Slideshow/Cooliris on keyword albums?

I'm using the Carbon theme, not a theme with a built-in slideshow. Is there anyway to make a slideshow work with keyword albums? I would ideally want CoolIris to work as well.

You could try my picLensRss.php or mediaBlock.

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This didn't work, but I had remove the previous edits to theme.tpl and album.tpl, was I supposed to leave those in?

Not sure what I'm doing wrong...

These are the two steps I performed:
Copied piclensrss.php to \gallery2
Added the code above to theme.tpl in \gallery2\themes\carbon\templates\local\theme.tpl (I tried \gallery2\themes\carbon\templates as well).

Am I missing something? I was able to get your mini slideshow working so I'm not totally new to this...

Edit: I'm using the URL rewrite module and it appears that you aren't. Does this make a difference? The URL to my keyword albums appears as mysite\gallery2\key\keyword, whereas yours appears as yoursite/media/index.php?g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&g2_keyword=batman

Unfortunately I can't give you a URL as my Gallery is hosted only internally, and I can't put it online.
I'm using version 2.3.

Ok, took a sec to work this out(plus dinner)
new code for theme.tpl

	{assign var="separator" value=''}
	{assign var="itemString" value=''}
	{foreach from=$theme.children item=child}
	{if $itemString != ''}
	{assign var="separator" value=|}
	{/if}
	{assign var="itemString" value=$itemString$separator`$child.id`}
	{/foreach}
	{if $theme.pageType == 'album' && $itemString}
	<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="PicLens RSS" href="/gallery2/picLensRss.php?mode=simple&amp;g2_itemIds={$itemString}" id="picLensGallery"/>
	{/if}

You'll have to add some lines to picLensRss.php
around line 805 add

	    case 'simple':
	        $itemIds = explode('|', GalleryUtilities::getRequestVariables('itemIds'));
	        list ($ret, $items) = GalleryCoreApi::loadEntitiesById( $itemIds, 'GalleryItem' );
	        if ($ret) {
	            print "Error loading childItems:" . $ret->getAsHtml();
	        }
	        foreach($items as $item){
	            if(!$item->canContainChildren){
	                $xml .= getDisplay($item);
	            }
	        }
	    break;

just below

	    case 'search':
	        $xml .= getSearchItems($g2_itemId, $mime);
	    break;

This will add all items sans albums to the feed(even unsupported items) that appear on the page only.
So a multipage album will not look ahead.

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Place this code directly above the </head> tag in your /gallery2/themes/carbon/templates/local/theme.tpl

	{if $theme.pageType == 'album'}
	{g->theme include="keywordRss.tpl"}
	{/if}

rename the attached keyword.tpl.txt to keyword.tpl and upload to /gallery2/themes/carbon/templates/local/keyword.tpl

clear your gallery's template cache.

should work for tag albums & search albums too.

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It works the same as my mediaRss.php.
mediaBlock as well ;)

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I just updated my picLens download with the above required code to make use of the keywordRss.tpl

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Fantastic! I had given up ;)

It should work for multipage keyword albums, and could easily be updated for tag albums, but the search will remain on a perpage basis, as I know nearly nothing about gallery's search functions.

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Well, I did not have enough keyword items to test multipage, so I added the tagName variable and it does work for multipage (at least with rewrite off)
http://www.flashyourweb.com/media/index.php?g2_view=tags.VirtualAlbum&g2_tagName=cars
The cooliris view shows all items from the tagName search. There is nowhere that I limit the return.

So here's the updated code for keywordRss.tpl:

	{php}
	if(isset($_REQUEST['g2_keyword'])){
	    $this->assign('keyword',$_REQUEST['g2_keyword']);
	}else{
	    $this->assign('keyword','');
	}
	if(isset($_REQUEST['g2_tagName'])){
	    $this->assign('tagName',$_REQUEST['g2_tagName']);
	}else{
	    $this->assign('tagName','');
	}
	{/php}
	
	{if $keyword}
	    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="PicLens RSS" href="/gallery2/picLensRss.php?mode=dynamic&amp;g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&amp;g2_keyword={$keyword}" id="picLensGallery"/>
	{elseif $tagName}
	    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="PicLens RSS" href="/gallery2/picLensRss.php?mode=dynamic&amp;g2_view=tags.VirtualAlbum&amp;g2_tagName={$tagName}" id="picLensGallery"/>
	{else}
	    {assign var="separator" value=''}
	    {assign var="itemString" value=''}
	    {foreach from=$theme.children item=child}
	    {if $itemString != ''}
	    {assign var="separator" value=|}
	    {/if}
	    {assign var="itemString" value=$itemString$separator`$child.id`}
	    {/foreach}
	    {if $itemString}
	    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="PicLens RSS" href="/gallery2/picLensRss.php?mode=simple&amp;g2_itemIds={$itemString}" id="picLensGallery"/>
	    {/if}
	{/if}

I'd be interested to know if rewrite changes the $_REQUEST variables.

