New Module: GWT Organise

Download from Gallery Modules.

Shipped up all I did yesterday into one easy to install gallery module. It still doesn't run with any theme or anything but at least now it's easier to install and easy to access with the "GWT Organise" menu option.

All you need to do to install is unzip this zip file into your module directory.

Again only works on Firefox and Chrome (kind of works on IE but not well).. and requires the google gears add on.

Right click to see context menus for items and to upload photos, add albums, edit albums etc. Drag and drop photos and albums around to reorganise and if you are in manual mode you can drag and drop to rearrange an album.

Cheers
Ben

Edit: updated to be embeded (cheers rWatcher for your help on that) and added double clicking to view image, and rotating of images.
Edit: updated with security fix
Edit: small fixes on preview

Edit: I've included the original beta 3 version and the new version for the pre RC1 release. This version as well as fixes for the latest code base also include the following:
- Speed improvements due to later version of GWT
- Optional resizing before upload
- Drag and drop from desktop
- Thumbnails when uploading
- A few other small interface improvements.

Edit: New Version for RC1 (when it's out)
- Dialog Forms will now show validation failures. For instance if you try to add an album with an empty name then you will be asked again.
- Dialog Forms can now have embeded javascript in... for instance the add album dialog will now correctly auto-fill the internet and directory name

Edit: repackaged for RC1. Tested it and it works ok on the RC1 release.

Edit: taken out reliance on google gears. Upload is disabled when no gears is found.

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

Cool.. give it a go ..

Ben

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

I'm assuming it means Google Web Toolkit.

Edit:
I've attached a modified version with some basic theme integration. I think the CSS might need to be tweaked a bit, but I can't seem to figure out what parts. Otherwise it should be good.

Ok..

got it working well embeded using an inner frame. Here's a new version of it. It runs in the admin theme

Also added double click on images to view the resized version and rotating of images.

Ben

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

Cheers Dave,

I fleshed it out a little adding some more functionality and a little bit about how to use it.

I'm not sure about how to add this to the contribs github folder though? As the source is Java code so needs compiling and so wont be unzippable straight into your module directory from a fresh download form github like all the other modules there?

Ben

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

I'm fine with using git.. I've got two other previous modules in there that I've done... the problem is that this module isn't built in the same way as all the others in there, it's more of a how do I organise it problem ...

Ben

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

A quick update again (sorry!)... fixed a small security problem

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

Looks good!

One minor issue I found while playing around with the module -- If you double click on the thumbnail for a movie (which doesn't have any kind of resized version), the module gets stuck with that loading.gif file and has no way to cancel out of it (other then reloading the whole page). It might be a good idea to check and make sure the resized file exists before trying to load it.

Does this work in IE without having to installing stuff (Google..whatever)??

You should never assume. I use IE and don't want to be bothered with google, chrome, gears, firefox, safari, etc, etc..

Don't understand why you would force someone to install google gears or anything else for that matter. I prefer modules that don't need any 3rd party junk.

@paulmcnelis: I was going to flame you for your last comment and the underlying attitude it exhibits, but I can't be bothered wasting my time.

@glooper: haven't had a chance to look at it, but i for one appreciate your effort +++.

http://www.timalmdal.com

This has absolutely nothing to do with how nice it is of Glooper to share this work. Yeah. He's an evil human being for being generous. And flame me? What is that talmdal, a veiled threat? Are we in high school?

I don't care if Jesus Christ himself came down on a cloud and shared this module. I'd tell him the same exact thing: why are you sharing a module that doesn't work on IE when IE is the dominant browser (last time I checked)? Not only that, but why are you making assumptions? Don't you know it's wrong to assume anything about anything or anyone? And on what basis are you making the assumption? Do you have access to G3 logistics that show the majority of admins use google chrome and firefox?

And floridave: yes, i know the developer can do whatever he or she wants. Obviously. Of course I'm not going to use a module that doesn't do what I want. Does that mean I can't say anything about it? Of course not. I don't like the ipod, but apple can do whatever it wants and force people to use itunes. I don't like that fact, so I won't buy an ipod. Does that mean I can't voice my opinion about it? Of course not. Same scenario here.

I'm not going to apologize for not mincing my words.

I'm a common sense guy and I'm all about common sense approach and results. You never manage to the exception. And the exception here is google chrome and firefox.

Paul,

Firstly I apologize for making assumptions. The assumption was based upon 15 years as a professional in the industry... You are correct that IE is the dominant browser, however this is due to two reasons; the enterprise market, where enterprises are tied into microsoft products, and thus force their staff to use IE as standard, this is why there are still a lot of IE6's around. The second reason is that a lot people will only use the browser that is installed on their computer when it is bought, they would never even think to change to another browser. My assumption is that site administrators will not fall under those two categories, so if you take those figures out of the current market share (say from here... http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp ) then my assumption (be it wrong or not) is that the majority of site administrators are using the other browsers, though probably mainly Firefox.

