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  • April 27, 2017 at 11:55 am #375715

    creagmhor
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    Hi,
    I understand that GD does not use the media manager to organize images that customers will upload for their listing. I have a few questions:

    1. Are the images then loaded to the current year/month folder?
    2. If so how do I view or sort the images if I want to put them into folders using another plugin?
    3. Can I create a separate custom field for the featured image to tell the customer that this will be the main image for their listing so ensure it is the right size and quality?
    4. Are the names of files amended when uploaded via the add listing page to avoid possible duplicates?
    5. How would the customer add an alt and title tag to their images?
    6. Once the images have been uploaded does GD create the thumbnail, the medium and the large size images?
    7. Is the original image stored or can it be deleted if GD creates the various other sizes to save storage space?
    8. It appears the option to arrange images in year/month has been dropped in the media settings in WP. Is that correct or is it perhaps my config is wrong?

    Thanks for your help
    Joe

    April 27, 2017 at 6:33 pm #375799

    Paolo
    Site Admin
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    Hi,

    1) yes
    2) you’d need something custom that would look into the uploads folders.
    3) you’d have to customize all tempaltes to use your custom field instead of the 1st image uploaded
    4) yes
    5) There is no way for the customer to add alt and title, most wouldn’t know what they are. The image name is used.
    6) Only for the 1st image (featured) that goes into the media gallery library too
    7) They are stored, see point 6
    8) I can arrange by date and type.

    Thanks

    April 27, 2017 at 7:12 pm #375808

    creagmhor
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    Post count: 21

    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

    April 27, 2017 at 8:02 pm #375833

    Paolo
    Site Admin
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    2 I don’t think anything like that exists.

    5 TBH I’ve never seen a website with user generated content that let users add an alt tag to images uploaded from a front end form.

    8 see image attached

    Second batch of questions:

    1 Not sure what would you like to change?
    2 we do not, it would kill the idea of not using the regular media library (1 to 4 unneeded rows added to the wp_post table as attachment posts per image.)
    3 we do not use a gallery plugin, we used a jquery-lightbox.

    Thanks

    May 2, 2017 at 11:01 pm #376638

    creagmhor
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    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

    May 2, 2017 at 11:05 pm #376642

    creagmhor
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    I have attached the zipped php file

    May 3, 2017 at 11:58 pm #376812

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

    May 4, 2017 at 12:05 am #376813

    Paolo
    Site Admin
    Post count: 31206

    Hi,

    we consider this a customization, not part of support. We only add new features if they are extremely popular and requested by the majority of active members, not if they are requested by one member only.

    Please submit your request here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/requests/

    If many will vote for it, we will definitely consider it.

    Thanks

    May 4, 2017 at 12:26 am #376814

    creagmhor
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    Post count: 21

    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

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