[daisy] Can this be done?

[Robert Cecil]

On the outside, this seems like a task of writing a custom part  
editor. But if I could invoke the building "Insert Image" dialog that  
would work great!

Thanks

Rob


On Nov 27, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Robert Cecil wrote:

> 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>
>> -- 
>> Steven Noels                            http://outerthought.org/
>> Outerthought                              Open Source Java & XML
>> stevenn at outerthought.org                stevenn at apache.org
>>
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