ISSUE SUMMARY:
Hi.
The Facebook like photo viewer which came with version 4.x is a really nice way to display photos.
But. There's a huge problem with that feature. Please go trough this topic with attention. I would be very thankful.
A. Photo Viewer in the module 'Photos' of the Members Profile Page
STEPS TO REPLICATE:
1: You visit a profile.
2: You click on a photo (photos module) in the users profile.
3: Now, you navigate trough the photos. After a couple photos you get to the end. So you need to close the popup (photo viewer) and click on a picture from a different album and start navigating again.
4: There's really no sense. If this really should work this way, then the module shouldnt display photos, it should display albums. So you click on a album and navigate trough the photos of this particular album. When finished close the popup (viewer) and click on the next album.
RESULT: This is the most uncomfortable way ever to display photos. Since users who dont now how the JS Photo Viewer works will leave the profile because they think there are no more photos to display.
EXPECTED RESULT: If the photos are displayed in a module (Photos Module), then it should display the photos in the same ordering like thumbnails are displayed in the module. This is totally misleading for users.
B. Now this is the most confusing thing, please read careful. So forget the users profile page. Go to any page in the community as example we are on the homepage.
STEPS TO REPLICATE:
1: Publish a module (Photos Module) in the community home page.
2: Now when you visit the homepage you see there are lots of photos in this module.
3: You click on 1 photo and navigate 'thinking' that you navigate trough the photos which are displayed in this module. But you actually navigating trough the photos of the the 1 particular user.
4: So, this workflow would only make sense if the module would display only 1 photo per user. Since there are tons of photos in the module from the same user. This is really annoying.
5: As i said in the 1. topic (A). Now for home page photos module. The module on shouldnt display several photos from the same user. Instead it should display 1 photo per user or 1 album per user. When finished close the viewer and click on next user, album or whatever.
I appreciate if you could go trough this internal with the whole Jomsocial team. There must be something wrong.
My 4.x version community is not live yet. But al my 12 testing users have give me the same feedback. There was totally confused. So i cant imagine what my 300+ users (everyday growing) will think about this.
Hi, Tahir.
Thank you for your feedback. I passed it to the rest our crew.
We'll talk about and share our opinions.
I'll update you as soon as we'll come to any constructive conclusions.
hi, Tahir.
We talked about your feedback on last meeting. Developers can't agree with you. Those modules displays LATEST PHOTOS but each photo is a part of certain album so viewing one photo allows you to browse trough all other photos in this album. That's why you have option in modal window "View album". And in both modules it works the same way.
Users just have to learn how it works. Does everyone know right the way how Facebook works? Or how Joomla! works? No, every time they have to learn. And it's the same in this case.
Developers designed it in this way and yours is the only feedback regarding viewing photos in module.
If you want us to change the way it works, please, post a feature request here:
uservoice.jomsocial.com/forums/101561-feature-request
and get votes under it. I'm sorry but that the only thing (except you customize this feature yourself or by hired developer) I could suggest...
Hi Michal.
We talked about your feedback on last meeting. Developers can't agree with you. Those modules displays LATEST PHOTOS but each photo is a part of certain album so viewing one photo allows you to browse trough all other photos in this album. That's why you have option in modal window "View album". And in both modules it works the same way.
Hi, Tahir.
So i already have spent xx.xxx $ amounts of cash into customizing jomsocial for my needs.
but what about other users needs? You want us to make application only for you. But we need to see a greater picture. We create application with general features and certain work flows.
Hi, Tahir.
It's good to know that you want JomSocial to flourish and expand your community. But you see, we can't change or introduce features only because one user reported it. As I said - power in numbers - more feedbacks like your and developers will probably change their mind.
I mentioned a greater picture as a idea of "one size fits all". if you need more or individual approach... then you'll need to customize your instance.
As those are modules and template layouts, they could be easily customized. When I create a Joomla! website I use Joomla! default modules to create new modules or I enhance their layout or the way their work. but I understand that not everyone has time or skills to do that... that's why post on Uservoice, announce it in Community, start a discussion or just post on stream. Ask other users what they think about it. I'm sure that Sinisa will jump in ;)
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