[daisy] Can this be done?

[Robert Cecil]

Cool. Well, I started following that and I noticed that this uses a  
selection list to pick the 'sidebox' - and the name of the sidebox is  
what is shown in the dropdown in the Wiki editor?

What would it take to integrate the "Insert Image" dialog (the  
standard Daisy dialog seen when you follow 'Browse for an existing  
image') in other ways for fields that are links to documentType =  
'Image', etc.

The dropdown of names could be very large, and it is a clumsy way to  
navigate a site full of existing image assets?

Thanks again!

Rob Cecil


On Nov 26, 2006, at 3:58 PM, Steven Noels wrote:

> On 26 Nov 2006, at 21:48, Robert Cecil wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to Daisy and am trying to create a document type that  
>> represents a page composition common in the particular client I am  
>> working with. In this design, each page has an image themed for  
>> the page. Some pages reuse the same image from other pages, so i  
>> thought the particular way that the Daisy Wiki editor allows for  
>> different ways to include images (upload new, reference external,  
>> reference internal existing) would work great. I created a  
>> document type that has two Parts: SimpleDocumentContent, and  
>> ImageData, and one field. Unfortunately, the ImageData part  
>> doesn't behave as I expected - it forces the user to upload a new  
>> image each time an instance of this document type is created and  
>> saved.
>>
>> Is there a way to support the "image gallery" approach that the  
>> Wiki supports internally in daisy-html, but do it in a structured  
>> way (that is a document that must have a single image with a  
>> specific meaning and interpretation)?
>
> This sounds like an ideal case to jump in and start using a custom  
> publisher request that pulls in an image (from a set of existing  
> image documents, which can be uploaded separately) linked to that  
> document using a link field, whose selection list is populated  
> using a query.
>
> Have a look here: http://cocoondev.org/daisyscratchpad/g1/279.html
>
> I'm using this in a setup for a private site I'm working on, much  
> to my own satisfaction. I can now use document specific styling for  
> correctly rendering those pulled in 'sidebar' items, which made my  
> general layout.xsl much more general and better structured.
>
> Please report back if you plan to start using custom publisher  
> requests, as I feel it's one of those vastly underused (or  
> underexposed perhaps) features of Daisy.
>
> </Steven>
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