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I'm trying to use picLensRss 2.0.9 to display dynamic albums, and I'm having a problem.

The albums from g2_view=dynamicalbum.* all work fine, but tag albums all give me the same error in my logs:

2008/11/19 06:12:37 [error] 23695#0: *122534 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP Fatal error:  Class 'TagsHelper' not found in /path/to/gallery/picLensRss.php on line 56
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /path/to/gallery/picLensRss.php:0
PHP   2. xml() /path/to/gallery/picLensRss.php:830
PHP   3. getTagChildIds() /path/to/gallery/picLensRss.php:796" while reading upstream, client: X.X.X.X, server: mikeage.net, request: "GET /content/gallery/picLensRss.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=tags.VirtualAlbum&g2_tagName=Whatever HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9000", host: "mikeage.net"

If it matters, I have a multi-site installation (both embedUri and g2Uri point to the specific G2 that I'm trying, not my code base.

Tag albums do work in general.

I haven't yet touched my templates; I'm entering this path manually.

this is the only version I know of 1.3.6
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Modules:tags

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Try adding the following line to picLensRss.php line 54:

GalleryCoreApi::requireOnce('modules/tags/classes/TagsHelper.class');

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nice; works great!

Suprsidr,

Does the code to retrieve all items in the keyword/tag album fully replace the code you originally posted which only retrieves the items on the current page? If so, am I correct in assuming that this code basically replaces the other in the theme.tpl file, just above the </head> tag?

Thanks!

Well, you didn't really need to create a module.

I just updated the minislideshow with my current mediaRss.php to include a new mode.
xmlUrl=mediaRss.php?mode=simple%26g2_itemIds=30561|24884|37651|30557|24118|24123|37646|30553|24133&showDropShadow=true&shuffle=true....
your itemIds would be a pipe separated list of ids.

I created an extra template and included it in my theme.tpl {g->theme include="alternateRss.tpl"}

alternateRss.tpl:

{if $theme.pageType == 'album' && $theme.item.entityType == 'GalleryDynamicAlbum'}
    {assign var="separator" value=''}
    {assign var="itemString" value=''}
    {foreach from=$theme.allChildIds item=id}
    {if $itemString != ''}
    {assign var="separator" value=|}
    {/if}
    {assign var="itemString" value=$itemString$separator`$id`}
    {/foreach}
    {if $itemString}
    <div>
        <a href="http://www.wildsuburbia.com/slideshows/ss.php?g2_itemIds={$itemString}&title={$item_title}" title="View Album as Slideshow"> View Album as Slideshow </a>
    </div>
    {/if}
{/if}

Does this help?

I do something similar in the sidebar on mysite http://www.flashyourweb.com/media/index.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.PopularAlbum&g2_albumId=32
check the html behind the slideshow in the sidebar.
again I just include minislideshow.tpl in my sidebar.tpl {g->theme include="minislideshow.tpl"}

minislideshow.tpl:

{if $theme.pageType == 'album' && $theme.item.entityType == 'GalleryDynamicAlbum'}
    {assign var="separator" value=''}
    {assign var="itemString" value=''}
    {foreach from=$theme.children item=child}
    {if $itemString != ''}
    {assign var="separator" value=|}
    {/if}
    {assign var="itemString" value=$itemString$separator`$child.id`}
    {/foreach}
{/if}
{if $theme.pageType == 'album'}
<div id="gsSidebar" class="gcBorder1">
    <div id="sidebarMini">
        Generated By <a href="http://www.flashyourweb.com/staticpages/index.php?page=embed-o-rator" target="_blank">The Acme MiniSlideShow EMBED-O-RATOR</a>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="{g->url href='modules/flashvideo/lib/swfobject.js'}">
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        // <![CDATA[
        var so = new SWFObject("{g->url href='minislideshow.swf'}", "minislideshow", "180", "180", "9.0.115.0", "ffffff");
{if !empty($theme.rssIds)}
        so.addParam("flashVars", "xmlUrl={g->url href='mediaRss.php'}?mode=simple%26g2_itemIds={$theme.rssIds}&showDropShadow=true&shuffle=true");
{elseif $itemString}
        so.addParam("flashVars", "xmlUrl={g->url href='mediaRss.php'}?mode=simple%26g2_itemIds={$itemString}&showDropShadow=true&shuffle=true");
{else}
        so.addParam("flashVars", "xmlUrl={g->url href='mediaRss.php'}?mode=dynamic%26g2_view=dynamicalbum.RandomAlbum%26g2_albumId={$theme.item.id}&showDropShadow=true");
{/if}
        so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
        so.addParam("allowFullscreen", "true");
        so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
        so.write("sidebarMini");
        // ]]>
    </script>
</div>
{/if}

I have more if you need it.

