[support] Portfolio page suggestions in Drupal 7
tony maciejowski
tony at tony-mac.com
Sun Aug 7 21:39:32 UTC 2011
Thanks Cesar.
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Cesar Covarrubias <cesar at consultcdc.com>wrote:
> Tony,
>
> The content type handles the raw files, so you only have to create one
> field for the image upload.
>
> For each individual node, Imagecache (which is built into D7) handles
> the resizing. When you install Gallery Formatter, it adds 2 sizes in
> Imagecache settings (one for slide and one for thumbnail).
>
> For the /portfolio page (which uses Views), you can chose one of the
> existing/default sizes from Imagecache or create one that works for the
> width of your content area in your theme.
>
> Very Respectfully,
> Cesar Covarrubias
>
> On 8/7/11 2:21 PM, tony maciejowski wrote:
> > 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
> > <mailto: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 <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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> >
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