create image node from IMCE? [#106864]

I think the answer is no, but I was wondering if this uses the built in Drupal image system at all. If not, is there a way to display images uploaded through the imce module in galleries or can they only be inserted into nodes? This module seems to work quite well, but I'd like to find a way to use it and allow users to view their images and and create galleries of images as well.

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Comment #1

davemybes CreditAttribution: davemybes commented 6 January 2007 at 00:48

This module does not create nodes or galleries. If you need that functionality, then use the image module (http://drupal.org/project/image).

Comment #2

jasonwhat CreditAttribution: jasonwhat commented 7 January 2007 at 19:06

Category:

support

» feature

I'm changing to feature request then. Not that I'd love to see it use the image module, but I'm concerned about how large quantities of images are managed via this module. I love it, and it seems like the simplest bug free way to add images with some control.

Comment #3

venkat-rk CreditAttribution: venkat-rk commented 11 January 2007 at 09:58

I second jasonwhat's request. The only thing preventing me from using IMCE is the lack of the following:

1.) No way to create galleries from uploaded images/based on user
2.) No support for taxonomy and therefore no way to use the brilliant views module

With additional support for CCK's imagecache/imagefield modules (and perhaps mass upload, although there are separate modules), IMCE would smash pretty nearly every other image related module out of sight.

Comment #4

ufku CreditAttribution: ufku commented 25 January 2007 at 01:54

My main purpose of implementing IMCE was to use images without making them nodes. Actually it's a file uploader/browser, not an image module. I think what many people are looking for a real! image module having IMCE-like features. The question is, should we build IMCE-like features on image modules or build image module features on IMCE? or implement the combination as a new module?

Comment #5

jasonwhat CreditAttribution: jasonwhat commented 25 January 2007 at 21:51

I don't know the technical aspect, but from a usability point of view I think the ideal would be to have a file (per user or per site) that creates a node of any image in it. So when uploading the user can choose the "Image Gallery" file that would create an image node, or the "personal library" or whatver it would be called. That said, the great thing about your work on IMCE is it "just works" and does what it is supposed to do, so it might be shame to muck that sleek usability up with new features.

Comment #6

profix898 CreditAttribution: profix898 commented 2 March 2007 at 00:23

The question is, should we build IMCE-like features on image modules or build image module features on IMCE? or implement the combination as a new module?

I think the module is very nice as it is now. But it would be nice if one could also browse image nodes created with the image module. At the moment some users (including me) need to use IMCE and img_assist in combination. I use IMCE to upload, manually resize images and to browse my files (images and non-images) to easily insert them into nodes. I use img_assist on the other hand to insert images from the image module. You may ask why I still need the image module: If I have a large image it creates a node with the original size image (or any custom size) and a thumbnail image. I can then use img_assist to insert a small (thumbnail) image into my node which automatically links to the larger image versions. Thats not possible with IMCE. But IMCE is a perfect module if you want to handle (link/embed) non-image files by browsing your folders or if you dont need auto-resize for your images.

Comment #7

Bevan CreditAttribution: Bevan commented 28 April 2007 at 05:46

-1 I think IMCE's best feature is that it doesn't create nodes for every image you upload.

Comment #8

ethang CreditAttribution: ethang commented 16 June 2007 at 22:05

Title:	Does this use drupal built-in images?	» create image node from IMCE?
Version:	4.7.x-1.x-dev	» 5.x-1.x-dev

Is anyone familiar with a work-around for this?

Is there a process to create image nodes per each image uploaded through IMCE? Or is it possible to automatically create an image gallery from a user's IMCE directory?