View images in file section
Submitted by kemie on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 11:08.
I'm a designer, and one of the things that would really make ppier THE client area for me would be the ability to see images (jpeg, png, gif) within the files section, as opposed to downloading.
Adding an option "view" or displaying the image fullsize when clicking on the thumbnail would be absolutely great, especially if it allowed users to see it within the ppier interface and not in a separate page, so they can comment and see the file information at the same time as the image.
I really, really want to see this happen, so If anyone else has the same need, I would love to hear how they would like to see it implemented.
Hey kemie,
this is less of an issue for me, but I know that a fair number of other people have talked about wanting some feature like this. The other thing other designers have asked for is some type of approval process for those pictures.
I was thinking maybe something like lightbox or multibox can be used to view files within the same page? I don't think this would be too hard to implement.
It would mean
-checking if the file type is one that can be previewed
-if so, add a link from the preview/icon to the file, giving it the right class for the script to work.
Any opinions on this?
I think it should be seamless. If the file is a file type that the system allows for preview, then it should be automatically available for viewing in that way.
Also, and approval process is really important to visual assets as well as written assets. This should also be seamless, if someone uploads an image, you should be able to also check the boxes of the people that you require approval from, if no boxes are checked, then no approval is needed.
approval would be a great feature.
I think it can be done seamlessly with some kind of lightbox functionality. That way the user can see the file within the same page.
BTW, I've submitted a patch (still incomplete though) in the issues section, see if I can get someone to help me make it functional.
I would love to see these ideas implemented too!
I have a hack like that implemnted on my site, it was in actveCollab's forum, integrating a really good lightbox with all images in details view,
I will look for it.
It would be great if you could dig it up, as I could not really make it work with my newbie hacks.
Hey kemie,
it could be this one:
http://www.activecollab.com/forums/topic/896/
That's the only thing I found regarding lightbox...
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Tim
as soon as i have a chance, i'll check if it works for ppier too :)
thanks!
Hey guys, I just posted a slightly modified Pp version in the development forum.