Image galery module dev

[maitreya]

Hi there !

This is my first post on this forum so I M VERY PLEASED TO MEET THIS COMMUNITY ;)


I have a question about a module i had to work on, it's a gallery module which will contains about 5000 - 15000 photos for the first time.
What is the best way to put the images on the server ?
I'm currently working with ear which is not the best way and i do not
want to upload all the images by using the FileEJB ! is there a way
to put a direct reference to a directory like in standard Web Server ?

It's my first involvment in the J2EE so any help will be appreciate :) !

THX

[cnovara]

I work with a lot of images too and I have some ideas about file upload in nukes.

First to preserve the CMS philosophy, images must be loaded into db, and managed/versionned by the HTML module ;

BUT uploading each image file by hand is not possible ;

So what about managing image file hierarchy on a standard filesystem, and then update nukes HTML file structure by uploading the whole directory, passing the directory root as a parameter to the new module.

The module could test a file modification (checksum ?), creating a new version, "unprod" deleted files, creating new ones etc ... to keep nukes repository consistant with the file structure.

Basically this module could be an extension of the existing HTML module but taking a directory as the upload parameter, thus keeping the advantages of the two worlds : DB et file system.

Any comments ?

[julien1]

someone worked on importing a zip file in the database that contains a heirarchy of files

isnt it what you want ?

[maitreya]

In fact, i have created an external DB in the nukes data directory called IcarusDB , it will be used to store the references to the images.

Something like /imgs/architecture/metz/stjacques.jpg in the field Location of the Table that can have several more fields like description, etc

and i would like to display the image by using the url http://myhost/imgs/architecture/metz/stjacques.jpg

not http://myhost/imgs/architecture/metz/stjacques
that could have been configured in the html module

I have started to read the source to find how to directly display image but i have no idea for now !

[theute]

You can put the

http://myhost/imgs/architecture/metz/stjacques.jpg

in the HTML module, there is nothing wrong with that.

[maitreya]

Maybe my question is not clear but i think it's a tedious way to
use the html module to upload the image. i will work on the Zip solution
or the direct ressources access. THX for your help :)

[cnovara]

I use another way to achieve this.
To serve big amount of downloads (static content), it's better to use Apache instead of Tomcat.
This way I manage a complete directory out of Nukes, with classic Apache Locations/Directories, that I synchronize with Nukes DB wich contains links (this could be automatic).
Anyway, Apache is always in front of Tomcat, because it's more versatile.

See enfanceetcroissance.com

[maitreya]

Thx for your help !

finally i've used the Zip way ( cooper ;) ) to upload the content beause i'm not using apache !

Bravo les petits francais LOL !

[lepe]

"cnovara" wrote:
I use another way to achieve this.
To serve big amount of downloads (static content), it's better to use Apache instead of Tomcat.
This way I manage a complete directory out of Nukes, with classic Apache Locations/Directories, that I synchronize with Nukes DB wich contains links (this could be automatic).
Anyway, Apache is always in front of Tomcat, because it's more versatile.

See enfanceetcroissance.com

Could you please explain some more regarding how you done this!? What is the setup on Apache side and on JBoss/Tomcat/Nukes side?

So, the result of this is that when you in Nukes selects a link to some static stuff this is served by Apache and not Tomcat?

Thanks,
/L

[javajenks]

Is anyone porting the php gallery module, that runs under phpNuke ?

[theute]

Some people were talking about it but AFAIK there is nothing done so far.

[thorntond]

What you are doing for the image gallery module sounds similar to what I was looking into for the download module - uploading a file and unzipping to a directory and maintaining a link to the files. The uploading of files/zip to a directory could be a jar or something in common which could be added to the downloads module as well as the image gallery module.

Danny

[vinkh]

In fact i wanted to upload a Zip file and use some of the my links to point to the files in the zip. eg, if the zip has "a/b/1.html" i wanted to use this in my pages.

JULIEN said:

someone worked on importing a zip file in the database that contains a heirarchy of files

isnt it what you want ?

and also the last comment from Danny. I tried to use the Html module, which allowed me to access the Zip file but not the contents directly as i mentioned above.

JULIEN, MAITREYA : Could you give some details on how you did this ?

[cnovara]

Hi lepe.

Managing static content can be achieved in two ways :

The Apacha way, if you use it in front of tomcat. That's pure http.conf hack, so this forum is not the right place to discuss it, contact me.

The tomcat way. You can create an additional static context in Tomcat, not linked with nukes (see my previous reply http://jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=57461)

The former is far more powerfull, the later far more simple.

see http://enfanceetcroissance.com
see http://gitesprovence.fr.to

[ilangocal]

hi Everbody
I have been trying out the Image gallery portlet on JBoss 2.2. It does not work well at all. I am not sure if I am doing things right.

I see that you gentlemen have all been working on the Image Portlet. Could you tell me what to do?

many thanks