[support] Portfolio page suggestions in Drupal 7
Cesar Covarrubias
cesar at consultcdc.com
Sun Aug 7 21:47:22 UTC 2011
Do you have a link that I can take a gander?
Very Respectfully,
Cesar Covarrubias
On 8/7/11 2:45 PM, tony at tony-mac.com wrote:
> My images get distorted. Already in the content type. I tried images of 300 by 245. Am I doing something wrong?
>
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> From: Cesar Covarrubias<cesar at consultcdc.com>
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> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:32:02
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> Subject: Re: [support] Portfolio page suggestions in Drupal 7
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> 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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