[TRN] Discussion Preview [Deleted]

[BassMan]

Nothing special on my side, just some css customizations:




Also I would like to have only as an option in ACP so admin can control if user may have an option to disable previews.

 

[farang]

Nothing special on my side, just some css customizations:

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Also I would like to have only as an option in ACP so admin can control if user may have an option to disable previews.

If You uncheck "User editable" in General options for the custom user field named "Discussion previews", users will not be able to disable previews any longer.

 

[BassMan]

If You uncheck "User editable" in General options for the custom user field named "Discussion previews", users will not be able to disable previews any longer.

I must have been blind...

Sorry...

 

[farang]

I love it. in fact, that will be a great feature. you know, people love pictures.
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miniatures that open in overlay. that would be really cool

As a first step, I'd like to take in some ideas from You guys about adding image capabilities for this add-on. At first I'd just like to know what you think what features you think would be good. here are some questions just to get started:

1) From what posts in a thread should the images be fetched?
2) Attached images only?
3) Sizing (and resizing) of images?
4) Number of images?
5) Who would be able to see the images?
6) In what part of your forums?
7) Overlay? What do You mean by that? Can You refer to an example?
8) Other customization capabilities?

 

[RichardKYA]

Hi Farang,

I will answer your questions in order according to what I believe would make sense for the images.

1 - Q: From what posts in a thread should the images be fetched? A: The previewed post (last post or first post)
2 - Q: Attached images only? A: Yes
3 - Q: Sizing (and resizing) of images? A: I believe fetching the thumbnails would be best
4 - Q: Number of images? A: All that are attached to previewed post
5 - Q: Who would be able to see the images? A: Any user that has permission to view the forum from which the post is in
6 - Q: In what part of your forums? A: All places that allow a discussion preview
7 - Q: Overlay? What do You mean by that? Can You refer to an example? A: Lightbox overlay (Usually triggered when a thumbnail image is clicked in a thread)
8 - Q: Other customization capabilities? A: Can't think of any myself.


I think what @rafass basically wants is to have the image show instead of 'attach" I could be wrong, but I think that would make the most sense.

Just my thoughts on the idea

 

[rafass]

Great replies/suggestions ChichardKYA.
And thanks farang for your great support and listen ideas.

 

[farang]

OK guys, soon we will (optionally) have images in the Discussion previews


Image above is a bit blurred but I promise it will look better when I release the add-on.

When I'm finished You will be able to select max numbers of images to preview per discussion.

You will also be able to select images from:
1)The previewed post only
2) Ascending from the start of the thread up to max number of images specified.
3) Descending from the end of the thread up to max number of images specified.

When previewing images it's very important that it looks good. I need help here from you guys who are familiar with styling, css, lightbox and stuff like that. Currently I have a very basic template (see below)

    <xen:if is="is_array({$thread.attachments})">
        <br />
        <div class="attachedFiles">
                <xen:foreach loop="$thread.attachments" value="$attachment">
                                <xen:if is="{$attachment.thumbnailUrl} AND {$attachment.canView}">
                                    <a href="{xen:link attachments, $attachment}" target="_blank" class="LbTrigger"
                                        data-href="{xen:link misc/lightbox}"><img
                                        src="{$attachment.thumbnailUrl}" alt="{$attachment.filename}" class="LbImage" /></a>
                                </xen:if>
                </xen:foreach>
        </div>   
    </xen:if>

What do You think?

 

[sami simo]

This is awesome.
The tread list will look similar to a blog or portal. I like the idea.
I hope we can have the option to display only one picture (on the left of the preview, like in the blog layout.)
I hope also it will support embedded pictures and not only attachments.
Finally, it will make sense to remove or change statistics and last poster info position to make it looks exactly like a portal.
Thanks.

 

[farang]

This is awesome.
The tread list will look similar to a blog or portal. I like the idea.
I hope we can have the option to display only one picture (on the left of the preview, like in the blog layout.)
I hope also it will support embedded pictures and not only attachments.
Finally, it will make sense to remove or change statistics and last poster info position to make it looks exactly like a portal.
Thanks.

