[support] Portfolio page suggestions in Drupal 7

[Cesar Covarrubias]

Tony,

I will definitely publicize the final version once I get the go ahead 
from the site owner to launch. There is still some content to add and 
bugs to fix.

Very Respectfully,
Cesar Covarrubias


On 8/7/11 12:56 PM, tony maciejowski wrote:
> Thanks Cesar. Very helpful. I have been wrestling with researching and
> trying to decide which way to go with a similar gallery. Is it possible
> you publicize the link of your final version?
>
> Tony
>
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Cesar Covarrubias <cesar at consultcdc.com
> <mailto:cesar at consultcdc.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I figured it would be a good idea to document how I (finally) was able
>     to get this working like I wanted. I deployed in Drupal 7 using Views 3,
>     and Gallery Formatter modules.
>
>     "Portfolio" node with Gallery (/portfolio/[node:title]))
>
>     1)Create new content type with the following types: Title, Body (or
>     Description), Image.
>
>     2)Go into the "Manage Fields" windows and change the "Preview image
>     style" to "galleryformatter_thumb". Set number of files appropriately (I
>     set unlimited).
>
>     3) Go to "Manage Display" and change the Format to "jQuery Gallery".
>
>     "Portfolio" page to display all "Portfolio" content types (/portfolio)
>
>     1) Create a view in Views (duh) with the title you want to give the
>     page.
>
>     2)Set the Format to Grid. Settings are your choice, but to keep things
>     clean I did a 3 wide node.
>
>     3)Set "Show" to fields, and select the fields from the nodes you want to
>     display. I did things simple: the image and the title of the node.
>
>     4)Add Filter Criteria to search for Content type "Portfolio"
>
>     Let me know if anyone has questions or if I wasn't clear on anything.
>     Hopefully this helps other beginners.
>
>     Very Respectfully,
>     Cesar Covarrubias
>
>     On 8/4/11 4:32 AM, Marilyn Langfeld wrote:
>      > Hi folks,
>      >
>      > It's possible that other modules are needed, in particular the D7
>     Media
>      > module, which is also installed in DrupalGardens. That's why I
>     suggested
>      > trying this out there, to see if it meets your needs. Here's a
>     link to
>      > the documentation: http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/gallery
>      >
>      > And here's the intro to that page:
>      >
>      >
>      >       Add media galleries to a new Drupal Gardens site
>      >
>      > *Create multi-media galleries on your Drupal Gardens website.* Your
>      > users can see slideshows of your images and YouTube videos
>      > <http://youtube.com/> displayed in a lightbox
>      > <http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/gallery#lightbox>
>     floating
>      > above your site or you can display individual items on their own
>     pages.
>      > The Drupal Gardens media gallery automatically creates thumbnails of
>      > your images for you, pulls in video descriptions directly from
>     YouTube
>      > and more. You just tag
>      > <http://www.drupalgardens.com/glossary/26#term1301> and label your
>      > stuff, arrange your galleries and items via drag and drop and you are
>      > ready to go!
>      >
>      >
>      > Only thing to note is that only YouTube video can be added for now to
>      > galleries.
>      >
>      >
>      > Best, Marilyn
>      >
>      >
>      > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann
>      > <nan_wich at bellsouth.net <mailto:nan_wich at bellsouth.net>
>     <mailto:nan_wich at bellsouth.net <mailto:nan_wich at bellsouth.net>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     As far as I can tell, Media Gallery only puts the gallery
>      >     title below the gallery pictures. And it will only put the
>      >     picture title below the individual pictures. Therefore it
>     does not
>      >     meet his need. But this is only based on a few hours of my
>     playing
>      >     with it on a test site. Perhaps more is available through
>     Views or a
>      >     custom theme template. Note that you must download it and
>     read the
>      >     README file _before_ trying to enable it - there are several
>      >     prerequisites not listed on the project page.
>      >     /*Nancy*/
>      >     Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr.
>     Martin
>      >     L. King, Jr.
>      >
>      >         *From:* Marilyn Langfeld
>      >         That sounds like what DrupalGardens provides for multiple
>      >         galleries. They use D7 Media Gallery Module:
>      > http://drupal.org/project/media_gallery which requires: List,
>      >         Field, Field SQL storage, Options, Number, Taxonomy.
>      >
>      >         You might try it out on DrupalGardens (set up a free
>     account),
>      >         and even begin development there, then download the site when
>      >         you have done all that you can in that environment.
>      >
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