(NE) Show post image in Activity Streams/Search Results

[Nathan Explosion]

Sponsored by @BlueEye 👍

Edited July 2, 2021 by Nathan Explosion

[Nathan Explosion]

v1.0.2 of this has been released and approved on the MP, fixing an issue with a template error appearing on some posts

Note: no screenshots in the listing currently, they were lost during the approval process.

Here's the 'before' and 'after':

 

Edited July 22, 2021 by Nathan Explosion

[opentype]

Is there a live demo?
What I would want to check or know:

• Is it using thumbnails or full images?
• How are the images displayed? E.g. will a tall portrait image be cropped or stretch the post? Can I target that implementation via CSS for customizations?

[Nathan Explosion]

I don't run a site that is image heavy, so no demo site.

1 minute ago, opentype said:

Is it using thumbnails or full images?

Full image, at present. There is no thumbnail item available within a posts "contentImages()" (I believe this might be something you've enquired about previously on here, possibly when working on your own implementation?)

I am looking into something that might allow me to find the thumbnail though 😉

3 minutes ago, opentype said:

How are the images displayed? E.g. will a tall portrait image be cropped or stretch the post?

  No cropping involved. Some screenshots - this is the default:

But there is a setting available in the ACP to control that column width....the above is 'narrow'

This is 'wide'

this is 'very wide'

 

This is 'fluid'

 

13 minutes ago, opentype said:

Can I target that implementation via CSS for customizations?

The image itself has a class applied ("nepluginstreams" - must change that name, actually) - I could add some add some elsewhere in the template though, if needed.

[Nathan Explosion]

If you purchase this application and are currently unable to install it, this is an issue on IPS' side caused by the deletion of the uploaded file during the approval process and is being dealt with via a ticket I raised with them.

I uploaded the file to the resource again recently, and I am still awaiting that to be approved (same version as the one that was approved, and ultimately 'lost')

Edited July 29, 2021 by Nathan Explosion

[sound]

On 7/29/2021 at 1:19 PM, Nathan Explosion said:

If you purchase this application and are currently unable to install it, this is an issue on IPS' side caused by the deletion of the uploaded file during the approval process and is being dealt with via a ticket I raised with them.

I uploaded the file to the resource again recently, and I am still awaiting that to be approved (same version as the one that was approved, and ultimately 'lost')

ok

let me know when it has been approved

thanks

[Nathan Explosion]

On 7/29/2021 at 1:19 PM, Nathan Explosion said:

If you purchase this application and are currently unable to install it, this is an issue on IPS' side caused by the deletion of the uploaded file during the approval process and is being dealt with via a ticket I raised with them.

I uploaded the file to the resource again recently, and I am still awaiting that to be approved (same version as the one that was approved, and ultimately 'lost')

The above issue is now resolved and v1.0.2 of the application is now available for installation from the Marketplace.

Now that this is issue is resolved v1.1.0 will be worked on next and will have the following in it:

1. A little tweak in it to assist with the following situation:
   • First post in a topic has an image
   • Activity Stream is configured to "Show content items only"
   • Entry for the topic, which shows the last reply, doesn't display an image as the last reply doesn't contain an image
   • The tweak I am putting in will allow you to choose to show the image from the first post, or an image from the latest post to contain an image.
   • Issue mentioned can be 'avoided' by using the "Show content items, review and comments" setting instead as that displays an entry for each post from a topic.
2. The linked image used in the stream/search results will be he stored thumbnail of the image, and not the image itself (required a little trickery to figure this one out, as the thumbnail is not available by default)
3. Addition of some extra CSS selectors.

An issue reported via PM will be looked into:

Quote

for Club forum posts, it creates a placeholder even though there is no attachment:

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by Nathan Explosion

[Nathan Explosion]

Update on the progress of v1.1.0 of this application:

• Items 1 & 2 above are proving problematic due to what appears to be a caching issue with some calls I am making to IPS functionality to retrieve topic image information (I'm making use of the 'Topic Summary' functionality to achieve these items)
  • What I am doing works if the correct topic image information is returned, but getting that correct information is the issue.
  • I'm going to keep plugging away on it to see what I can do.
• Item 3 above is added
• "for Club forum posts, it creates a placeholder even though there is no attachment" is fixed.

 

[Nathan Explosion]

v1.0.3 has been submitted for approval
 

• FIXES
  • Empty placeholder no longer displayed when a Club forum post contains no image attachments
• CHANGES
  • Template modified to add a CSS class to the container DIV for the image ('nePostImageInStreamContainer')
  • Template/css modified to change CSS class of IMG from 'nepluginstreams' to 'nePostImageInStreamImage'
  • Template modified to add loading='lazy' to IMG tag

v1.1.0 is still on the agenda but only once https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/463366-topic-imageattachments-fun-games/?tab=comments#comment-2866812 has been fixed, and will add the following:

• A little tweak in it to assist with the following situation:
  • First post in a topic has an image
  • Activity Stream is configured to "Show content items only"
  • Entry for the topic, which shows the last reply, doesn't display an image as the last reply doesn't contain an image
  • The tweak I am putting in will allow you to choose to show the image from the first post, or an image from the latest post to contain an image.
  • Issue mentioned can be 'avoided' by using the "Show content items, review and comments" setting instead as that displays an entry for each post from a topic.
• The linked image used in the stream/search results will be the stored thumbnail of the image, and not the image itself (required a little trickery to figure this one out, as the thumbnail is not available by default)

 

 

 

[sound]

On 9/25/2021 at 3:27 PM, Nathan Explosion said:

v1.0.3 has been submitted for approval
 

• FIXES
  • Empty placeholder no longer displayed when a Club forum post contains no image attachments
• CHANGES
  • Template modified to add a CSS class to the container DIV for the image ('nePostImageInStreamContainer')
  • Template/css modified to change CSS class of IMG from 'nepluginstreams' to 'nePostImageInStreamImage'
  • Template modified to add loading='lazy' to IMG tag

v1.1.0 is still on the agenda but only once https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/463366-topic-imageattachments-fun-games/?tab=comments#comment-2866812 has been fixed, and will add the following:

• A little tweak in it to assist with the following situation:
  • First post in a topic has an image
  • Activity Stream is configured to "Show content items only"
  • Entry for the topic, which shows the last reply, doesn't display an image as the last reply doesn't contain an image
  • The tweak I am putting in will allow you to choose to show the image from the first post, or an image from the latest post to contain an image.
  • Issue mentioned can be 'avoided' by using the "Show content items, review and comments" setting instead as that displays an entry for each post from a topic.
• The linked image used in the stream/search results will be the stored thumbnail of the image, and not the image itself (required a little trickery to figure this one out, as the thumbnail is not available by default)

 

 

 

as it looks like the cache issue  has now been fixed

am wondering if there is a possible release date planned for v1.1.0

thanks

 

[Nathan Explosion]

Not at this point in time - I still have to take a closer look into this now that the issue has been resolved by IPS, not set any time aside yet.

[Nathan Explosion]

It looks like the upcoming v4.6.13 release will render this resource redundant.

 

[Nathan Explosion]

Update: 4.6.13 became 4.7.0, and I can confirm that this resource will now be redundant upon release of that version: