New Extension: nGen File Field for FieldFrame

I’m not sure I see how this can be helpful to make galleries. Could someone enlighten me. I’ll be right back after a cup of coffee to stimulate the brain.

Just setup an FF Matrix with two columns– file, and textarea. You choose a file and then give it a caption. Instant gallery that you can add to, rearrange, etc… at will. Using a plugin like imgsizer you can also generate your thumbnails on the fly.

maybe I need to give it a shot. Anyone up for posting a tutorial/screencast?

Thanks everyone for all the thanks and positive feedback!

Regarding the questions about resizing, nGen File Field does not do any image resizing, we use the imgsizer extension for that and found it easier and more flexible than resizing on upload. We limit file size in the upload preferences which avoids the 10M photo uploads by clients.

@Mark Bowen > Yes, it obeys the file type and file size settings in the upload preferences.

@imagehat > See above, I would just use the file size setting in your upload preferences to limit uploads of large images.

@Sean C. Smith > Install it and give it a shot. It’s super easy to use and super flexible. Think smaller groups of items like file lists, images with captions, names with vcards, and those are just a few examples. Look at how Brandon used it on his site (link), it may help.

First of all Thanks to Brandon and Fred for their great extensions!!! You guys just saved me a lot of trouble.

I have a question though,when dealing with images is there a way i can access the width and height so that they can be included in <img> tag? The same goes for any image uploaded via publish form… I haven’t really looked into this yet, so forgive me if it’s a basic question… Once again, thanks for you contributions.

Thanks for the wonderful extension, and I’m sure I’ll be singing its praises once this bug has been worked out.

I seem to be having trouble using this field. It keeps showing me a blank page when I go to publish a new entry or edit an old one. :( Any ideas?

I have a question though,when dealing with images is there a way i can access the width and height so that they can be included in <img> tag?

Unless this feature is added into the fieldtype extension then you can get sizes of an image using PHP :

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="default_site" limit="1" dynamic="on" disable="categories|category_fields|trackbacks"}

<?php
$imageurl ="/{image-url}";
list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize("$imageurl");
?>

{/exp:weblog:entries}

You would then be able to spit out the data using :

<?php
echo $height;
echo $width;
?>

Hope that helps a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

seem to be having trouble using this field. It keeps showing me a blank page when I go to publish a new entry or edit an old one.

Might be an issue with FieldFrame, rather than nGen File Field. Try disabling nGen File Field in the Fieldtypes Manager. If it’s still happening, take it to Get Satisfaction.

Thanks a lot for this extension. One question though: does it work with SAEF?

seem to be having trouble using this field. It keeps showing me a blank page when I go to publish a new entry or edit an old one.

Might be an issue with FieldFrame, rather than nGen File Field. Try disabling nGen File Field in the Fieldtypes Manager. If it’s still happening, take it to Get Satisfaction.

Strange thing happening o n my end too. TRying it out on local installation EE 1.6.7. Got no extensions except FieldFrame (v.1.0.0) and jQuery for CP. Any of the other field types work. Including third party like MD Color Picker or SC Countries Select.

After I turn the nGen File Field on, in the Fieldtypes Manager, the Publish or Edit page just hangs on a blank page. Even if I assign it to a custom field or to the matrix or if it’s unassigned. Server is MAMP with PHP5.

Any direction or help appriciated.

In FieldFrame 1.0.1 all of my nGen File Fields stopped working. In the control panel everything looks fine but none of the code renders in the browser. If I revert back to 1.0.0 everything is fine again. Anyone else having issues with 1.0.1?

UPDATE: Brandon fixes the issue in FieldFrame 1.0.2

I’m having an issue with this extension.

When I upload images to it upon submitting an entry I get the following errors and the rest of my CP is gone. I have to backspace to see the EE CP.

Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /path/to/extensions/fieldtypes/ngen_file_field/ft.ngen_file_field.php on line 411

Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /path/to/extensions/fieldtypes/ngen_file_field/ft.ngen_file_field.php on line 411

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /path/to/extensions/fieldtypes/ngen_file_field/ft.ngen_file_field.php:411) in /path/to/core/core.functions.php on line 726

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /path/to/extensions/fieldtypes/ngen_file_field/ft.ngen_file_field.php:411) in /path/to/core/core.functions.php on line 296

Fantastic extension Fred, simply a must have for any setup. Also big kudos to Brandon for providing FieldFrame.

Currently I am getting below error on my local test environment

Notice: A session had already been started - ignoring session_start() in D:\Programs\XAMPP_1.6.7\htdocs\system\extensions\ext.publish_tweeks.php on line 185

As one can imagine, when Publish Tweeks extension is disabled all works fine.

Also, this more like a feature request but is there way to access previously uploaded images/files as a selection rather then uploading the same file with an automatically changed name.

Say, we’ve got two entries on the same category and I want them to have the same image as their default image or even on the same entry (see attached image)

@IsabelS Currently this is not a feature of the field type. I’ve added it to our list of feature requests to be included in future versions.

@shinka + @elemental + @Sean C. Smith Could you guys PM me more details about your environments (EE version, PHP version, Linux/Windows, any other extensions in use, etc)? If you’re no longer having the issue please let us know how you resolved it.

@TonMonde SAEF functionality is currently not supported.

@Cem Meric Noted that for Publish Tweeks. Also added your suggestion to our feature requests - a good idea.

@Cem Meric Noted that for Publish Tweeks. Also added your suggestion to our feature requests - a good idea.

This would be absolutely excellent if already uploaded files could be thrown into the pan. That would make this already fantastic work just the best ever!! 😊

Best wishes,

Mark

First of all Thanks to Brandon and Fred for their great extensions!!! You guys just saved me a lot of trouble. I have a question though,when dealing with images is there a way i can access the width and height so that they can be included in <img> tag? The same goes for any image uploaded via publish form… I haven’t really looked into this yet, so forgive me if it’s a basic question… Once again, thanks for you contributions.

You should be able to easily get this going using PHP.