[Clipart] Thumbnails for browsing
Axiom X11
axiomx11 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 06:00:25 PDT 2007
Ah, sorry if it sounds like I am over promising my alleged skills. I need
to mess with the installation I have here before I start doing anything on
your test server methinks. Looks like it is designed with audio in mind.
Don't let the fact that I am looking at it stop you from developing a
thumbnail view. I am still at the stage of looking to see exactly what
needs done. (Also bogged down with some actual work at the moment.)
-Brian
On 9/25/07, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 09:05 -0400, Axiom X11 wrote:
> > Never mind on the getid3 library for cchost, I got it to work (path
> > issue). Now for some hacking.
> >
> > -Brian
>
> Brian, did I get you access to our server? If not, please send me your
> ssh2 key, desired username, and I'll get you access.
>
> I have setup http://test.openclipart.org this weekend and have some
> scripts for syncing up the live and test sites...I actually really like
> working this way, even better than running my own installation at
> home...so, if you are interested in hacking directly on a copy of the
> site, this is a great way to go!
>
> Cheers
>
> Jon
>
> > On 9/25/07, Axiom X11 <axiomx11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Merging with Commons is not such a terrible idea, except that
> > they also are not that good at search.
> >
> > Commons is more about archiving stuff like a museum
> >
> > I would really like to see us build a community of artists,
> > where people enjoy contributing, where there are comments and
> > tagging to help with search.
> >
> > I'll try messing around with cchost on my local server, but so
> > far that does not look promising (keeps complaining about
> > getid3 library, which is there...) I suppose I will go join
> > their mailing list.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/22/07, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 01:08 +0200, Tobias Jakobs
> > wrote:
> > > Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 10:20 -0400 schrieb
> > Axiom X11:
> > > > I have been watching this project for a couple of
> > years now, and still
> > > > there in no way to visually browse the collection
> > online.
> > > >
> > > > Who is working on this?
> > >
> > > Nobody is working on thumbnail view.
> >
> > I can help you and anyone else to get started on this
> > code-wise in
> > ccHost http://creativecommons.org/projects/cchost
> >
> > > > What is needed?
> > >
> > > At least someone who know PHP and is interested in
> > helping.
> >
> > Yep, I'm working to setup the test site right now at:
> > http://test.openclipart.org
> >
> > I'm trying to lower the barrier for helping out on the
> > site...and so we
> > can mess with things on this test site before moving
> > to the live
> > site...I think its too much burden on developers to
> > setup their own test
> > site now, but that is possible too...
> >
> > > > Is there something I can do to help?
> > >
> > > Sure, if you know PHP your help is very much needed.
> > What are you
> > > interested in?
> > >
> > > > Just generating PNG thumbnails from SVGs shouldn't
> > be that difficult,
> > > > although it will probably take some work to get
> > galleries looking the
> > > > way we want them to in ccHost.
> > >
> > > Any kind of a gallery is better then none. If you
> > can help please do.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tobias
> >
> > Yes, this is one approach, although I think generating
> > thumbnails on
> > upload or using ones provided is preferred, and then
> > also, having a way
> > to comb through the whole site and making new
> > thumbnails should be an
> > option too...although, I'm sure the easiest solution
> > will be done
> > first :)
> >
> > Lets do it!
> >
> > Jon
> >
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> >
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> Jon Phillips
>
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