Thumbnail quality, multiple directory sections and thumbnail attribute
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Hi, I have a few questions and hopefully you can assist...
1. Thumbnail quality seems to be very low. This is particularly noticeable when using your masonry template on a full-width page. The image itself is reasonably high quality, which can be seen when loading the image via the Directory Detail - so I know the source file is decent quality. Can you advise why your thumbnail generation is rendering such low quality images?
2. How can I use multiple directory sections? I have a need to maintain two directories; when creating a new Directory Item, I was hoping that I would be given an option to select which Directory Section I'd like the page posting to. However, I see know option to publish a Directory Item under a specific page which has the attribute "Directory Section" enabled. I must be missing something, otherwise there's no point to the "Directory Section" attribute.
3. Is it possible to change the "Logo" variable to use the $thumbnail attribute? End goal is that I would like to be able to process the "Directory Detail" pages with other page list templates not included in your package, but use the "Logo" as the thumbnail, if that makes sense? I'm happy to tweak code - I'm just not quite sure where to look. Any advice on this would be welcome.
Thanks in advance!
1. Thumbnail quality seems to be very low. This is particularly noticeable when using your masonry template on a full-width page. The image itself is reasonably high quality, which can be seen when loading the image via the Directory Detail - so I know the source file is decent quality. Can you advise why your thumbnail generation is rendering such low quality images?
2. How can I use multiple directory sections? I have a need to maintain two directories; when creating a new Directory Item, I was hoping that I would be given an option to select which Directory Section I'd like the page posting to. However, I see know option to publish a Directory Item under a specific page which has the attribute "Directory Section" enabled. I must be missing something, otherwise there's no point to the "Directory Section" attribute.
3. Is it possible to change the "Logo" variable to use the $thumbnail attribute? End goal is that I would like to be able to process the "Directory Detail" pages with other page list templates not included in your package, but use the "Logo" as the thumbnail, if that makes sense? I'm happy to tweak code - I'm just not quite sure where to look. Any advice on this would be welcome.
Thanks in advance!
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| Status: | Resolved |
Thanks for your module purchase, and for your questions.
1. We are using the core Concrete 5 thumbnail creation function, using image helper.
2. That's not in the current functionality. However, if you need to maintain two directories on different pages, you can still place the listing block in different areas and use the filter controls to only display items of a certain department/type.
3. You can adjust the code if you want, but keep in mind, that doing so will void the warranty of the module and prevent you from a direct upgrade.