All this is pretty straight forward with one exception. re-ordering the photos. the work flow now involves a pre load process in iView media where photos are ordered and rename and then imported in ordinal sequence according to the order of the day. But frequently there is a need to re-order the photos after the fact. Right now I use a lame but workable system where a list of photos is maintained in a text field and the "distribution" of the photos through the 42 image objects is from this list. so, using option key and shift keys one can re-order the lines in the list and then invoke and update to the 42 image objects. If captions were involved then there is a laborious process to move the captions around to match the new order of the photos.
I am thinking now to create a group of one image control and one caption, then on importing a series of photos, dynamically clone the group, apply the filename to the newly create image in the next group "step and repeat" these left to right with a 370 pixel offset (maximum width of any photo is 350 pixels). so far, so good (have yet to actually do it though) then the HTML output would look to the layer property to chose the order of the photos to write out the code. OK, so far that still seems good.
But now, if I want to re-order the photos... what is the best strategy? Implement a drag and drop? let's say the photo and its caption which is 5th in the sequence left to right needs to move to position 2, I suppose we could drag it and some how drop it between the existing 1 & 2 and via some algorithm, move all the photos to the right by one increment of 370 pixels and reset the layers for everyone... not trivial... Or perhaps my original plan was better, keep a list in a palette window that the use can re-order which dynamically re-assigns file names to the image controls, which will keep there ordinal layer position. Problem is, that's not intuitive... file names look like "1-2-04_01.jpg" and its much more obvious to drag and drop the actual photo you see you want to move.
If I can get this working we can take a subset of the functions and deploy these also as a means for collaborators offshore to send in thumbnails. Particularly useful for Hinduism Today editorial where a reporter in Delhi could send us 20 photos with captions, we choose the best and he ships the hi-res version of those selected for the article. But i always hit a wall on this re-ordering business.
Any thoughts?
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