Hi @sami simo

It will be easy to customize the look and I really think your idea is good. I haven't had the time yet to try it though. I think we should try what you suggests and have a look at it before we release the final version of Discussion Preview v3.0.0.
Thanks!

 

[farang]

For You guys who can't wait for the official release, (I guees You can't ) There is now a prerelease waiting for you to be downloaded. When downloading, just select the file addon-DiscussionPreview_v3.0.0_prerelease.zip After installing, have a look at the options page.

Please let me know what You think and give me suggestions what to change. If we are lucky, @RichardKYA has some suggestions to clarify the option texts in proper English. He's also been helpful sharing some ideas for the CSS. Thanks @RichardKYA !!!

Great replies/suggestions ChichardKYA.
And thanks farang for your great support and listen ideas.

Please try it out It was Your suggestion after all

Ohhh... and if you have screenshots that You can share, please post them.

 

[farang]

farang updated [fgX] Discussion Preview with a new update entry:

Version 3.0.0 released

New features in version 3.0.0

• Option to preview images attached to the thread.

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New options in ACP:
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Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Axel B]

You keep on surprising me m8! Again I thought the addon could not be more extended... you did it again! Brilliant extra functionality!

 

[farang]

You keep on surprising me m8! Again I thought the addon could not be more extended... you did it again! Brilliant extra functionality!

Thanks @Axel B

 

[beastmode]

Does anyone have a live view of this I can checkout? This seems interesting.

 

[farang]

farang updated [fgX] Discussion Preview with a new update entry:

Version 3.0.1 released

Fixed in version 3.0.1

• The add-on preview length was following the preview length setting in the ACP -> "Threads, Discussions and Conversations" options rather than the options for "[fgX] Discussion Preview"

This is a minor problem fix. If You feel that You are not affected by the problem there is no need to upgrade just for this.

If you upgrade from version 3.0.0 you just need to upload the new files to your server without running "Upgrade Add-on". (Then it will...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[rafass]

Purchased & I love it ★★★★★

 

[CFodder]

Is it possible to set preview lengths for the responsive options as I've found they're a little too long when looking at them on a mobile. If no option is it possible to add one?

Also, to me, it would make more sense to have the 'User Editable' option in the option group for this than where it is currently?? Also, I may be blind here, but is there a way to adjust the image preview size?

Have to say, as per my review, this addon is great and the support from the author is second to none, keep up the great work @farang .

 

[farang]

Is it possible to set preview lengths for the responsive options as I've found they're a little too long when looking at them on a mobile. If no option is it possible to add one?

Also, to me, it would make more sense to have the 'User Editable' option in the option group for this than where it is currently?? Also, I may be blind here, but is there a way to adjust the image preview size?

Have to say, as per my review, this addon is great and the support from the author is second to none, keep up the great work @farang .

Hi there. For personal reasons, I'm not at home for a couple of weeks with no possibility to use my development environment. I will check your questions and test first thing when I get home again. Thanks.

 

[rafass]

Someone using this addon ([fgX] Discussion Preview) is also using Lazy Load by @Xon ?
I would like to make it compatible.
I've created a new template modification (regular expression ) to: fgx_discussion_preview_item
find:

#(<img\s+src=")([^"]*)(".*?class="[^"]*)("\s*?/>)#is

replace:

$1<xen:callback class='SV_LazyImageLoader_Helper' method='getLazySpinnerUrl' params='$2' />$3 <xen:callback class='SV_LazyImageLoader_Helper' method='getLazySpinnerCss' params='{xen:array 'full={$full}', 'attachment={$attachment}', 'extra=$4', 'noscript={$1$2$3$4}'}' />

but doesn't work, don't add the new classes. any idea what I'm doing wrong?

 

[farang]

I can't really tell right now but I'll have a look into it if you can wait for my return. Thanks.