[Web4lib] RE: CMS (Content Management System)

[Jerry Yarnetsky, mjcpl reference]

Hi Tom,

I've learned a lot using TXP and as a result am planning a redesign of our
site (though I haven't decided whether to go at it incrementally or whole
hog).

What I've been doing for image handling is a combination of image uploader
with smd_slimbox (a lightbox variant) for galleries and bas_img_selector for
article images. What I don't like is the inability of deleting multiple
images at once.

The importer I like is ebl_batchupload as it can create image categories and
batch resize on the fly via a Flash dialog box.  It's currently out of
circulation awaiting an upgrade expected 12/1. He'll be charging $5 a domain
for it once he releases it again, but for me it'll be worth the price.
Another one that works for me is fpx_image_import. However, that requires
you to ftp your images to a special folder for processing. Not bad for me,
but not good for client that is not as tech savvy (I do freelance TXPing on
the side for a designer friend of mine).

Let me know your website address so I can follow it as you go-- it's good to
see another library try TXP!

If you have any questions let me know!

best,
Jerry Yarnetsky
reference-technology librarian
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
420 W. Main St.
Madison IN 47250
(812) 265-2744
information at mjcpl.org
www.mjcpl.org

On 10/31/07, Tom Keays <tomkeays at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was going to ask if anyone could recommend Textpattern. I've been
> torn between it and Drupal, but leaning recently to Textpattern. The
> book by Kevin Potts, Robert Sable, and Nathan Smith has been very good
> in helping me get up to speed with the CMS.
>
> On 10/31/07, Jerry Yarnetsky, mjcpl reference <information at mjcpl.org>
> wrote:
> > Weaknesses...
> >
> > * Image handling on the administrative side needs to improve.
>
> This weakness was mentioned in some of the blogs and forums I've read.
> Some folks are proposing farming out the image handling issue to
> Flickr and using plugins like vdh_flickr to embed images into blogs.
> I'm not sure if this idea is viable for library websites, but makes
> seems to make sense for individuals who want to offload some that
> bandwidth or need flexibility should they decide to migrate to another
> CMS at some point.
>
> Textpattern's "TextBook" wiki has a useful comparison chart of various
> image and gallery plugins. Allowing a little thread bleed here, there
> are several implementations of Lightbox listed that folks might want
> to check out.
>
>
> http://textbook.textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Gallery_Plugins
>