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10:05 pm
January 20, 2010
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remotay
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I'm a bit upset in the direction that these featured content plugins are taking. The old featured content gallery (version 0.5) had the BEST backend interface for highliting posts.
All it asked for was
URL:
IMAGE:
TITLE:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:
IMAGE:
TITLE:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:
IMAGE:
TITLE:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:
IMAGE:
TITLE:
DESCRIPTION:
URL:
IMAGE:
TITLE:
DESCRIPTION:
For all the featured content items. No need to make a seperate 'featured' folder. No need to manually enter 'post ids' or anything like that. It just worked the way it was supposed to. It would order them via the way they were entered above. It was also much easier to 'edit' when changing around the featured items. You could make SOME of them link to posts, others external urls, others categories and so on. This has become very difficult to do with ALL Of the current plugins.
Anyone else with me on this? I'm actually willing to PAY for a return to this old interface or a mod to Dynamic Content Gallery to be able to do this.
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11:56 pm
January 20, 2010
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Ade
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Hi,
Use cases will vary depending on the needs of the user (obviously).
The biggest drawback with the "old" way was the problem of changing content – you had to go into the Settings page and replace an image. Plus, no js choice, no easy way to edit js settings, css, etc.
You don't have to specify a folder. Use the Full URL option and just grab the image URL whenever you add an image via the Media Uploader.
Based on your other thread, I can see that you have a very specific requirement – you want to build the gallery from a custom order of Pages. In 23000+ downloads you're the second person who has requested this…
Anyway, I've added it to me feature request list.
(NB: I've posted a reply to your other thread)
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12:04 am
January 21, 2010
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remotay
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Hi Ade,
Since user needs will vary, wouldn't the original method I mentioned be the best possible method? People can order things however they want. I would still use the older version of FCG if I could, but it's not compatible with WP 2.8+.
Also with the old method, you could easily edit css / js through the themes plugin options just as you could today. The only part you would need to update would be Image URL, URL, Title and Desc. Won't need to re-upload images either. Just need to re-fetch the URL for the ones you uploaded before.
I replied again in the other thread. I apologize if I came off as annoying / ungrateful. I appreciate all the work you've put into DCG.
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12:47 am
January 21, 2010
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Ade
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No worries. 
Yes thanks, I saw your reply on the other thread.
By the way, I'm not saying "No! Out of the question!" I would, however, want find a way to do it which won't impact performance. For example, the "old" way meant 5 database queries to display 5 images. "My" way only needs 1 database query regardless of he number of images. Hence the performance benefit you mentioned elsewhere.
One possibility is to use an additional piece of postmeta to allow you to assign an order (much in the same way you can do that with Pages in Write Pages). This would preserve the 1 database query (albeit with a JOIN on wp_postmeta) but would be quicker than 1 query per image. The downside is that you would have to create the postmeta for each Page. On the other hand, your use case implies that your gallery is fairly static and does not change that often. This pay-off may be acceptable to you.
Let me know your thoughts.
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1:32 am
January 21, 2010
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remotay
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My DCG is fairly static, so that would work. I don't mind at all having to add another bit of post meta if it lets me order things the way I need them to be ordered. For such a tweak, I would definitely donate something to you through the paypal donate on the right side here.
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2:16 am
January 21, 2010
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Ade
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Yes, I think it would be a good solution – keeps the lean, mean db query, but achieves a customisable image order.
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2:40 am
January 21, 2010
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remotay
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Would it be possible to do this with the plugin as is? or would I need to wait for an update?
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3:18 am
January 21, 2010
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Ade
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I'm working on an update at the moment – but it won't be out for a day or two. I do this stuff in my free time, so it has to fit in with doing a real job.
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3:56 am
January 21, 2010
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remotay
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Awesome! thanks!
I'll make sure to make a donation after the release. I really appreciate your quick reply and willingness to work on this =).
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10:07 pm
February 4, 2010
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Ade
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Implemented in version 3.2.
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11:15 am
March 3, 2010
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remotay
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Nope =[. Doesn't work still. You can only change the order of PAGES not POSTs. Which is really frustrating. The metabox didn't even show up inside of posts, but I made it show up by editing the dfcg-admin-metaboxes.php and switching post and pages on line 34 / 38.
The order id has no effect on posts though, so I still can't get the dang posts ordered the way I want. The only thing I Really want to order is be able to set the FIRST post /image and that's it.
I tried 'gaming' the plugin by making by making my lowest post id featured and set all the info and used an external URL of my own post that I wanted #1, and i thought I had it, but NOPE! It was using the post title of the old post id rather than the post I was trying to trick the plugin into.
I've tried everything I could think of to get my new post featured as #1, but there's absolutely no way to do it at the moment.
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