ok. thanks for the quick responses in both cases stephen. ;) i have a feeling we may both be on an antipodean clock. :) with most projects i'm used to getting replies my next day, after north american / european day while i'm sleeping.
interesting link. on mezz in general i should say i think it's great work! i was looking to implement a site in django (i am advanced in python, but only basic in django so far) when i stumbled across mezzanine. looks to me like you've got a lot of the basics covered so i don't have to, while still letting me add custom django stuff easily as need. this seems like a python web development "sweet spot" to me. cheers, e. On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:48:22 PM UTC+10, Stephen McDonald wrote: > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> hmm, thanks stephen, you're right. that link shows the file / image >> browser working exactly as i expected it should. weird thing is i'm >> posisitve i have pillow installed in the virtualenv i'm using for mezz >> development... i'll have to try to work out what's gong on there. >> > > It can definitely be fiddly. For example on debian based servers you might > not have installed the "libjpeg-dev" package via apt. > > >> >> in terms of wanting to build on what's there to create and improved >> gallery system, is there a recommended way of piggybacking on the existing >> gallery functionality, and just adding features while allowing the built in >> gallery stuff to be updated normally? or am i needing to fork the existing >> gallery stuff to create a version with more features? >> > > This thread might give you some background on where customization is > headed: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mezzanine-users/KNqHqs2lSeU > > Although it's terribly hard to be more specific than that without more > specific questions. > > > >> >> thanks, >> e. >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:48:59 AM UTC+10, Stephen McDonald wrote: >> >>> You'll probably find you don't have PIL or Pillow libraries correctly >>> installed. >>> >>> Take a look at the media library on the demo site: >>> http://mezzanine.jupo.org/en/admin/media-library/browse/ (user/pass: >>> demo/demo) - you'll find that with either PIL or Pillow installed, wherever >>> images are displayed, they'll be resized. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:44 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> hi there, >>>> >>>> if i upload large images to my mezz site the filer /gallery image >>>> browser is pretty useless for changing any properties or even selecting >>>> images because it shows the images at full size. >>>> >>>> really you should be able to have a scaled down version of the image >>>> there to retain useability. >>>> >>>> questions: >>>> >>>> is there any plan for simple improvements (with vast usability impact) >>>> to this part of mezz? >>>> >>>> in the meantime can someone give me a pointer to where in mezz to apply >>>> my own changes to this? >>>> >>>> if this stays the way it is i guess i'll be forced to write my own >>>> custom uploaded image handling from scratch, which seems a shame since >>>> what's there by default is already part of the way to being useful for me. >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> e. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen McDonald >>> http://jupo.org >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Mezzanine Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Stephen McDonald > http://jupo.org > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mezzanine Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
