[support] navigating through Drupal modules (was Drupal for image management, with metadata)

[John Callahan]

Yet another potentially extremely useful module I didn't even know 
existed!  

Can I make suggestion?   Can we have a simple, one-page listing of all 
Drupal modules, with appropriate tags, to allow for easy navigation and 
visualization?  Users can sort the list as they want.  With a few 
additional tags/facets (like core version supported, date, author, 
etc..), imagine how fast you can find what's available and start digging 
further.

Here is a test I quickly put together for a subset of modules: 
http://geo42.com/sites/drupal-modules.html


IMO, an automated list like this one is more helpful than any rating 
system (almost always fraught with problems) or the current d.o module 
lists (page-based, too much information, hard to quickly navigate.)   
Ratings systems, blog posts, projects like drupaltoughlove.com, usage 
statistics, etc..., are all great but only should be considered as part 
of the whole.  For me, they simply help direct where to look deeper.  A 
list like the above would make things simpler, faster.


We all know that finding modules to use with Drupal is a difficult task, 
one with real consequences. There are no easy answers yet.   It's a task 
that turns some first time users away from Drupal and continues to 
frustrate some current Drupal practitioners. It's especially frustrating 
when trying to convince others in your organization (like the IT 
department) to go with Drupal; they start to delve into it and get lost 
in what can be done practically and securely via Drupal.  It's a great 
development design but difficult in practice.


- John

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John Callahan
Geospatial Application Developer
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
Tel: (302) 831-3584  
Email: john.callahan at udel.edu
http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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Justin Gruenberg wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:20 AM, John Callahan <john.callahan at udel.edu> wrote:
>   
>> 1) batch upload, even if only one directory
>>     
>
> http://drupal.org/project/image_fupload
>
> That module provides a pretty nice way for you to upload images.
> Probably not 11k at a time nice, but it does work well and does allow
> you to fiddle with some attributes per image when you upload.  It
> works with ImageField (CCK) and image.module.
>
> If you go the image.module route, theres some other batch upload
> modules that can work with a directory on the server.
>
>   
>> 2) reading EXIF/IPTC image metadata and mapping them to taxonomy terms
>> and/or CCK fields. 3) syncing attributes (i.e., edits to raw image EXIF/IPTC
>> can update/reimport the node fields/tags and edits to node fields/tags can
>> update the EXIF/IPTC metadata.)
>>     
>
> I haven't done anything this complex with image galleries, but I can
> say... expect to do a good amount of fiddling and possibly writing
> some custom code to get what you want.
>
>   
>> I'm using Gallery2 right now (http://gallery.menalto.com/,
>> http://drupal.org/project/gallery) and it does some (item #1 and partially
>> #2) of what I need.  It even integrates nicely with Drupal for users and
>> display of images and albums.   However, I use Drupal for many other sites
>> (and I'd like to use views, lightbox, tags, etc...) and wondering if I can
>> bypass Gallery altogether.  Any thoughts or experiences out there?   Thanks.
>>     
>
> I'd say if gallery2 works for you, stay with it.  That's a package
> thats built for hosting images.  If you're not afraid of getting your
> hands dirty, drupal might meet your needs closer.
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