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apfotos
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Feb 6, 2004, 11:21 AM

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I understand that you want htmlarea to work for any language, so you didn't include a "browse" button for the html area. If this is the case, then you should have code add on to add this feature, you could have the add on for different languages.

As it stands. I think I have to return the product, because the user cannot add images. They do not know where the image is on the server. (If they add an image with "image_select"). So they cannot add the url of an image.. it's a useless feature.

does anyone have an add on to add a browse button to upload files, just like in "Image_select".? I am on Unix system.

Thank You. I really don't want to have to return the program. But this is a major drawback, that will make it impossible for my clients to work with.


Donna
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Feb 6, 2004, 12:00 PM

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Re: [apfotos] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there!

Thanks for your post. :)

While users can't upload images via the WYSIWYG editor, they can certainly upload them via the image_select PML tag. You can set your page so that they are allowed a certain number of images on any given page, and they can upload them from their own computers to the server, and easily select the image they've just uploaded to be displayed.

The syntax for this would be:

<!-- publish type="image_select" allowupload="yes" --><!-- /publish -->

This allows a user to upload an image and select it from a dropdown list to be displayed in a pre-set area.

I hope this helps. :)

Donna

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(This post was edited by Cliff on Feb 11, 2004, 3:12 PM)


WebFire
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Feb 11, 2004, 9:41 AM

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Re: [Donna] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
The problem with the image_select is that the use has no control of image placement for one. And two, since you can't have nested PML tags, the modify page can get real messy and confusing for user. I have also found the lack of a Browse button, where the user can pick an image from their computer, then drag it around just like the existing Insert Image works, a real drawback.

Hopefully we can get this fixed in a future version.


Eric
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Feb 12, 2004, 11:49 AM

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Re: [Sgt. Baboon] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Matthew,

Thank you for the forum post Smile.

With Page Publisher, there's always the issue on how much control web developers wants their clients to have when they are updating content. Ideally, as a web developer yourself, you want to give the clients maximum flexibility and ease of use while restricting their ability to modify the look and feel of the pages you worked very hard to create in the first place.

I will let the development team know about the request. I can't provide a deadline on when this feature will be released as it hasn't reach development stage yet.
Cheers,
Eric Lau - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com


srarden
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May 24, 2004, 12:35 PM

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Re: [apfotos] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
I would have to second this request, as it is the feature that would be most useful. With the addition of some form of file upload and placement button in the WYSIWYG, then you can protect the layout of a page, and still create a content section where the user has complete control.

However, I did create something that somewhat works. I created a special page for uploading images, with one of the type="image_select" tags as its only content. My client can update that, which adds whatever image they needed. Then in another pages WYSIWYG section I have an image from that upload directory. They can copy this image to where they need the new one, then click the 'Insert Image' and change the filename to match what the new one is.

Very kludgy, and without a great deal of testing, but I think it will work well enough. If anyone sees any holes in the theory or reasons it would not work or be a bad idea, please let me know.


Donna
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May 24, 2004, 1:03 PM

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Re: [srarden] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi srarden!

You're absolutely right -- that's a good solution. :)

Alternately, you wouldn't even really need the second page -- you could simply add the image_select upload link to the original page, and make sure that your users leave it set to "None" after uploading the images.

I hope this helps. :)

Donna

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srarden
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May 24, 2004, 1:08 PM

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That is a good idea -- I am still waiting for word back on whether they think this will work for them. If we get confirmation it will, I will incorporate your idea -- much cleaner. :)

Thanks for the help!


Dennis K
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May 25, 2004, 12:07 PM

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I've been using a similar hack for uploading images and documents as well. A separate uploads.htm page has the file_select and image_select tags, as well as the uploaddir locations and other settings. Using this method, the client can test the links and preview the images on a real web page (uploads.htm) before making the addition to their site, which sometimes makes a difference.

When they are sure they want to add the image or file to their portion of the website, they use the uploads.htm page to copy the shortcut or copy the image. They can paste the image into the wysiwyg editor or use the wysiwyg insert link button to paste in the link location. This avoids having them try to browse to the right directories.

It's a bit more involved to add files and images to the site this way, and it requires some ability to think linearly about the whole process. But often that's a good thing.

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Dennis K


fshagan
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Jan 25, 2005, 5:13 PM

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I'm also interested why there isn't a browse button, especially when if you put a file spec in the URL box, it seems to upload the image. But it appears its a relative link only, and not really importing the file to the page.


fshagan
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Jan 25, 2005, 8:51 PM

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Re: [fshagan] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
Not sure I can do what I want with this.

Currently, I have my users upload pictures to our site's Gallery, then they can open the Gallery in another window, right click and copy the URL for pasting into the HTMLArea picture link.

I experimented with the "image_select" tag tonight, hoping that I would be able to set uploaddir="" and have pictures uploaded into the same directory as the web page I'm working on. But that parameter works relative to the configuration uploads directory rather than the directory the web page resides in.

The thing I want to avoid is editing the PML tag in the HTML page for each user, but keep their image uploads separate (in my case, I can create the directory structure easily enough when I'm on the road, but editing the web page can be a chore).

So I think I'm better off with the Gallery solution. Unless someone knows of a way to make the "image_select" tag's "uploaddir=" parameter relative to the web page address rather than the upload directory. Comments?


circlesquare
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Apr 6, 2005, 7:10 AM

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Re: [fshagan] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi

I was previously using snippet-master but thought i'd move to the more professional looking Page Publisher...

...however, without fail, every client is asking for the ability to upload and place new images in their pages - not just putting images where the image_select tag is, but actually deciding for themselves that they want a new photo, and uploading it themselves, and then placing it themselves...

It would be great if a user could have an upload image button on the wysisyg section, and then it were possible that when a user clicks the 'insert image' icon that they could actually browse the folders on the server and select an image?


MikeB
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Apr 7, 2005, 4:28 PM

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Re: [circlesquare] Browse button to upload images in wysiwyg htmlarea [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi,

Thanks for the post! Smile

Within the scope of what Page Publisher can do you may be able to set up something like this. You could use an image_select field to allow your client's to upload their images. Then, in the WYSIWYG box you can just tell them that the path they'll want to enter will look like this:

http://www.yoursite.com/images/name_of_image.gif

Another alternative is to make a change to the way the WYSIWYG editor works. The WYSIWYG is actually an open source program called htmlArea that we had developed and have recently discontinued.

However the old htmlArea forums are still accessible in read only format if you need them:

http://www.htmlarea.com/forum/htmlArea_2_&_3_archive_(read_only)_C6/

So even though htmlArea has been discontinued, if you are developing you can still use the forums as a reference.

It looks like Ranine had actually managed to set up something similar so you may be able to look at the forum thread and ask how they'd set this up:

http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=39203#39203

I hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to let me know! Smile

Cheers,
Mike Briggs - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com

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