Building Galleries Using the Dynamic Display Block Module
There are numerous ways to build galleries in Drupal. One of the more advanced options is to utilize the Dynamic Display Block module. Learn how to use this useful module for building flexible image and node galleries.
Description
There are numerous ways to build galleries in Drupal. One of the more advanced options is to utilize the Dynamic Display Block module. DDBlock leverages the familiar CCK and Views modules to show images (or other node data), and provides numerous configuration options for how the galleries can behave such as transition effects, auto-slideshow capabilities, pager settings, etc. There are several free gallery themes available to choose from, and these can be tweaked as necessary to fit whatever look-and-feel you need.
Goals
- Learn about DDBlock functionality
- View different gallery examples
- Learn how to get started creating a basic gallery using the DDBlock module
Requirements
It will be easier to follow along if you have basic knowledge of:
- CCK
- Views
- Imagecache
- Copying a theme
- Making minor PHP changes based on template code
Resources
- my how to notes doc and presentation ppt - http://www.kristen.org/content/drupal-galleries-using-dynamic-display-bl...
- http://drupal.org/project/ddblock
- http://ddblock.myalbums.biz
- http://ddblock.myalbums.biz/node/747
- Demo Code is Available Email me if you want the demo code and demo database from the presentation and I will email it to you. It's about 20MB.