I have got FileDataObjectManager working.. and as the tutorial says

"
The ImageDataObjectManager takes the same arguments and configuration as a FileDataObjectManager. The only difference is that its only allowed file classes are Image or subclasses thereof.
"

so i repeated exactly what i did for the FileDataObjectManager

and changed to this

<?php

class ResourceImagesPage extends Page
{
   static $has_many = array (
      'ResourceImages' => 'ResourceImage'
   );
   
   public function getCMSFields()
   {
      $f = parent::getCMSFields();
      $manager = new ImageDataObjectManager(
         $this, // Controller
         'ResourceImages', // Source name
         'ResourceImage', // Source class
         'Attachment', // File name on DataObject
         array(
            'Name' => 'Name',
            'Description' => 'Description',
            'Category' => 'Category'
         ), // Headings
         'getCMSFields_forPopup' // Detail fields (function name or FieldSet object)
         // Filter clause
         // Sort clause
         // Join clause
      );
$f->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.ResourceImages",$manager);
return $f;
   }

}

?>

and this

<?php

class ResourceImages extends DataObject
{
   static $db = array (
      'Name' => 'Text',
      'Description' => 'Text',
      'Category' => "Enum('Industry, Finance, Education')"
   );
   
   static $has_one = array (
      'Attachment' => 'image',
      'ResourceImagesPage' => 'ResourceImagesPage'
   );
   
   public function getCMSFields_forPopup()
   {
      return new FieldSet(
         new TextField('Name'),
         new TextareaField('Description'),
         new DropdownField('Category','Category', singleton('Resource')->dbObject('Category')->enumValues()),
         new FileIFrameField('Attachment')
      );
   }
}

?>

can anyone tell me why it does not work?

i create page and it goes wrong.

how do i actually display images on my web site now... I have created a page of type images and can upload images in CMS. how do i display them now. do i need a holder page of some kind?

Hi Thanks for response i am working my way through the tutorials.

I am making some progress on this but I am still having trouble displaying the images on .ss page.

I can access description, and other fields on fileDataObjectManager records but not on imageDataObjectManager.

I think I have a problem on image upload as the images are uploaded but it says there is an error on upload and then when i go to edit those images in the imagedataobjectmanager i get this mesage...(the same error when I try to display image on .ss page)

[User Error] Couldn't run query: SELECT `Resource`.*, `Resource`.ID, if(`Resource`.ClassName,`Resource`.ClassName,'Resource') AS RecordClassName FROM `Resource` WHERE (ParentID = '14') Unknown column 'ParentID' in 'where clause'

Any idea why? I have been trying to do this for hours now

Actaully, something is really weird. That query is looking at the Resource table, but your object is named "ResourceImages." I'm not sure what's going on, but you've got some stuff pretty messed up.