Imagecache Migration

In case anyone noticed (and not sure they should have)...

I've just modified the way images are handled on the site. Please shout out if you see anything 'funny' happening with them (missing images, images with strange aspect ratios or sizes, etc).

For those that want to know what I'm talking about...

Drupal (the CMS on which the site is build) has a culture of moving forward and dropping dead wood from the project. This is good (because it means compatibility with the old ways are not maintained) but is also bad (because it means compatibility with the old ways are not maintained)

Anyhow - since launch we have been using the (now old style) image module for creation of images and display of galleries.

Some time ago to prepare for this I turned off the image gallery module and started using views for them instead. This paved the way for what just happened today.

That is, I just turned off the image module and converted all the 'image' content types to use the imagefield module, with various sizes being created with imagecache (as is currently the case for images that were included in blog posts, classifieds, forum topics, etc).

Not only is imagecache more efficient, but this will allow more consistent viewing of galleries. For example - if you blog about an event and include images attached to that blog post we will be able to show these in the event gallery along with all the individual images that are shown in there. This won't happen just yet, but it will come.

It is also nice not to rely on the older module too of course. D7 will be along soon and the less modules in use the better.

Enjoy