teb

I'm looking for how to assign an image to a specific page, outside the mainbody content area. So I don't want to edit the image with a wysiwyg editor, because then it will be inside the mainbody. No, instead I want to change images in a position in the template, so to say a different image for each section and for each page.

I tried to use a user-defined module for it : The module I defined for it can only be assigned to a menu item, and is not good enough therefore (as not all pages are a menu item).

See an example: http://www.osa-amsterdam.nl/index.ph...d=15&Itemid=67
see the image on the right column: they can change per menu item right now.

So I thought of modulebot and mosloadposition, but as I understand they only place a certain module content in the mainbody, nice, but not what we need ....

Why are modules only assignable to menu items? I would say that on a per page basis would be much more flexibel and gives Mambo much more power. Somebody found a solution for this?

The ultimate solution I'm thinking of is to define some script in our template and forget about being able to manage the image assignment with Mambo. But I love Mambo, so I hope there's some other solution!

(BTW: I'm using mambo 4.5.2.1)

Any suggestions would be helpful...

thanx, Wouter

ApSpecialists

I don't recall anything that displays without there being a menu link, except for links embedded in a wrapped page...?

Anyway... You should still be able to handle the (very) rare occurance if/when no page is assignable, using your custom, user-defined module scenario.

Assuming that every image you're using is the exact same dimmensions, you can just use a "default" background image behind the custom module's position. If your module fails to show as intended - there's always an image present, and not a big blank space. I suppose you could still have a blank space too, if that's what works for a given page.

Alternatively... If you only have a few pages that need the custom image module, use the above example as the real default image, and use the custom ones only when needed. Not to mention that you can create as many of those modules as you need.

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teb

Thanx ApSpecialists for your reply. I have it set up exactly as you specified in your reply. So I have a module with a background image. In the template I coded a default image in that module position in case there's no module assigned for that page. But that was not the point I was having problems with...

Let me explain a little better: in one menu item (called Members), I've a list with all members, with links to each one. In the detail page for a Member, there's no menu item for that page, because I've only the general "Members" menu entry. So I cannot assign the user defined "image-module" to that specific page. Or to put it another way: in each Module I have a list of Menu items/Pages where I can assign the module to; now these are only Menu Items, and don't contain all possible pages of my site. And that's the problem ( as it says there, correctly: "Menu Item Link(s): " and not: all possible pages)

At least, that's how I see it in my various Mambo installations. There should be a way though to assign a module to a page that has not a specific menu item assigned in one of the menus, shouldn't it?

Forgive me if there's a real easy solution to this, so far I didn't find it. Thanks!

Regards, Wouter

mamboduck

I need it too...
If you have news, please send me!!

I want to place the image related to section's description OUT of mainbody, in a column placed on the right of the column for mainbody.

there's no way? and what about coding something like
< img src = "look for section / look for image" >
???

I tested 'Module image' too, but how to set it to show the image we need?! :/

tks in advance

bobede

Me three. I recently set up a site for artists. I've set up a template which has a module position of user2 in the header. Using the Random Image module in the user2 position, it loads a random image from a specified folder. I have a category for artists and each artist has a content item with their information. Right now the image folder conatins images of paintings from all the artists. What I would like to do, is have a folder for each artist and when their page is being displayed, only paintings by them would be displayed in the header. I don't want to junk up the menu by creating a menu item for each artist. There is currently a menu item for artists which displays a blog of the artist content items.

You can have a look at it here

Any ideas anyone?