Fwd: Re: [opencms-dev] Images and best practices for OpenCMS 6.0

[Ricky Tapper]

Wow Jon. Thanks for this. I really appreciate it. Any
other info in the user guide would be really
appreciated.

Ricky

--- Jon Sharp <jon.sharp at j2ssolutions.com> wrote:

> I agree that #2 is an issue, as in other dialogs (eg
> to insert a link) 
> there is a folder icon
> that does an excellent job finding local content.
> Could this be added?
> 
> In the meantime an extract from my User Guide: 
> (there are graphics of the 
> icons - which may not come out in the news group -
> so use your imagination!)
> 
> 
> Inserting images
> 
> The image files must first be loaded into your local
> CMS folder or taken 
> from the central 'Image gallery'.
> To load into your local CMS folder from your PC:
>     * navigate to folder of your pages
>     * click
>     C:/temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg
>     , click Browse to go to the folder on your PC
> where your images are, 
> select the image, click 'Open'
>     * click 'continue >>'
>     * ensure file type id is 'Image'
>     * enter a title in the 'Title:' field and
> optional description, and 
> click 'Finish'
> 
> To insert into your page:
>     * click on image in CMS explorer view to open a
> new window
>     * copy the URL in the browser address field
>     * open page in editor and position cursor where
> you want image to be
>     * click
>     C:/temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image003.gif
>      and paste URL into 'picture source' field
>     * add 'alternate text' and layout details as
> desired
>     * click OK - the image should be displayed. You
> can also move it around 
> table cells etc by dragging with the mouse
> 
> To insert into your page from the Image Gallery:
>     * click
>     C:/temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image004.gif
>      in the editor
>     * click on the upper image names to display the
> image in the lower 
> window (note that there are more than 1 pages).
>     * click
>     C:/temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image005.gif
>      to insert the selected image into your page
> 
> To load into the Image Gallery from your PC:
> You need to be logged on as administrator, then:
>     * in the Explorer view changeSite dropdown to
> '/'
>     * expand the 'system' folder tree:
> 
> 
> 
> At 16:11 16/08/2005, you wrote:
> >Joachim,
> >
> >I'm a little confused with item #2. When I click
> the
> >insert picture icon in the WYSIWYG HTML editor it
> does
> >not upload the image. As a matter of fact the src
> >attribute in the HTML source still points to my
> local
> >drive. When I publish the page, it still isn't
> >uploaded and when I look at the online project, I
> >still see the src attribute trying to access my
> local
> >drive.
> >
> >Am I doing something wrong? It appears that in
> order
> >to use an image in an HTML page, you must load it
> into
> >an image gallery and then insert the image from the
> >image gallery.
> >
> >I am cool with the answers to #1 and #3.
> >
> >Ricky
> >
> >--- Joachim Arrasz <info at arrasz.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:39:35 +0200
> > > From: Joachim Arrasz <info at arrasz.de>
> > > To: The OpenCms mailing list
> > > <opencms-dev at opencms.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Images and best
> practices
> > > for OenCMS 6.0
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > > 1. Is it considered best practice to store all
> > > images
> > > > in the image galleries?
> > >
> > > Only if you want to enable your redacteurs to
> work
> > > with them.
> > >
> > > > 2. In the WYSIWYG HTML editor there is a
> button to
> > > use
> > > > images. This button accesses the images from
> my
> > > local
> > > > hard drive and not the VFS. Why do this since
> the
> > > > images appear to have to be pulled from the
> VFS to
> > > be
> > > > used?
> > >
> > > This is the usual upload feature of opencms. You
> can
> > > use this to upload
> > > an image to the vfs and then add it to the page
> you
> > > edit.
> > >
> > > > 3. Is it not correct to use images in the HTML
> > > content
> > > > and instead to access them from JSPs?
> > >
> > > No, this works fine, you have to differ between
> > > theese features
> > >
> > > hth
> > >
> > > Achim
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dipl. Inf.(FH) Joachim Arrasz -
> > > joachim.arrasz at synyx.de
> > > www.synyx.de Opensource Solutions - OpenCMS
> Solution
> > > Provider
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> > > http://www.opencms-forum.de
> > > 76135 Karlsruhe
> > >
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