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Dear Forum-members, dear Chronoengine-Team,

i want to use Chronoengine as an image-submission-form. Therefore i need some features and i am not sure Chronoengine can handle all of this:

Uploading:
1) Image Flash-Uploader: This is yet not implemented. Is there a chance this feature will make it to the next release?
2) Max filesize restriction per image/ Max number of images.


Image handling:
3) Image captions entered by the submitting user.
4) Image sorting/ ordering by the submitting user. Most image series only make sense when viewed in a meaningfull order.
5) Delete single uploaded images/ Upload further images by the submitting user.
6) Image resizing/ cropping to a fixed size


Editing submitted forms:
7) Editing a submitted form: The user should be able to edit his "posts" after submitting. He should be able to change image captions/ delete single uploaded images/ upload further images. Deleted images should be deleted from server (et cetera).


It´s pretty much about the features you find in components like moset tree or gallery components.

Any Answer is more than welcome! If anyone can answer just one of the question - that would be great!

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I think this will be a bit complicated to do in Chronoforms and will need a lot of coding, you better develop or use some extension made for this task.

Regards,
Max

Thanks you very much for your answer!

Do you know any extension that is "made for this task" - maybe using only the submission-form of a gallery component?
How would you personally handle with this?

Thanks in advance!

Hi chronotests,

As Max said this isn't a simple project but it could be done.

1) Image Flash-Uploader:

Fredrik has posted about this several times.

2) Max filesize restriction per image

This already exists

Max number of images.

You could get round this and some other issues by requiring single image uploads, if the form reloads itself after the upload this isn't too inconvenient.

3) Image captions entered by the submitting user.

Use a text input field

4) Image sorting/ ordering by the submitting user.

Use a text input plus validation and maybe an 'autoincrement' setting on load.

5) Delete single uploaded images/ Upload further images by the submitting user.

Use a ChronoConnectivity listing showing thumbnails + caption, etc. to let the user review/ edit/delete the sequence.

6) Image resizing/ cropping to a fixed size

The existing plug-in handles this for a single file upload.

7) Editing a submitted form: The user should be able to edit his "posts" after submitting. He should be able to change image captions/ delete single uploaded images/ upload further images. Deleted images should be deleted from server (et cetera).

See above.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Great! Thank you very much for your elaborate answer!

I didn´t know ChronoConnectivity till now, but this could solve some problems.
I will keep myself busy with your suggestions as it seems to be possible to solve most of the tasks/ features i need.
Very good and fast Support.

Thanks again!