AW: custom zmi interface & hidden fields

Hello Diez,

I am thinking about the same features (image gallery with sophisticated
thumbnail/cropping capabilities) for the next release v3.0 of ZMSMediaPlayer
(http://cmess.com/zmsmediaplayer) - it is already (or just ;-) on the
roadmap... Maybe we can pool our efforts - please contact me directly, if
your are interested in...

Your questions:
1) underscore attributname (e.g. _foo) creates an hidden field
2) in ZMS-2.11 there is an interface-type (like select, int, resource etc.)
for content objects

Regards, Christian Meier

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	Von: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Diez B. Roggisch
	Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. April 2009 17:19
	An: [email protected]
	Betreff: [zms-developers] custom zmi interface & hidden fields

	Hi,
	
	I'm thinking of implementing a custom graphic conten object (or
already begun 
	implementing it), that allows to embed graphics into texts as usual,
but also 
	hooks them up to a lightbox-like display.
	
	As extra bonus, I want to offer a cropping/display-rectangle-option
that 
	allows it to specify a certain portion of the uploaded image for the

	thumbnail. Think of the way galleries are exposed in spiegel online
- the 
	article shows a few images, always squares, that are a partial view
of the 
	whole image you see when clicking to it.
	
	Now I have two questions:
	
	1) I created my own thumbnail-creation-external method (wasn't
satisfied with 
	the build-in), and store the thumbnail as property of the object.
	
	But I didn't find a way to hide the thumbnail - I can only create a
publically 
	visible object property.
	
	Is there a way to circumvene that and create "private" properties?
	
	2) For the region selection, I need of course a rather sophisticated
JS-based 
	thing. Is there a way to create custom ZMI interface components for 
	content-objects? I'm happy to hack ZMS itself, only wonder if &
where to 
	start.
	
	Diez