[support] Drupal 7: Photo Gallery

[Jeff]

On 25 Apr 2011, at 9:23 PM, Andre Durudas wrote:

> thanks for the suggestions. I had already considered Views but  
> wanted to see whether there are (easier??) alternatives. Anyway, I  
> think I could get a view to work. I know a little bit about  
> Imagefield, but what is Imagecache?

If you look at the module from Drupal 6 - http://drupal.org/project/imagecache 
  (which is in D7 core) allows you to setup default sizing options for  
thumbnails, previews, etc.

> Also, (and this might be a stupid question) but how do I get my  
> photos into Drupal? I would like to have them in my private files  
> folder. I was thinking to set up a new content type, Photo for  
> example, with a title field, the Imagefield, tags. Is this the only  
> way? Am I missing something? Can I only upload one photo at a time?

Depends on your site requirements. Like, if its a general community  
blog-site your users will probably prefer to have private directories/ 
galleries - while if you're building a corporate website / CMS you  
probably won't need per user directories.

Check http://drupal.org/project/imagepicker, for a comprehensive  
solution, or http://drupal.org/project/insert for a quick and simple  
option.

> And one more question, when I set up a View like you suggested, I  
> have a gallery. Does it automatically display thumbnail (or smaller)  
> images? And when someone clicks on one image, does it open the  
> original (or larger) image? How do I go about displaying 'Next  
> photo' and 'Previous photo' (and 'Back to gallery') buttons, within  
> the photos in each gallery?

I don't use it, but I think you're looking for something like http://drupal.org/project/lightbox2 
. Not sure about for Drupal 7; though you can possibly find an answer  
here: http://drupal.org/node/266126. (Ooh, oh, this looks good: http://drupal.org/project/colorbox.)

HTH

> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Shai Gluskin  
> <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:
> Andre,
>
> Welcome to Drupal.
>
> Try just using Views, Imagefield and Imagecache. In Drupal 7,  
> Imagefield and Imagecache are part of core. Views you need to  
> download.
>
> Use the Grid style for your view display.
>
> Use taxonomy (tags) to create the different galleries.
>
> Use an exposed filter to create a drop-down listing the different  
> galleries. After you have more experience with Views, and depending  
> on your use-case, you'll likely want to replace the exposed filter  
> with a Views argument.
>
> Good luck and don't hesitate to write back with more questions
>
> Shai
>
> On Apr 24, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Andre Durudas <durudasa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello fellow Drupal-users,
> >
> > I am looking for an easy way to create several photo galleries on my
> > Drupal 7 website. It looks like the "Image Gallery" module (part  
> of the
> > "Image" module, http://drupal.org/project/image) won't be upgraded  
> to
> > Drupal 7 (and might not be necessary??).
> >
> > I tried the "Media" and "Media Gallery" modules but I did not get  
> them
> > to work. First of all, I did not like that I had to install several
> > other modules (e.g. Styles, Multi-Forms...) of which I don't know  
> much;
> > I am very new to Drupal and hence, I would like an easy solution.
> > Furthermore, I never got the images to display correctly, for  
> example,
> > preview sizes instead of the full size image.
> >
> > And I am more than ready to admit that this was due to the fact  
> that I
> > don't know enough about Drupal yet but it turned out to be too
> > complicated for me to set up.
> >
> > Anyway, are there any other modules out there for Drupal 7 that  
> could
> > help me?
> >
> > Is there actually a way to upload photos into my website without any
> > modules? Also, how would I set it up so that photos would go into my
> > private files directory?
> >
> > Sorry for so many questions, but I think they are all related. I  
> really
> > appreciate any help!
> >
> > Thanks so much!
> > Andre
> >
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