[wp-hackers] Inclusion of TimThumb -- anyone game?

[Glenn Ansley]

Just for the record: I don't use hardcoded sql :)
I usually use the get_children function:
$images = get_children(
'post_type=attachment&post_mime_type=image&post_parent=' . (int)
$this->post_id.'&orderby=menu_order&order=ASC' )

The above code comes from my wp-ecards [1] plugin where I'm not doing
exactly what we're talking about here, but close. To use it like I
mentioned above, you would just have to add the post_title and limit
arguments.

[1] http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ecards/

Glenn Ansley
Custom WordPress Plugins
http://fullthrottledevelopment.com

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Paul <paul at codehooligans.com> wrote:
> I have a better solution. I wrote a Media Tags plugin back Dec 2008 so I can
> stop asking the client to name the image with a certain pattern. Now when
> the image is uploaded they can simply 'tag' the image as needed. Most of the
> time the tags don't change. But the client wants to upload a new version of
> a sidebar image or whatever.
>
> Hosted on wordpress.org http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/media-tags/
> See details on the plugin here:
> http://www.codehooligans.com/2008/12/14/media-tags-plugin/
>
> This plugin also help prevent the spread of hard-coded SQL commands in your
> template code that may break if/when WP core schema changes. All you need to
> do in your loop is call the function like this:
>
> $media_items =
> $mediatags->get_media_by_tag('media_tags=sidebar&post_parent='. $post->ID);
>
> Replace 'sidebar' with the tag marked for the image. The $media_items
> returned will be an array. Then you can call the wp_get_attachment_image()
> function as suggested.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Glenn Ansley wrote:
>
>> I've done this for clients in the past like this:
>>
>> 1) Tell them upload an image to their post (but don't actually "send
>> to editor". Just upload so its associated with the post).
>> 2) Tell them to title it something specific like post_image, icon, or
>> whatever you want.
>>
>> Then, in your php loop
>> * Use this psuedo code:  select id from wp_posts where type is image
>> and parent is [current post] and post_title is [post_splash] limit 1
>> * Run it through <?php wp_get_attachment_image( $image_id ,
>> array(75,75), false); ?> and you're golden. (second argument - the
>> array - is your image dimentions)
>>
>> BTW, there are a lot of cool functions / filters when you start
>> digging through wp_get_attachment_image and the functions it depends
>> on. They're all in wp-includes/media.php.... including image_resize();
>>
>> Glenn Ansley
>> Custom WordPress Plugins
>> http://fullthrottledevelopment.com
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Casey Bisson <casey.bisson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> What's needed for that is for WP to have a function like the_icon() or
>>> the_image() that works like the_content() and and the_title(). The
>>> question,
>>> however, is how to set that image when creating posts.
>>>
>>> I implemented something like that in my bSuite plugin; it adds a metabox
>>> to
>>> the post/page editor that allows post authors to define the "icon"
>>> representing the post. Still, I'd love for WordPress to have a similar
>>> feature built-in.
>>>
>>> bSuite:
>>> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bsuite/
>>>
>>> --Casey
>>>
>>> http://maisonbisson.com/
>>> http://about.scriblio.net/
>>>
>>> On Mar 5, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Nathan Rice wrote:
>>>
>>>> Doug,
>>>> WordPress already includes an image resizing feature when you upload new
>>>> images (creates a medium and thumbnail size image).  However, I've been
>>>> a
>>>> little curious as to how plugin/theme developers can use those features
>>>> themselves.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to formally ask for the hackers' help on this one.  If there is
>>>> a
>>>> way for a theme/plugin to take advantage of the image upload and resize
>>>> functions, I'd certainly appreciate a point in the right direction.
>>>>
>>>> As far as timthumb, I don't think it would be necessary in core if the
>>>> same
>>>> thing could be accomplished using pre-existing WordPress functions.
>>>>
>>>> Nathan
>>>>
>>>> My Website
>>>> http://www.nathanrice.net/
>>>>
>>>> My Twitter
>>>> http://twitter.com/nathanrice
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:36 PM, <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've noticed a lot of "premium" themes (most recent being the
>>>>> Ma.tt-linked
>>>>> Smashing Magazeen) are starting to include TimThumb along with their
>>>>> themes.
>>>>> Easy thumbnail generation, allows for a lot of flexibility on theme
>>>>> authors'
>>>>> parts, etc. MIT-licensed.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Must have GD installed, of course, for it to work.)
>>>>>
>>>>> So, that being said, the question arises: does anyone else see a use
>>>>> case
>>>>> for including it in WordPress? Recall we had similar discussions in re:
>>>>> inclusion of the various JS libraries and "include 'em all and let the
>>>>> plugin/theme devs sort it out!" was the eventual decision. Oh, and the
>>>>> wonderful wp_enqueue_script() functionality followed...
>>>>>
>>>>> Grist for the mill, but I come down on the "tentative 'yes'" side of
>>>>> things.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Doug
>>>>> http://literalbarrage.org/blog/
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