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    • CommentAuthorkoocachoo
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009
     
    If I understand correctly, you cannot add captions/descriptions with this image gallery. Am I right? Perhaps you can introduce that very common feature in furuter FIG versions. I really love the gallery, but I wish I could add image descriptions.
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009
     

    As of right now, there are not image captions. I thought about this when making the new version. My thoughts on descriptions was that the best way to do it would be to have some type of CMS system with a database rather than storing them in static XML files. I didn't want to make a standard FIG CMS as I think there are already plenty of CMS systems out there. In it's current form, FIG will work on any CMS that has a file manager to move files around and upload images to the "data" folder in FIG. Then you just have to run the makethumbs.php script and it's good to go.

    I would eventually like to add descriptions, but I'm lost on how to make it easy to implement. Especially with the current setup. Right now the gallery.php file creates an xml file of all the images in a gallery dynamically. If you remove an image, it gets removed from the xml file automatically. Sure, I could make a version that runs on static XML files, but then people would have to manually edit the XML every time they made a change. Not ideal. If a database and CMS are added, then descriptions are easy.

    I didn't want to jump right into having a CMS for FIG as I'm not sure if I should just make one or make some type of plugins for FIG to be implemented in other CMS's.

    Now that you got me thinking about it, I suppose the best way to go about this would be to make a FIG CMS system, but still make it so plugin's could be made for other CMS's.

    I guess the only other issue is how descriptions should look. Any ideas? I was thinking another button could be added to the enlarge button that shows up in the top right corner of an image after the thumbnail is clicked. The new button could show the description of the image after it's clicked. Not sure about this though. I'm sure everyone would have a different idea on how it should look and I like to keep things as simple as possible.

    • CommentAuthorAntigen
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009
     
    A simple way would be to have your program post the file name directly below the thumbnail (and/or over the opened image) substituting characters '-' and/or '_' for a space and ignoring .extensions, then the user can use the filename as description. (Tedious yes, but you asked for ideas and this would be both simple and dynamic.)

    Then of course your usual switch true/false .

    Cheers :)
    • CommentAuthorkoocachoo
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009
     
    Yes, another (image description) button, added next to the enlarge button, would be nice! You can check out the different description styles of MonoSlideshow for ideas. I like those. The description should appear at the bottom. It just has to be something simple, yet sleek or stylish. And I think this additional feature (as well as any other features) should be optional (enable/disable). Two final features that I can think of (which should be optional too) are the ability to send/share image and the ability to download image. You can see those in Imagevue flash gallery.

    One last thing that has nothing to do with features. Why is it that the opening page (when the gallery starts) is just blank? Can't we have an image or some text added? Or maybe thumbnails to all the galleries (which, I know, can be accessed from the navigation menu)?

    Thank you for all your hard work!
    • CommentAuthorcademan
    • CommentTimeDec 25th 2009 edited
     

    I really like Antigens idea of showing the filename. That's something that could be implemented right away. Later on I could get descriptions going. I will check out Monoslideshow and see how they do their descriptions. Thanks for the input.

    Koocachoo you can have an image gallery load by using the defaultGallery flashvar in the HTML. See the first question on the FAQ page - https://flashimagegallery.com/docs/faq.php. Also you can see it in action if you view the source on Demo 2. You can have any gallery you would like load up when FIG first loads.

    • CommentAuthorkeyler
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2010
     
    hi cademan ! i have just read above and i was wondering if you had done something for the caption as antigen was talking about ? I really like your gallery it is perfect for the pics i want on my website. Perhaps the captions would be important to understand my pics ! have you worked on an XML file for the captions or simply found a way to use the name of the files as captions ? that would be great ! (excuse my english !) :)
    • CommentAuthorkeyler
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2010
     
    here is my web site if you like to see what it is about :) http://www.keyler.fr

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