Enhanced Dynamic MoPics - Status Update

[ridexbuilder]

Hi,
I've finally found time/inclination/inspiration to progress the project a good deal further (partially due to a recent update to an osC contrib.)


Still in a development stage but progressing pretty well...

Now able to optionally select a subdirectory to store your images in, either from a drop-down or by entering a new directory. (courtesy of "Select Product Image Directory..")

And the big one....

Automatically generate a thumbnail in images/thumbs when the images_big is uploaded, using phpthumb (so pretty much universally available). The thumbnail is generated in the optional subdirectory, to match the above.

I've got a few bits to tidy up and figure out a way to store/retrieve the optional subdirectory. I suspect I'll need a field in the database, though would prefer to store it alongside the image filename, to make Easy Populate simpler.

All without the benefit of 'beer money'


For the benefit of those coming in 'cold' to this:
eg.
catalog/images/images_big/cushions/flower.jpg
catalog/images/thumbs/cushions/flower.jpg

[ridexbuilder]

It's done and working... hurrah!
[A blast on the 'bike to blow away the cobwebs does wonders.]

For those who already use the "Enhanced Dynamic Mopics ..." oscmax_V2.0.2EMwS-RC2.zip it's only a few files to change and a few files to add. The code is simpler/smaller than before in admin/categories.php. In addition it shouldn't be too difficult to adapt to 'Max 2.1.
I just need to get diff to do its' magic and document the changes.


What would be handy is if someone (JohnW?) could point me in the direction of the modifications done to only call in the Slimbox modules, where required. Think it was moving the include statement to product template files. Would help to tidy things up and be consistent, though I may end up having to supply an update zip as well as a new install one. [Any volunteers?]

This should be so much easier for folks wishing to update a few products manually, though I already see scope for further improvement. Limit the upload size of the large image (to, say 200kB) and rescale it to match the setting for image width in the Admin Console.

[Still fails to upload an attachment but done via Albums..]

[michael_s]

EJ,

Great work, osCMax is much better for your efforts!

As an aside, could you pm me the error you get when trying to attach files. I would like to investigate and fix that.

[ridexbuilder]

Spent some time writing up the new release and submitted it but seemed to vanish into the ether.
For folks keen to try out on a development site only - no live sites please, unless verified to be OK...
oscmax_V2.0.3EM+Alpha1.zip

[ridexbuilder]

Now tested on 'Max 2.0.3 svn 176, with no issues (readily seen ).
So now renaming to RC1
Project release added - see Projects or Project Discussion sub-forum
EJ