20 days later

I've been using this extension more intensively over the last few weeks, and my internal storage is definitely feeling it, hopefully, we'll see S3 support soon 🤞. Alongside some of the improvements I've previously mentioned Darkle , I've thought of a few additional enhancements that could be interesting:

  • Image processing algorithm: There's a significant loss of color in the image conversions, a common issue with many image processors. However, some websites manage to compress or transform images without altering the color. I'm not sure what techniques they use, but if the extension is open to changes in this area, I'm willing to help research the options and discuss them here.

  • Alpha channel color: The method currently used by the extension defaults to using black for the alpha channel when transforming images from PNG to JPG. Personally, I'd prefer if the converted images had a white alpha channel, as it's usually more visually pleasing and helps disguise cropping more effectively. It might be a good idea to switch the default to white, which is more commonly used, or perhaps introduce an option to select the alpha channel color based on personal preference.

Let me know what you think.

    6 days later

    @clarkwinkelmann, is there any way to customize the number of pictures to be shown before the "Load More" button appears? My tests are showing that many of my users typically stick to the first block of results, as often they simply look at the pictures without realizing that there is a button below. I would like that, if they overlook the "Load More" button, they have at least a broader number of pictures to choose from.

      joanaranda currently not, but I will add that in the future 👍️

      I will probably raise the default number of pictures per page as well. On my own website I also notice it's too few.

          clarkwinkelmann - Oh, this is excellent news! Changing the default number of pictures can be a quite good short term fix as well. Please post when you implement any of the fixes, and I'll update the extension right away.

              joanaranda absolutely, I'll post all release announcements here, as well as the changelog on my website.

              I'm currently working on an update for the WordPress Integration extension. Once that's finished, I'll focus on Cimaise again.

                There is some hardcoded upload limit?, I get "The image must not be greater than 24000 kilobytes.", but I am using:

                php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
php_value post_max_size 64M

                I don't remember right now but if it was server-side the error should not specify the 24000 kilobytes part 🤔

                EDIT: Forget it! Just browsing the discussion I came across this message: https://discuss.flarum.org/d/32138-cimaise-albums-for-flarum-early-access/16

                17 days later

                Comments on several of my previous posts:

                joanaranda ...I think that there a couple of improvement opportunities that look like easy enough to implement for the big value they can add:

                • selectable thumbnail size: 150x150 it is too small for some dense pictures... // ...a choice of two or three different size would be great...
                • album sorting criteria: I have seen that the order in the albums has changed after adding pictures. It is quite likely that the latest updated album is shown first... // ... Having the choice to choose between latest updates first vs alphabetical order would be awesome.

                It is no longer an issue for me. The tradeoffs I made in thumbnails through CSS are good enough for me, and I hack the sorting criteria by dealing with update dates directly in the database. I can live with it, as I don't add pictures often.

                joanaranda By the way, @clarkwinkelmann, I've just noticed a bug. Not a big deal and sorry if you are already aware of it.

                The background from the Hero disappears when the screen width is so small than the top menu collapses.

                This issue remains, and it makes the hero almost unreadable in mobile. I hope you can find the time soon to fix it. I have not been able to identify any CSS hack to hide the issue. You can see the issue in action if you open this link from a cell phone: https://debat.s21.cat/albums/1-aplecs-i-ballades

                joanaranda @clarkwinkelmann, is there any way to customize the number of pictures to be shown before the "Load More" button appears? My tests are showing that many of my users typically stick to the first block of results, as often they simply look at the pictures without realizing that there is a button below.

                clarkwinkelmann joanaranda currently not, but I will add that in the future 👍️

                I will probably raise the default number of pictures per page as well. On my own website I also notice it's too few.

                FYI, I have mitigated somehow the impact by making the "Load more" button blink. It is a nasty hack, but it may serve you as well, @clarkwinkelmann, while you don't have time to improve Cimaise. You can see the blinking button in action here: https://debat.s21.cat/pictures

                In any case, I hope you find soon the time to work on these issues/improvements. I can make a small money contribution if it helps, but I cannot afford to invest much more: all what I have in my site is free stuff.

                        22 days later

                        Jbugy are you referring to something in particular?

                        It'll be a few more weeks before I can release new features.

                            11 days later

                            I hope I don't sound annoying with another thing 😅. Just for the record, it seems that search engines have a hard time finding the album/photo pages. I think it would help if they were added to the site's sitemap. I’ve tried some manual submissions in the search console, and they have indexed well.

                              9 days later
                              15 days later

                              @clarkwinkelmann One thing my community seems to want to do is to have a image in the gallery which they can link to in a post. I know at present you can have a new album for every post, but this isnt useful for a community where people want to show off their work in a thread. Any ideas?

                                Jbugy this is on my TODO list.

                                I haven't had a lot of time to work on this extension this year, but I am planning to get back to it soon.

                                In the next release pictures will be separated from albums and there will be many more features. It will be possible to have pictures without album, pictures in multiple albums and pictures in multiple posts, with or without discussion linked albums.

                                  Thank you, appreciate your busy elsewhere

                                  I paid $30 for this extension in development, I admit, but it's impossible to delete an album?

                                    Ibzh it should definitely be possible to delete them 😅 Are you having trouble with an admin account, or is this for a personal album on a regular user without privilege ?