EntryWizard how to handle panels and sequences

  • etlblbt

    (@etlblbt)


    8 years ago

    I am trying to update the competition entry system for Brighton and Hove Camera Club and am trying to use EntryWizard to do that.

    Within the club we have the concept of panels (for print competitions) and sequences (for projected competitions) which are a set of images that are judged as a single entry from the point of view of the competition. Panels and sequences can consist of 2 to 6 images.

    So if we have a competition where a member is allowed 2 entries then they could either enter 2 single images, a single image and a panel or 2 panels. Thus the possible number of images being submitted could be as many as 12. I don’t really want 12 image fields on every webform so I’d like to control the number of image fields presented based on an entry type of either ‘single image’ or ‘panel’.

    Has anyone else set up an EntryWizard system that copes with panels and if so how did you define the layouts and webforms to control it in a user-friendly way?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/entrywizard/

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  • Plugin Author Josie Stauffer

    (@joanne123)

    8 years ago

    If you really must allow either kind in the same competition, its hard to see any way around having 12 image fields per entry. Unless you resort to combining multiple images in one, and then you may run up against your hosting company’s file upload size limits.

    The only way I can think of to implement exactly what you descripe would be to have 2 entries and 6 images per entry. Also a checkbox “panel” ( or a dropdown “single”,”panel”,”sequence” ) . Then add a restriction that you can’t check “panel” ( or “sequence” ) if the 2nd – 6th images are all blank. The first image field should have a different name/header from the rest. The 3rd-6th image field could be appended to the second, so they appear vertically instead of taking up too much horizontal space.

    BUT I’ve not thoroughly tested more than 2 images per entry, and to be honest have not done as much testing as I should like to have done even with two. I’m hoping to have a little more time for such things in the coming year, but I still have a long list of ewz features to be implemented.

    So if you try this, please test it carefully, and let me know if you find any issues. You may find your hosting company has limits that cause difficulties with uploading 12 images at once.

    Or you can do what our club does, and have separate “single image” and “sequence” competitions.

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