[support] Portfolio page suggestions in Drupal 7

Sun Aug 7 21:21:19 UTC 2011

Cesar I have a couple questions. Does one need to create 2 fields in the
content type in order to hold the thumb and the full image? Do I need to set
the sizes in the content type too? If not where are the sizes set?

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 12:56 PM, tony maciejowski <tony at tony-mac.com> 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>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>> 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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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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