• Action button for "New Photo" fails in empty db

    By Richard H Schwartz 2 decades ago

    The formula has @If( Form="", which is true if there are no photos, so you can't use the button to create the first photo.

    • New Photo button

      By Brian Green 2 decades ago

      Hi Richard,

      Thanks for trying the template. The bug you see, well, I did that on purpose. Ideally you'd create your first photos from the Album Form. Photos don't do anything without an Album. That's why the button does nothing.

      Let me think about it. I should probably jump the user to the Albums view if they're trying to create a Photo in a blank database, or, simply verify that there is at least one Album defined.

      Brian

      • Seems reasonable, but...

        By Richard H Schwartz 2 decades ago

        … when creating a new album, the "New Photo" button is hidden. That's why I went about it the other way. And if I had looked more closely, I might have seen the "Import Photos" button visible at the upper right, but it is also not operational – not until the Album is saved. Perhaps moving it to the left and having it just save the album before doing the import might be more intuitive.



        Might I also suggest that you change the label "Album Settings" in the navigation pane, and just simply make it "Albums". Would be more consistent with having "Photos" as the other choice. As it is, it kind of implies to the new user that one db == one album.

        • Agree

          By Brian Green 2 decades ago

          All good points. Thanks!