That aside, As I've said before, It does work in IE. it just doesn't look as good, the thumbnails are stretched slightly and the highlighted item on the tree is a slightly different colour... it's only minor issues and certainly doesn't affect the functionality of the module ... It would take more time for me to get it looking good for it... and I'm not willing to spend that time.. All my paying clients that will be using this software are using firefox, chrome and safari on mac, so my emphasis was on getting it working on that, and that only. However, this is open source software so anyone can pick it up (including you) and fix it.. the code is here..

http://github.com/Glooper/gallery3-contrib/tree/master/modules/gwtorganise/

so please go ahead and create a new module based on it to sort out the issues with IE. I'm willing to give any help to get you started.

With regards to google gears.. There is no way in IE and firefox to allow multiple files to be uploaded at once without installing a third party module. Gallery3 uses Adobe Flash to solve this. So I had a choice, try and use adobe flash or use google gears.. the reason I choose gears is that it also allows drag and drop from the desktop, which is something I plan to add in the future. Also Gears is a requirement for Google Wave which when it comes out will be something I'll be using with my clients as a way of communicating and planning their websites. So again it made sense for me to use google gears. Also chrome comes with gears pre-installed. Again please feel free to take the code and re-write the upload so it uses the flash upload. There is a GWT module available http://code.google.com/p/swfupload-gwt/ .. which can be used to change this module to use flash upload instead.

Ben

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

I'm getting an error when trying to use.

Unexpected Error java.lang.Throwable: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: empty argument - http://www.test.com/gallery3/index.php/json_album/is_admin/

Any ideas?

I have upgraded to the latest experimental version, to try to resolve another issue!
Are you looking to make it compatible or waiting for the next public release?

Ben, Could this module be edited so it can resize the image when uploading to the gallery?

You might roll that controllers/json_album.php fix from above into the download version. The bug is a show stopper, but the fix worked perfectly. I really like your organizing solution -- much better than the buggy built-in organize feature. Thanks!

Did anyone get this working on the latest git-code? Sounds really promising, but doesn't work for me.

Thanks,
David

Hi,

yes saw that mentioned above.
@edbeeny, would you mind having a look on the latest git version?

anyhow, a great module!

thanks,
david

@GiiGii: the problem is the OFFSET 0. The offset attribute can't be specified by by itself. it always needs the limit parameter. This is caused by the gwtorganize controller specifying a null value for the limit and a zero value for the offset parameter.

The other issue you could have problems with is we don't currently support gallery3 on a windows server. people have got it to work, but just a heads up.

http://www.timalmdal.com

Ok thank for this quick answer & the change . I'm going to move my web test server on a linux dist.

Anyway, thank you.

G'

@Talmdal -- I was experiencing the same problem as GiiGii. Your fix worked (resolved the offset error). Now I'm seeing the following:

Database_Exception [ Database Error ]:
#1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'L 'b' AND `parent_id` = 1 ORDER BY `weight` ASC, `id` ASC' at line 3 [ SELECT `items`.* FROM `items` WHERE `a` L 'b' AND `parent_id` = 1 ORDER BY `weight` ASC, `id` ASC ]

Any thoughts?

By the way, Glooper, I love this module. Excellent work. And, since you asked - Having an option to re-size for uploads is a great idea. I can picture a situation where it would make sense to do it on a 'per album' basis, but having a global setting makes sense, too. So, why not have a global setting that can be overriden at the album level? (i.e. a default that can be changed for an alubum upload)?

@Talmdal -- I have attached the log from today; I believe this is what you're asking about. Thanks for having a look at it.

Talmdal,

Thanks for doing that... ..
I will be maintaining it better when g3 is released.. I just can't afford the time to run two versions at the moment.. so I really appreciate your help here.

Ben

Benjamin Albert Smith - Photography

@talmdal ~ I updated the module with your changes. And here's what I see now:

Unexpected Error java.lang.Throwable: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: empty argument - http://mortonplace.net/gallery3/index.php/json_album/is_admin/

There's nothing being written to the var/log regarding this (there's a file for today, but it simply reads, "<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.'); ?>".

Happy friday!
-Lance

@talmdal - thanks for your help along the way. For what it's worth, I made the changes outlined by edbeeny to address the empty argument error thown in 'is_admin' function.

edit controllers/json_album.php
line 47
if (user::active()->admin) {
to
if (identity::active_user()->admin) {

This cleared up that error. Now I have a new SQL error (log attached). I'm not asking for any work to be done on this right now; however, I thought this might be helpful information to someone along the road to resolving the problems with this module (still one of my favorites).

cheers!