[support] OT: color swatches for drupal

[William Smith]

There's also the CCK colorpicker (http://drupal.org/project/colorpicker)
although it has been in various states of brokenness since the 6.x release.
I'm not sure of its current status.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Jamie Holly <hovercrafter at earthlink.net>wrote:

>
> Luke wrote:
>
>> I am aware of how to implement attributes and options.
>>
>> I need to enable the user to choose between a list of around a hundred
>> color options for a particular product.
>> They need to be able to see an actual approximation of each of those
>> colors.
>>
>> The former site did this with a table.  The background of a cell was
>> styled to the desired color, and the link to the product was given a 25X25PX
>> transparent image, to allow the background to be viewed.
>> That is not only browser dependent (among other things), it would be
>> difficult to do, unless I create a view for each product, and even then it
>> may not be enough.
>>
>> So I thought I could find a way to generate actual color pictures to use
>> with the UC option images module.
>>
>> However, I've not any idea how to generate those color pictures.
>>
>> Luke
>>
>>
>>
> Making the images with PHP/GD wouldn't be complicated. Just look through
> and array of the colors you want, create the block then output it with the
> color's hex value as the filename. If not that then you would need some
> graphics program that has scripting in it, like newer versions of Paint Shop
> Pro.
>
> Of course a better solution might be to use something like the Jquery Color
> Picker to have them select the color:
>
> http://www.eyecon.ro/colorpicker/
>
> Jamie Holly
> http://www.intoxination.net http://www.hollyit.net
>
>
>
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