Building a library

debsparrow1

Joined: 2008-10-12
Posts: 57
Posted: Sun, 2009-04-19 08:20

I am interested in creating a library containing articles (at the moment they're in pdf format). Some go to more than a single page. Is this possible in Gallery2? And, if so, could someone point me in the right direction of how to do it? The only way I can think of is to save the documents as jpegs and upload each page as a separate image.

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suprsidr
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Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 3170
Posted: Sun, 2009-04-19 11:40

Gallery with the help of Imagemagick or graphicsmagic can creat snapshots of a pdf when compiled with ghostscript(default these days)
BUT it will only create a snap of one page at a time which you can choose by editing the item.

You can however create a pdf viewer module if you have some php skills.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

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debsparrow1

Joined: 2008-10-12
Posts: 57
Posted: Sun, 2009-04-19 13:01

Hmmm. Thanks. Sadly, php is a learning curve I've yet to start. Would I be using Imagemagick or graphicsmagic to create jpegs - which is what I would do with Photoshop so each page would be uploaded as a separate image? I don't mean to sound dense, it's getting late in my corner of the world and I'm probably making heavy going of this.

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