Image Assist Image Generation in Image Assist 6.2

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 5.3 img_assist.module \img_assist_image
2. 5 img_assist.module \img_assist_image
3. 5.2 img_assist.module \img_assist_image
4. 6 img_assist.module \img_assist_image

Functions used in image.module vs. img_assist.module (simplified):

image.module:

• image_display()
  • is called for galleries, image nodes, image blocks, etc (everytime in image is shown)
  • returns <span ...><img ...></span>
  • can be passed a specific standard size only
  • may call _image_build_derivatives()
  • calls theme_image() to create the <img> tag

_image_build_derivatives()

• rebuilds all standard image sizes for a particular node

img_assist.module: (more complicated, but more flexible)

• image_display()
  • is called for thumbnails browsing, inline images, etc (everytime in image is shown)
  • returns <span ...><img ...></span>
  • can be passed EITHER a specific standard size only OR a custom size
  • may call _image_build_derivatives()
  • calls theme_image() to create the <img> tag

_image_build_derivatives()

• rebuilds only a specfic image size (standard or custom size)

File

./img_assist.module, line 1214

Image Assist module

Functions