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Never been much for gallery's limited search functionality, always used tag or keyword searches.
For example, I created a multiple tag search utilizing the tag cloud (bottom of the album).

So, I don't have any experience with search albums. Bu they should also return $theme.allChildIds

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I'll package it up later when I get home, I had to adjust the query as well as the templates.

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I agree that the gallery search needs a huge update. How much would it take to provide an option for 'AND' type boolean searches in that slick tag setup you have?! The ability to, for example, return all of the red luxury cars would hugely extend it's utility. Folks have been clamoring for years for a boolean search in gallery , some of the hacks are almost there, but still buggy & inconsistent...

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Neil

Hi Wayne,

I've been experimenting w/ the new mediaRss, and the mode=simple is doing the famous "loading 1/0" dance for me. Other modes seem OK. Go to this test page w/ hardcoded xmlUrl & look at the sourcecode, the swfobject stuff is near the bottom of the page:

http://www.wildsuburbia.com/slideshows/url.php

This page works fine if I plug in an itemID or mode=dynamic xmlUrl. I had the same issue as others w/ MediaRss.php, where I needed to whack the language code from ~line800 from the MediaRss as per your advice, even in prior version.

Any idea what's happening here? I looked at the so values in firebug & they seem to look good.

RE: Tag & Keyword albums, if mode=dynamic works, is there an advantage to using the mode=simple instead? My hope was finding some way to get g2 search results into the mini, since the search results page doesn't seem to dump childId's that I can see, but I could be looking in the wrong place.

This is what the url looks like:

http://www.wildsuburbia.com/b2e/wpg2?g2_return=%2Fb2e%2Fwpg2%3Fg2_view%3Dtags.VirtualAlbum%26g2_tagName%3DUnion%2BBeach%26g2_page%3D1%26g2_wpg2_returnurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wildsuburbia.com%252Fb2e%26g2_wpg2_returnname%3DWildSuburbia%2521&g2_formUrl=%2Fb2e%2Fwpg2%3Fg2_view%3Dtags.VirtualAlbum%26g2_tagName%3DUnion%2BBeach%26g2_page%3D1%26g2_wpg2_returnurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wildsuburbia.com%252Fb2e%26g2_wpg2_returnname%3DWildSuburbia%2521&g2_authToken=fa07cb7b8827&g2_view=search.SearchScan&g2_form%5BformName%5D=search_SearchBlock&g2_form%5BsearchCriteria%5D=union&g2_form%5BuseDefaultSettings%5D=1

Thanks,

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Neil

Thanks. I shouldn't have missed that. I'm building the xmlUrl in another file & passing it as a parameter in the href that calls the slideshow page. The %26 is being
converted to an ? in the url string. I'll see if I can escape it somehow, otherwise, I'll just have to move the code over to the slideshow page.

I appreciate the sharp eyes.

Wayne,
Thanks again for the help & code snippets. I'm making good progress.

The one thing I wonder about before I get too much further, is there any practical limit to the mumber of items that can be passed as a
url argument when using mode=simple? That's actually a general apache/php/etc. question, since I don't think it has much to do w/ mediRss.php.
My test gallery is still very small, so I can't really test performance/robustness for, say, a thousand items in a tagAlbum.Reason I ask is
that if I use the mode=simple, it could cover tag, keyword, and dynamic albums, making my code simpler/cleaner. Are there
scenarios where mode=dynamic is a better choice than mode=simple? Did you intend for mode=simple to supersede the other modes?

Thanks,

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Neil

OK, hypothetically, if for whatever reason ( web-connected Digital Picture Frames or bigscreen HD TV's comes to mind...) someone wanted to
loop a large slideshow of every red car in your album, (for a party in a red room in their home, whatever...), and you had hundreds of red
cars in the gallery, is there a downside to creating that feed w/ mode=simple vs mode=dynamic?

Did you ever get a chance to look into the boolean functions?

I understand. I had high hopes, since that functionality is something a lot of people have been begging for in Gallery for a long time, and it's what's needed, IMO to bring Gallery2 up to par with some of the other script & web based packages.

I have reservations about Gallery3, I've now got a lot of my time invested in Gallery2, and it seems they've changed _everything_, including the theme interface. What I've read leads me to believe that G3 will be much less customizable/configurable, which was what led me to G2 in the first place. Hope I'm wrong. The lack
of flexible search capabilities is the last hurdle for me in getting this website exactly where I want it, and it seems no one else is working on that area, and the SQL is pretty far over my head, or I'd dive in...