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DataObjectManager Module /

Discuss the DataObjectManager module, and the related ImageGallery module.

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Image Gallery - Latest Images on HomePage?


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FireMe!

Community Member, 74 Posts

15 July 2009 at 6:24am

Hi

I'm trying to add the latest 5 images to the homepage of a site, I don't really know how to do it. Is this feature already in the image gallery module some where? if not any ideas how to get this to work?

Thanks in advance

FireMe

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UncleCheese

Forum Moderator, 4102 Posts

15 July 2009 at 7:02am

function LatestImages()
{
return DataObject::get("ImageGalleryItem", null, "Created DESC", null, 5);
}

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FireMe!

Community Member, 74 Posts

16 July 2009 at 5:08am

thanks for the fast reply unclecheese, but I have one more question, I think :-)

firstly i put this code in my template

<% control LatestImages %>
<li style="height:{$Top.ThumbnailSize}px;width:{$Top.ThumbnailSize}px;">
<a id="ViewLink-$ID" rel="$RelAttr" class="$ClassAttr" title="$Caption" href="$ViewLink"><img src="$ThumbnailURL" alt="$Title"/></a>
</li>
<% end_control %>

but it did not seem to display the image, just a link that does not work. So I tried this code

<% control LatestImages %>
$Thumbnail
<% end_control %>

Which worked, but I could not figure out how to get a link to it that worked, also how would I control the the thumbnail size.

thanks in advance

FireMe!

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FireMe!

Community Member, 74 Posts

20 July 2009 at 5:26am

all I want to do is have it use the lightwindow, any one know how to?

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UncleCheese

Forum Moderator, 4102 Posts

20 July 2009 at 6:05am

Just include the required javascript and use the markup that it requires. The Lightwindow documentation should explain how to do that.

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lawless

Community Member, 33 Posts

5 August 2009 at 4:19pm

I found this post while searching on how to display ImageDataObjectManager items on the home page. I got it working using the code examples in this post.

I used UncleCheese's code snippet:

function LatestImages()
{
return DataObject::get("ImageDataObjectManagerItem", null, "Created ASC", null, 2);
}

on mysite/code/HomePage.php

and added this to themes/blackcandy/templates/layout/HomePage.ss

<% control LatestImages %>
		<img src="$Attachment.URL" alt="$field1" title="$field1 - $field2" /><br />
		$field1<br />$field2<br />$field3
		<% end_control %>

Is this the best way to do this using an ImageDataObjectManager item? What are the NULL fields in the array for?

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UncleCheese

Forum Moderator, 4102 Posts

6 August 2009 at 1:59am

Yup, that's the best way to do it. I'm going to be adding in a LatestImages function to the image_gallery core so this will be a lot easier. I'll also be adding a publicly accessible method includeUI() so you can get your lightbox UI anywhere on your site.

The null values are for the filter and join arguments.

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boombox

Community Member, 44 Posts

19 August 2009 at 1:28pm

Hi Uncle Cheese
Will this function enable the latest images from a single albumto be displayed on another page (e.g homepage?)
I was working with a Image Gallery Widget
http://www.silverstripe.org/dataobjectmanager-module-forum/show/265603#post265603
I can get latest images shown - but from all albums
I am trying to make a widget that you can configure to show a featured albums images- I am have trouble limiting the number of images shown (referenced as Gallery Items)

Code I am using in widget
function LatestGallery() {
$album = DataObject::get_one("ImageGalleryAlbum", "FeaturedAlbum = 1");
//Debug::show($album);
return $album;
}

Template code

<% control LatestGallery %>
<div id="latestEvents">
<div class="title">
<h2>Latest Events</h2>
<h3><a class="$LinkingMode" href="$Link" title="$AlbumName">$AlbumName</a></h3>
</div>
<ul class="latestPictures">
<% control GalleryItems %>
<li style="height:{$Top.ThumbnailSize}px;width:{$Top.ThumbnailSize}px;">
<a id="ViewLink-$ID" rel="$RelAttr" class="$ClassAttr" title="$Caption" href="$ViewLink">$Image.SetWidth(100)</a>
</li>
<% end_control %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end_control %>

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