Hi All,
I am very new to Drupal (using version 6.19) and am struggling like crazy to setup a somewhat very simple family website.
My main problem is my inability to determine which modules I should use (and how) in order to obtain the desired results regarding the posting of pictures and videos.
My requirements are the following:
- Pictures should be organized in galleries;
- A main “Gallery” menu leading to a page where all galleries will be listed is needed on the navigation menu;
- Galleries need to be viewed as slide-shows when clicked on (and a “lightbox” feature is really desired to that effect);
- Bulk uploading of pictures should be possible (I cannot see myself uploading 250 pictures per gallery one at a time...);
- Same requirements for Videos (on a different page than the galleries).
So far I have installed and tried out different modules but cannot seem to manage to get all of these features together in a simple way.
I am willing to learn and tinker on my own, but I am really at loss for the starting point: which are the magic modules to start with?
I have already installed but to no avail the following modules on my local site for testing purposes:
advanced help
backup_migrate
ckk
custom pagers
date
filefield
image
imageapi
imagecache
imagefield
jquery_ui
lightbox2
mimedetect
nodereference_url
swftools
token
transliteration
video
views
views_attach
views_gallery
views_slideshow
And yet... I am still wandering in the dark... I really need your lights!
Thanks!!!
Wildel
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Drupal Gardens!
I would strongly recommend using Drupal Gardens for this project. It's built on Drupal 7 and has the functionality you need right out of the box. The Gallery included works great. And if you need to customize the site further, you can export the entire site and database and host it elsewhere.
Thanks
Hi Rjdempsey,
I indeed have an account at drupal gardens already but to be truthful, I also have content in my own drupal site right now and I really want to learn to tweak it myself. Quite honestly, for an out of the box solution, I would have gone my friends' way and use dreamweaver (don't get me wrong, I state this because I do see the difference between these and a drupal site, and have consequently chosen to go the steep way). ;D
I believe I have found one of the problems I was experiencing comes from not taking into account the fact that the Image and Imagefield modules are not compatible. I am now trying to see if I can make it work with Views. So the big question is: can I use the Lighbox2 module with Views (I hope I can choose the widget when constructing the view). I'll see when I get there...
Thanks for your insight on which modules would work well together to get me there !
Cheers
Wildel
You most certainly can use
You most certainly can use Lightbox2 with Views. Have you tried this? http://drupal.org/project/views_gallery
It uses Imagefield, Imagecache, Views and Views Attach with Nodereference URL. Works well.
Yes!
Actually yes, I did install views_gallery was trying to get it to work, and that is how I got what seem to be compatibility problems with Image module (at list I think it is...) and the imagefield module that is a prerequisite for views_gallery.
Views-Gallery works well for my needs except for 2 things I cannot get done properly (my mistake most probably, but "where?" is the question):
- I do not get a path to all existing galleries in the navigation menu (but there must be a way to do that, right?)
- For some reason, the pictures thumbnails do not work, so when you look at one gallery node, it shows only the names of the pictures files, not the little thumbnails. I'm at loss to understand why, but to make sure, I am currently taking out the Image module, just to be on the safe side (not even sure that it is the cause).
Thanks for your help, it is much appreciated!!!
And Happy Halloween!
Wildel
Yeah, you don't need the
Yeah, you don't need the image module if you're using imagefield/imagecache. So skip image module. I never use it anymore.
For the list of galleries, you'll need to build your own with the Views module.
I can't know for sure, but you probably have to configure the View and to make sure the correct imagecache preset is selected so it shows the thumbnail and not the filename link. This is also where you set it to show a lightbox upon clicking the thumbnail if you have Lightbox2 installed.
A good understanding of Views will get you a long way, but you probably already know that. :)
Definitely
Indeed, you are so right! It took me a long time to "take the leap of faith" and install views but I'm starting to understand why over 200,000 sites are using it! I am going to get into it more in depth for sure.
I'm pretty sure one I've understood how I need to work this out, the rest will be pretty straightforward to implement.
Thank you for your help Rjdempsey!
Wildel