This month's meeting focused on utilizing some of more well-known (and powerful) image modules: imagecache, imagefield, and Lightbox2.
Using a Drupal 5.x site, I (Mike Anello) went through the process of setting up imagecache with various presets (each "preset" is a specific image manipulation - often resizing the image for use as a thumbnail or other size). When an image is uploaded to the server via CCK and Imagefield, imagecache provides the opportunity to display the image using one of the aforementioned "presets".
I then created a new content type and added an ImageField field to it in order for content admins to be able to upload and attach one or more images to a node. I then talked about the "Display" tab when editing a content type, and how you can select an image preset to use for each Imagefield when the node is displayed. I also showed how these presets can be selected when creating a view involving an image field.
Finally, I demonstrated Lightbox2, a jQuery-based module that makes it so that when a user clicks on a thumbnail (or any sized image, for that matter), an enlarged image can be displayed without a page refresh, using a "lightbox" technique.
We then ran through the our progress in organizing a Florida DrupalCamp. See the 11/11/08 conference call notes page for the latest information.
At this point, I had to leave the meeting, but Ryan Price took over and (I think) covered some additional image stuff in Drupal 6.x (if I'm wrong, somebody please correct me in the comments).
Our next meetup is planned for Saturday, December 20, 2008, 1-3 PM at MindComet. Note that this will only be a 2-hour (1-topic) meeting.
We are planning on covering menus in Drupal 6 (Ryan) as well as Views 2 theming (Mike).
-mike