Image uploads

Thanks Paolo,
You have answered most of the queries I had except for:

2. Can you recommend a media manager plug in that’s not going to break GD?

5. From a SEO point of view not having an alt tag is a bit of a pain as the image name is probably not going to be very descriptive.

8. Not sure what you are referring to here?

New questions still on images

1. I have read in the forum that flexslider is built into GD but cant find any options to configure. Have I read that wrong?
If flexslider is built in then it has options for captions and description which would help in describing images for users and SEO.
2. Have you any development plans to build in a media folder manager into GD in the future?
3. What gallery plugin is used for displaying listing lightbox images and are there any configuration options as some are supported with a text file for captions and alt tags?

Thanks for your help,
Joe

Hi Paolo,
Sorry about delay replying.

The use of the image name is a problem as our customers will use all sorts of names for an image and we don’t want that used as an Alt, Title or a Caption in either the slider or the lightbox gallery.
For SEO purposes, validation and for image sorting a description of the image content is what is required. You say customers would not know what an Alt Tag is but they would know how to type a short description of what the image is about which could then be used for the mouse over title, the alt for SEO and the Caption for Flexslider and Slimbox, both of which will use the title tag for the Caption.
We have nearly 300 customers to import initially and the image name we have bear no relevance to the image. They are totally unsuitable as captions or tites.
We currently allow our customers and admin to add an alt tag by calling it description, from which we create a title tag which we use in a lightbox as a caption for visitors benefit so they know what the image is about.
I have attached the php scripts we use to achieve that which has been in place on the site since 2008 so its a bit dated but works fine.
I appreciate you don’t want to use the WP media manager as it the bain of most users in the way it handles images but it would be a big advantage if GD could add this small improvement to the add listing page for both admin and customers use.

Regards
Joe

Hi,
That’s more than 24 hours without a response on this topic. Can someone give me an update please.

Hi Paolo,
Thanks for the reply.
I would have thought that an improvement that helps pages and posts to validate and also made the visitor experience better would be popular as its just fundamental good practice.

I can see as I am stated before, that the management of image uploads by self help customers left to utilize just the WP system, over time will create an administrative nightmare for a website that allows 10 images per package. The lack of an image description just exacerbates the issue.

The work involved to add the code would not have been huge in man hours so I am disappointed that you consider it a customization.

I like the Supreme Directory but its not going to work for use with this image system.

Regards
Joe