! Go to admin/settings/highslide/formatters/add and create a new formatter (or edit the Highslide default formatter at admin/settings/highslide/formatters/default). Then in the Thumbnail Formatter, select your thumbnail imagecache preset (Should be entitled 'thumbnail image'). Then hit save.

On the display settings for the CCK field (or view field) make sure you select your new formatter (should have 'Zooms' in the name of it).

I'm given the option to use field_author as a caption even though my Photo content type has no such field.

There's no practical way Highslide can make guesses about which content type you may be using a highslide formatter on, so it lists CCK fields from all content types, and leaves it up to you as the administrator to make a choice there that makes sense. This is true of the Thumbnail and Full size formatters as well. You have to choose the proper formatter, as there is no way for Highslide to know which formatter outputs an image (which is needed for the thumbnail) and which formatter outputs a path (which is needed for the full size image).

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marktheshark commented

OK, I will retry the custom formatter.

There's no practical way Highslide can make guesses about which content type you may be using a highslide formatter on, so it lists CCK fields from all content types, and leaves it up to you as the administrator to make a choice there that makes sense.

This would be understandable if it presented me with all the CCK fields from all available content types, however I am given only one choice from a specific content type, not all. Can you check if all context types are properly included in the drop-down list for the source of caption text?

Thanks once more.

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q0rban commented

I think it filters down to all CCK fields of type 'text'.

Mac Clemmens’s picture

Mac Clemmens commented

The new formatters are fantastic -- thank you!

I didn't see "title" as an item -- only image description. Per the imagefield module, titles are commonly used for captions. Would it be possible to add the title field as an option as well? (and/or distinguish it from the node title field)

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q0rban commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Hi Mac. Good idea! Committed: http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=307584

In the future, can you open new issues for stuff like this? Thanks!

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Mac Clemmens commented

Will do. Thank you!

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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