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Help learning MIGX from tutorial

irro334 — Jun 19, 2015, 06:03 PM

I'm trying to follow the very first MIGX tutorial and I don't understand one part:

http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/migx/migx.backend-usage

We're done with the first nested JSON string. We can now see that there is a second tab -- this one has a label of "Image" and specified an inputTVtype of "image". To specify a Media Source for the image, add another key "sourceFrom":"migx" and assign the MIGx TV to a media source using the TV's Media Sources tab.

I have this:

[
{"caption":"Info", "fields": [
    {"field":"title","caption":"Title","description":"Title for the image."}, 
    {"field":"description","caption":"Description","inputTV":"richtext"}
]}, 
{"caption":"Image", "fields":[
    {"field":"image","caption":"Image","inputTV":"image","sourceFrom":"migx" }
]}
]

But when I go to the TV's Media Sources tab the only option is web, which I uploaded as an attachment.

When I go onto the data entry step I can add data in, but not images:
http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/migx/migx.data-entry
And when I try to to the frontend step nothing loads.
http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/migx/migx.frontend-usage

Any help is greatly appreciated as I've searched the forms and can't seem to find this problem.

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial (Best Answer)

irro334 — Jun 20, 2015, 02:20 PM

And I have it! Yay..

I was confused by the article where it said

add another key "sourceFrom":"migx"

I actually added it to the Json.

I deleted it and went back and fixed my templates and everything worked.

Thanks for your help guys!

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

irro334 — Jun 20, 2015, 01:54 PM

Finally!

I have the TV working, I can upload and insert Images! Thanks for your help!

I still can't get them to display when I try to view the page tho.

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

irro334 — Jun 20, 2015, 01:50 PM

How do I add an image in the MIGX TV? I can add in the title and description, but I have no way to add any images.

*attachment modxmigx3.jpg*
*attachment modxmigx4.jpg*

When I try to use the front end code from
http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/migx/migx.frontend-usage


  [[!getImageList? 
    &tvname=`myMIGXtv`
    &tpl=`@CODE:[[+idx]][[+title]]
  `]]

Nothing actually shows when I try to view the page. I checked view source with chrome and there is no code at all.

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

sottwell — Jun 20, 2015, 01:27 PM

Media sources are not specific to MIGX, they are system-wide elements. You can use them for file and image TVs, and you can use them to limit what files users can see. You can also use them to access files on remote servers, like the provided driver for Amazon S3.

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

Bruno17 — Jun 20, 2015, 01:18 PM

You don't need to use mediasources.
Then you can skip that step.

But if you want to use a specific path to your images, than you would create a new mediasource, which points to that path.

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

irro334 — Jun 20, 2015, 12:47 PM

So I randomly stumbled across a tutorial explaining how to add new media sources. I didn't know that I was supposed to create the MIGX media source first, because that is not in the tutorial.

Or was it supposed to be created automatically when I installed Migx and there was an error?

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

irro334 — Jun 20, 2015, 12:13 PM

When I double click "Filesystem" the pop-up comes up, but filesystem is the only option. I don't have an option for "web".

I uploaded a screenshot as an attachment.

Re: Help learning MIGX from tutorial

sottwell — Jun 20, 2015, 04:03 AM

When you create the MIGX TV, in its Media Source tab specify the media source for it to use. By default it's using the Filesystem source. It's the field at the right, the "Source" field; the "web" is the context, which is what you want in order to access files.

It's a little buggy, you'll need to click on the field twice to get it to stay open.