Hi all, now that the first couple of background issues for this milestone have been merged, I wanted to share an update that explains our release intentions, before new functionality will be available for users.
First release - cleanup + carousel component (DONE)
- Multiple product images removed from DB (old, not in use)
- Removed the ability to upload subsequent images to a product (not functional or useful in any way, probably leftover from Spree)
- Built the carousel component for the front shop. This is currently in the code, but no shop will show it, because there are no products with multiple images
Second release - show one image per variant (in progress)
- remove variant images from DB (old, not in use)
- admins can add and replace one image per variant via the backoffice product list
- when a product has multiple images, a carousel is shown in the shop
Note: at this stage admins will not be able to delete variant images, only to replace them. This will come in the following step.
Third release - manage images in detail
- dedicated edit image page where users can replace, delete, add caption and alternative text
- we will also likely remove the Images page in /admin/products/{product-ID}/images since we are not planning to upgrade it for now and it might just cause more confusion
Lastly we’ll also make the add image overlay in product list a bit more mobile-optimised. After this we are going to pause development on this for a while, since it will be a fully functional implementation of multiple images. We’d like to see if any feedback comes through before investing more into it.
Further potential elements that have been discussed (and will be tracked in github, likely as wishlist items for now) are:
- having multiple images per each variant (as opposed to a single one per variant)
- having a dedicated page where all the product + variant images are listed (kind of what /admin/products/{product-ID}/images should do, but it’s broken)
- in this list page, being able to add new image and preview your shop
Edit: the ones in Wishlist board are: #570, #14036, #14033, #14034, #14042
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, feel free to reply here or in the #frontshop-uplift slack channel. Thank you!