I'm surprised that this data-type hasn't had any/many votes (and few downloads). I think the data-type's UI is good.
Only suggestion so far is that the photo sizes are set to "Small" (usually 240x160 or 160x240), which looks quite big, especially when you have a mix of portrait and landscape photos. For previews, I think the "Square" size is better suited.
As for using the data in the XSLT... this isn't the easiest to use - I think its the weakest part of the package. The provided macro/XSLT is fine, but maybe the data should be stored as XML rather than delimited-string?
Again, I think this is a good data-type... with a little tweaking it could be even better!
I agree that the XSLT is the weakest part of the package. I wasn't sure on the formatting in XML at first because of all the javascript and how it would be saved in Umbraco, but in the end XML was (of course) the easiest way to format it. So I had to format the delimited string anyway.
The suggestion on the photo sizes is a personal one. I found the square size too small :-). I think I wil make it configurable on the datatype so you can go either way.
Configurable photo size would be great! I do think storing the data as XML directly in Umbraco is the best way, and easiest for devs to use in XSLT (and elsewhere).
Flickr Picker suggestions - Photo sizes and XSLT
I'm surprised that this data-type hasn't had any/many votes (and few downloads). I think the data-type's UI is good.
Only suggestion so far is that the photo sizes are set to "Small" (usually 240x160 or 160x240), which looks quite big, especially when you have a mix of portrait and landscape photos. For previews, I think the "Square" size is better suited.
As for using the data in the XSLT... this isn't the easiest to use - I think its the weakest part of the package. The provided macro/XSLT is fine, but maybe the data should be stored as XML rather than delimited-string?
Again, I think this is a good data-type... with a little tweaking it could be even better!
Thanks, Lee.
Hi Lee,
Thanks for your suggestions and the vote!
I agree that the XSLT is the weakest part of the package. I wasn't sure on the formatting in XML at first because of all the javascript and how it would be saved in Umbraco, but in the end XML was (of course) the easiest way to format it. So I had to format the delimited string anyway.
The suggestion on the photo sizes is a personal one. I found the square size too small :-). I think I wil make it configurable on the datatype so you can go either way.
Michiel
Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated.
Configurable photo size would be great! I do think storing the data as XML directly in Umbraco is the best way, and easiest for devs to use in XSLT (and elsewhere).
I look forward to future releases!
Thanks, Lee.
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