Hi all, I have to implement the typical page where the client shows previous projects. In my case custom furnitures.
Therefore I need to create a projects page that will contain a gallery of images. In this gallery I will need to categorise the images (living room, outdoor, hall, kitchen, dining, etc).
Then, in the client website I'll have the requirement to access these images by project or by category. Is this possible or I'll need to write custom tables to address this functionality?
Maybe the question is very simple, but I have no previous experience in Umbraco. My past years I've been developing this kind of stuff with custom code and tables and from now on I want to use Umbraco and maybe this kind of things can be developed without writing custom code. Is this right?
There is definitely no need for custom tables, etc.
You can add additional properties to an image "object" which will allow to you group the images into categories, etc.
These properties would need assigned to each image as they are uploaded, but then provide the ability to filter / find specific images based on criteria.
To add custom properties to images you need to go to the Settings tab within the admin section, and then expand Media Types - you can create a new Image media type or add properties to the existing one.
Media images by category and project
Hi all, I have to implement the typical page where the client shows previous projects. In my case custom furnitures.
Therefore I need to create a projects page that will contain a gallery of images. In this gallery I will need to categorise the images (living room, outdoor, hall, kitchen, dining, etc).
Then, in the client website I'll have the requirement to access these images by project or by category. Is this possible or I'll need to write custom tables to address this functionality?
Maybe the question is very simple, but I have no previous experience in Umbraco. My past years I've been developing this kind of stuff with custom code and tables and from now on I want to use Umbraco and maybe this kind of things can be developed without writing custom code. Is this right?
Thanks in advance, Albert
Hi Albert
There is definitely no need for custom tables, etc.
You can add additional properties to an image "object" which will allow to you group the images into categories, etc.
These properties would need assigned to each image as they are uploaded, but then provide the ability to filter / find specific images based on criteria.
To add custom properties to images you need to go to the Settings tab within the admin section, and then expand Media Types - you can create a new Image media type or add properties to the existing one.
Hope this helps.
Nigel
Hi Nigel,
Thanks for your clear answer, very helpful.
It looks like Umbraco will save me a lot of time of development and will be bug free :)
Regards, Albert
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