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jncraig
#1 Posted : Friday, 20 August 2010 7:56:48 AM(UTC)
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Can I add metadata, customize which metadata is displayed, or add additional fields such as photographer, a longer caption, etc.?
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Roger Martin
#2 Posted : Friday, 20 August 2010 11:56:20 PM(UTC)
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This is currently not supported, although it is a top feature request and will be one of my priorities once 2.4 is out the door.
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RussH
#3 Posted : Tuesday, 20 December 2011 11:22:49 AM(UTC)
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Did this feature get added? We are now past version 2.4 so I'm hoping that it is... but I can't find any info about it.

Basically, I want folks who upload an image to fill in a form that has some specific information about the image. In my situation, the images all pertain to rock climbing. So I want the photographer to tell me the route's name, the location where the picture was taken, etc.

So I'm trying to find a way to associate customized data with each photo and then show and search those data.

Can that be accomplished?

PS I was a Program Manager on the ASP.NET team for a while and build websites for Microsoft using ASP.NET so I feel comfortable writing and modifying code. I'd be happy to do so, if necessary, to get this feature... but a little guidance about how to do so (what classes to modify, etc.) would be very helpful if I have to go in that direction.

THANKS!
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Roger Martin
#4 Posted : Tuesday, 20 December 2011 12:22:00 PM(UTC)
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Unfortunately, editable metadata still doesn't exist, but is scheduled for 3.0. A roadmap is here. (Note that a revamped upload was pulled ahead and released in 2.6.)

Version 3.0 will include a client template feature where much of the UI is built from HTML templates. These templates will support jQuery template syntax (or, more probably, the recently announced *replacement* for jQuery templates). I have an internal build with this working but I have ignored displaying the metadata for now.

Handling the editable metadata involves building a new UI mechanism, as the old system uses ComponentArt Dialog and Grid controls. All I really know at this point is that is will be javascript based (jQuery, templates, web service callbacks) instead of ASP.NET server controls. But I haven't worked out the user workflow or UI design, so if you want to get involved I welcome your help. I imagine the underlying business and data layers will remain mostly unchanged (they already support CRUD operations against the media object metadata table).
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