Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

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Last Post: January 26, 2010   (RSS)

By NigelGordijk - January 23, 2010

Hi, there.

I have a site that uses CMSB with Lightbox 2.0. You can see the index page here: http://www.joyoftravel.ca/picture.php.

I'd like the first thumbnail from each gallery to appear next to the title of that gallery. When I try to do this, it shows all of the thumbnails for the gallery, but I obviously only want the first one to show up.

Can someone advise how this can be done, please?

Cheers,
Nigel Gordijk

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Re: [NigelGordijk] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By northernpenguin - January 23, 2010

Hi Nigel

I have the exact same problem and have yet to find a solution.

If anyone can help solve this it would be great!
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Re: [northernpenguin] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By gkornbluth - January 23, 2010

Hi all,

For now, a simple solution might be to add a single list page image upload field to your record.

It's not as elegant, but it will allow you to choose the "PR" image for the list page separate from the gallery images, so when a visitor clicks on the gallery they don't see the same image immediately.

best,

Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By NigelGordijk - January 23, 2010

Hi, Jerry.

Thanks for your suggestion. I did think of that, but was hoping there was a easier solution (from the client/end user's point of view)
Nigel Gordijk

Common Sense Design: User-focused Web design
Tel: 001 519 342 5348 | Web: www.commonsensedesign.net

Re: [flamerz] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By NigelGordijk - January 24, 2010

Perfect! I'm actually using it on a prototype for another site, and it does exactly what I need: http://66.7.208.127/~harolda1/newsPhotos.php

Thank you so much.
Nigel Gordijk

Common Sense Design: User-focused Web design
Tel: 001 519 342 5348 | Web: www.commonsensedesign.net

Re: [NigelGordijk] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By Donna - January 25, 2010

I do this exact thing on one of my sites -- I just use a break to tell it to stop after the first thumbnail. Here's what my code looks like:

<?php if ($upload['hasThumbnail']): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $record['_link'] ?>"><img src="<?php echo $upload['thumbUrlPath'] ?>" width="<?php echo $upload['thumbWidth'] ?>" height="<?php echo $upload['thumbHeight'] ?>" /></a>
<?php break; ?>
<?php endif ?>

Hope this helps. :)
Donna

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Re: [Donna] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By NigelGordijk - January 25, 2010

Thanks, Donna.
Nigel Gordijk

Common Sense Design: User-focused Web design
Tel: 001 519 342 5348 | Web: www.commonsensedesign.net

Re: [Donna] Photo gallery thumbnail on index page

By Codee - January 26, 2010

Perfect. That's what I've been using for clients for about a year. It saves them a stop while creating/modifying records and they can drag/drop the order of uploaded gallery images to ensure the first one is the desired one...and able to change by drag/drop as opposed to removing/reuploading into a separate field.