Indexhibit^TM
Index + Exhibit

I'm working on a lightbox plug-in which requires some extra parameters in order to run properly, so I'm trying to add 2 more input fields ('Image Width' & 'Image Height'), to the already existant fields for each image ('Image Title' & 'Image Caption').

here's what I'm doing:

- opened the MySQL database used by indexhibit and created 2 more fields after the 'media_caption' field, following its same settings, and naming them: 'media_width' & 'media_height' respectively.

- opened ndxz-studio/module/exhibits/index.php and after line 510 I've added:
$body .= ips($this->lang->word('image width'), 'input', 'media_width', $rs['media_width'], "id='media_width' maxlength='1000'", 'text'); $body .= ips($this->lang->word('image height'), 'input', 'media_height', $rs['media_height'], "id='media_height' maxlength='1000'", 'text');
then after line 1059 I've added:


$clean['media_width'] = $processor->process('media_width', array('nophp')); $clean['media_height'] = $processor->process('media_height', array('nophp'));


and finally, after line 1452:


$clean['media_width'] = ($_POST['x'] == '') ? '' : utf8Urldecode($_POST['x']); $clean['media_height'] = ($_POST['x'] == '') ? '' : utf8Urldecode($_POST['x']);


after doing this, the 2 new input fields do show up on the exhibit page when I click on the 'Edit' button for each image. I fill these fileds and click 'Update', but somehow the values are not being saved on the database, leaving both fields empty the next time I click on 'Edit'.

my knowledge of PHP & MySQL is rather limited, so I'm probably missing some basic steps here, or maybe this really is more complex than what I think...

the plug-ins run beautifully on indexhibit's plattform and I'd love to see them fully functional. here's a couple examples I'm currently testing on my website:

Lightbox Example (original code by Chris Campbell)
Zoom Example (original code by Cabel Sasser)

I'm glad you're working with Cabel's FancyZoom plugin. I've been working on that too but have been too busy with other stuff to get anywhere with it.

Why do you need these extra parameters? They are already stored in the ndxz_media table...or you could simply extract the values when the exhibit plugin executes (getimagesize). These, if I understand it correctly, are really not necessary.

The problem with this is you will be unable to upgrade your system...

FancyZoom will appear as the new version is rolled out. I think we're going to replace Thickbox with Shadowbox.

you are right about the upgrade incompatibility Vaska, I didn't thought about that -

how does getmagesize work with Flash movies? that's the only reason why I need these extra paramaters, otherwise the SWFs are not displayed correctly

I'm going to experiment more with the Files Manager, maybe I can get input all the parameters I need from here and I won't need to call getimagesize.

You have to upload Flash files via the Files Manager. Once it's uploaded you can edit the info about the file and add the dimensions.

And v0.75 does read the file size of the Flash file as well...

I've just solved it replacing LIghtbox with Shadowbox: Lightbox needs two separate fields for width & height respectively, while Shadowbox passes these in just one line:


rel="shadowbox;width=400;height=300"


so I just placed them in the Image Caption field and... presto!

it'd be great to have both FancyZoom & Shadowbox integrated with the next indexhibit release, I think GUIs running under current web standards can't get much more advanced and intuitive than these.