The image show is an extension of the online editor Xinha. It is not a typical picture gallery, but an automated slide show of images located under the same directory (for future enhancements these images are taken over into a database). Various display options are described in more detail below.
Opening a page with write access an icon bar is shown comprising various task buttons depending on page configuration and layout. Activated task buttons are colored, deactivated task buttons are grayed out. A sample task button bar would be:
Task buttons define possible operations for a content page.
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New | Create a new entry |
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Editor | Edit an entry using the Xinha online editor |
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View | View an entry |
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Save | Save an entry |
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Delete | Delete an entry |
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Copy | Copy an entry |
Task buttons are activated or deactivated depending on user level and available functionality. The button to save an entry is in this case deactivated, because the save functionality is integrated into the editor.
The task button Editor starts the online editor Xinha, i.e., the page is loaded into the editor for further processing. Editor option are extended by:
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Image Show | Manage an Image Show |
The Image Manager (Online Editor Xinha) supports image upload. If using the manager to upload images, the pictures are checked for size and thumb nails are generated under the appropriate directory.
To create an image show position the cursor at the desired position and click the editor's Image Show option. Complete the basic image show settings shown below.
The following settings are required:
Image width | Width of image |
Image height | Height of image |
Show type | Possible types are: - Flash animated - Lightbox - LightboxKB - Kenburns - Standard |
Image directory | Image directory |
Saving these settings creates the appropriate database entries for the image show. Afterwards the complete text should be saved as well.
Once an image show has been created a number of additional settings become available that can be modified via the Image Show dialog
Options:
Show type | Possible types are: - Flash animated - Lightbox - LightboxKB - Kenburns - Standard |
Captions | Image caption The caption corresponds to the image's file name. Naming images appropriately can thus ensure a short description |
Controller | Image show controller can be activated as an option. Is only useful for very large image shows |
Thumbnails | Auto-scroll bar for thumbnails is activated on the side or below the shown image to navigate the show |
Random Show | Random playback |
Titles | Image title corresponds to current file name |
Delay | Fade in time in ms |
Duration | Display time in ms |
Left Space | Left space can be used to adjust the image show within the text |
Top Space | Top space can be used to adjust the image show within the text |
Image height | Height of image |
Image width | Width of image |
Image directory | Image directory |
The size of an image show can be adjusted by dragging the corners of an image. Modifications are taken over into the dialog and will have to be saved via the dialog.
If images are removed or added, the image show dialog has to be re-opened in the editor and saved to update the show.
An image show should only be deleted via the image show dialog to ensure the removal of image show data from the database. The images themselves remain in the directories and will have to be deleted separately.