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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/album/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/album/discussion.mdwn index 7a3c19cf6..5fb91c5a4 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/album/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/album/discussion.mdwn @@ -51,3 +51,36 @@ i'm new to ikiwiki, apologies if this is dealt with elsewhere. -brush > This plugin is pretty ambitious, and is unfinished, so I'd recommend > playing with a normal IkiWiki installation for a bit, then trying > out this plugin when you've mastered the basics of IkiWiki. --[[smcv]] + +---- + +You had wanted my feedback on the design of this. I have not looked at the +code or tried it yet, but here goes. --[[Joey]] + +* Needing to create the albumimage "viewer" pages for each photo + seems like it will become a pain. Everyone will need to come up + with their own automation for it, and then there's the question + of how to automate it when uploading attachments. +* With each viewer page having next/prev links, I can see how you + were having the scalability issues with ikiwiki's data structures + earlier! +* And doesn't each viewer page really depend on every other page in the + same albumsection? If a new page is added, the next/prev links + may need to be updated, for example. If so, there will be much + unnecessary rebuilding. +* One thing I do like about having individual pages per image is + that they can each have their own comments, etc. +* Seems possibly backwards that the albumimage controls what album + an image appears in. Two use cases -- 1: I may want to make a locked + album, but then anyone who can write to any other page on the wiki can + add an image to it. 2: I may want an image to appear in more than one + album. Think tags. So it seems it would be better to have the album + directive control what pages it includes (a la inline). +* Putting a few of the above thoughts together, my ideal album system + seems to be one where I can just drop the images into a directory and + have them appear in the album index, as well as each generate their own wiki + page. Plus some way I can, later, edit metadata for captions, + etc. (Real pity we can't just put arbitrary metadata into the images + themselves.) This is almost pointing toward making the images first-class + wiki page sources. Hey, it worked for po! :) But the metadata and editing + problems probably don't really allow that. |