Images Field (associate URL with each image)

[renobird]

I have an images field, and each image needs to have an external URL associated with it.

Currently I'm having the client add the URL in the description field, but that feels a bit clumsy.

How do you all address this? Is there some other simple method that I'm just too dense to see today?

[apeisa]

Image/file fields aren't extendable by default, but you can create new extended image field. And repeater is of course one possibility... but if you don't need description field for anything else, then I think it is just fine to use it for the url.

[Adam Kiss]

Agree with Antti

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Also testing ipb iphone app

[renobird]

Hi Antti,

Thanks. They have dozens of "sponsor logos", and they change enough that the idea is to manage them locally and then upload a zip file.

I'm not sure a repeater would work in that case. I don't need the description field for this — so it works — but I don't like the idea of having to use a mislabeled field.

It just doesn't feel very Processwire like.

[diogo]

You can make a custom module for this. Just copy the image inputField and change the label. Or even better, leave the description for the alt, and add the url field to it.

[ryan]

You can make a custom module for this. Just copy the image inputField and change the label. Or even better, leave the description for the alt, and add the url field to it.

You could also change the label with Language Support.

[renobird]

Thanks everyone,

Turns out I need the description field for something else, so maybe the module route is the way to go.

[DaveP]

Could you not use pages? FWIW I'm starting to do this kind of thing more often - create a template with the fields you need but don't make a template file. Then you can use PW's selectors (with eg template=logo). We don't use 'leverage' for 'use' in the UK but you know what I mean.

[apeisa]

Uploading 20 images in single field: 2secs

Creating 20 pages and adding one image per page: 5minutes

[renobird]

DaveP,

Your idea would work for sure, but there could be 40+ sponsor images — need speed on this one.

[DaveP]

Uploading 20 images in single field: 2secs

...and adding description and URL : + 4min 58 sec

[renobird]

haha. Maybe true, but that 4min 58 secs would get tacked on to the pages approach too — so it's up to 10:58.

[DaveP]

Since the images don't have to be in an image field, what about a logo repository (/site/templates/logos/) and three fields (image_url, description & url) on pages created by csv import module?

[renobird]

That could also work, but then I would loose visual drag/drop to sort.

Sure, they could still reorder the pages, but that is a lot more tedious than just moving images around in an image field.

P.S. I like where your head is at though, Dave.

And, look at all the way things can be done with PW — so killer.