Building a multi-image gallery the right way?

jono

Hello everyone.

Still fairly new to the whole FUEL system and am trying my hand at implementing a 'Projects' module with the ability to upload multiple images to it.

So far I've created the Projects module and I can add/edit projects just fine.

I've added a multifile field to the edit page so that multiple images can be uploaded. In addition to this I've added an on_after_post function to the Project_model so that any uploaded images are added to the 'project_images' database table (with the correct 'project_ref' number).

So far so good. However I'm now at a point where I'm trying to output associated project images on the 'edit project' page.

I've added some code to the form_fields function in the Projects_model so that any associated images are merged into $fields array and are thus output onto the page. But this all seems a bit clunky - as next I'll need to start thinking about editing,sorting,deleting images that are output onto the edit page - functionality that should surely be more readily available rather than manually built?

Am I going in the right direction or is there a much more elegant road I should be taking?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

almostcompletely

I agree, natively, it's pretty clunky.

I'm working on improving things (well for me anyway) in various ways. So far, I've changed the Assets manager to use CKFinder and have a system for adding numerous images to a record using CKFinder as a selector - like a gallery. The same code has allowed me to build a proper gallery/image collection manager so users can build numerous galleries and then link them to a page or record. I've also got a replacement for the file field (in image mode) that selects an image from CKFinder rather than uploading a new one.

Although I've published sites with these tools, they're still in beta (they do one specific job right but aren't overly flexible yet). I really need to try and get them into a proper deployable package too - preferably as plugins.

admin

Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a field type that supports what you need. However, you could try wrapping up all the logic you are implementing into your image gallery form field code and create a custom field type. More information on creating custom field types can be found at the following links:
http://docs.getfuelcms.com/general/forms#association_parameters
http://www.getfuelcms.com/blog/2013/12/17/creating-a-color-picker-custom-field
http://www.getfuelcms.com/blog/2014/06/04/integrating-with-dropbox

If that is the route you go down and you create a field type you'd like to see in the distribution, let me know.

kingmaoam

Hi almostcompletely,
if you have finished your gallery approach, please let me know :-)
This sound like something I can also use in my current project...

skundan

Image Gallery is pending till today, I checked with these demo but not works. Please help me to get it done.

http://www.chestnutstrand.com/photogallery

Repo:
https://github.com/JBWebServices/FUEL-CMS-Photo-Gallery

almostcompletely

Yeah. Both of those are old and problematic. I've built my own but it's not in a state that I can easily share and is still pending some features. Keep an eye on the forums, one day when I have enough bandwidth I'll collect it all together and post what I have...

skundan

Hi thanks for your quick response on my query. But my project is in pending due to that gallery, please guide me how can we get.