ad thumbnail to aw blog posts in magento - html

Question

in magento 1.8.1 i have added a thumbnail image to aw blog posts header and into the aw blog sidebar widget next to the each headline
i did these:
In app/code/community/AW/Blog/Block/Manage/Blog/Edit/Form.php
change:
$form = new Varien_Data_Form(array(
'id' => 'edit_form',
'action' => $this->getUrl('*/*/save', array('id' => $this->getRequest()->getParam('id'))),
'method' => 'post',
));
to
$form = new Varien_Data_Form(array(
'id' => 'edit_form',
'action' => $this->getUrl('*/*/save', array('id' => $this->getRequest()->getParam('id'))),
'method' => 'post',
'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data'
));
In app/code/community/AW/Blog/Block/Manage/Blog/Edit/Tab/Form.php
add
$fieldset->addField('featured_image', 'image', array(
'name' => 'featured_image',
'label' => 'Featured Image'
));
below the line
$fieldset = $form->addFieldset('blog_form', array('legend' => Mage::helper('blog')->__('Post information')));
In app/code/community/AW/Blog/controllers/Manage/BlogController.php
add
if(isset($_FILES['featured_image']['name']) and (file_exists($_FILES['featured_image']['tmp_name']))) {
try {
$uploader = new Varien_File_Uploader('featured_image');
$uploader->setAllowedExtensions(array('jpg','jpeg','gif','png'));
$uploader->setAllowRenameFiles(false);
// setAllowRenameFiles(true) -> move your file in a folder the magento way
// setAllowRenameFiles(true) -> move your file directly in the $path folder
$uploader->setFilesDispersion(false);
$path = Mage::getBaseDir('media') . DS .'blogpic'.DS;
$uploader->save($path, $_FILES['featured_image']['name']);
$data['featured_image'] = $_FILES['featured_image']['name'];
}catch(Exception $e) {
}
}
// handle delete image
else {
if(isset($data['featured_image']['delete']) && $data['featured_image']['delete'] == 1)
$data['image_main'] = '';
else
unset($data['featured_image']);
}
below the line
$model = Mage::getModel('blog/post');
And added a "featured_image" column to the aw_blog table in database. Use the type VARCHAR(255) default null and null enable .
and add
<img src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA).$post->getFeaturedImage() ?>" alt="featuredImage" />
to
/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/aw_blog/blog.phtml
below line
<?php foreach ($posts as $post): ?>
<div class="postWrapper">
<div class="postTitle">
<h2><a href="<?php echo $post->getAddress(); ?>" ><?php echo $post->getTitle(); ?></a></h2>
the problem is: the images are saving in right place in media/blogpic but they are not shown in frontend

Answer 1

In your blog.phtml subst
<img src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA).$post->getFeaturedImage() ?>" alt="featuredImage" />
with
<img src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA).DS.'blogpic'.DS.$post->getFeaturedImage() ?>" alt="featuredImage" />
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

The easiest way to add a featured image or thumbnail image to the Magento version of AWBlog without coding is as follows:
-In the blog post go to the SHORT CONTENT text field
-In that field enter your image url
<img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/blogimages/myimages/your.jpg"}}" alt="folding chairs" />
-Underneath that enter your blurb that shows
When you save and open the blog post in the blog overview you will see you featured image shows with the content blurb just below it.