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Wade Keller
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Aug 8, 2007, 9:36 PM
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Article Manager - Server-saved image access
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Maybe this exists and I don't know how to make it work (if so, I'd appreciate being told how), but it'd be great to be able to upload commonly used images to the server and access them quickly when adding images to articles rather than having to reupload the images from my computer to the server each time I use an image. It can get tedious waiting for images to load from my computer hard drive to the server each time I use the image, plus other contributors/writers cannot access images without me sending them the images ahead of time for storage on their computer.
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Donna
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Aug 9, 2007, 9:29 AM
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Re: [Wade Keller] Article Manager - Server-saved image access
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Hi Wade!
Thanks for your email. :)
While that feature doesn't currently exist, one method we've used to setup something similar to this is to have all of the "global" images pre-uploaded, and referenced via a database field. This way, your users could simply choose an already uploaded image from a dropdown list and have it appear in a pre-defined spot.
Would something like that work for you?
Donna
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Wade Keller
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Aug 9, 2007, 9:50 AM
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Yes, that sounds like it would work! I'd probably have more than 150 photos and drawings that would be likely used multiple times by multiple site contributors. I wouldn't need thumbnails visible, so a dropdown menu with a description would work well.
Is what you described something I'd have added to the AM code or something that exists now? I'm looking to upgrade to AM2 soon. Should I wait or doesn't it matter.
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Donna
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Aug 11, 2007, 10:01 AM
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Hi Wade!
It would definitely be a little easier with Article Manager 2, but we could probably swing something with Article Manager 1 as well (although it wouldn't be quite as user friendly.) I'd probably recommend upgrading to Artman 2. No code changes required (we don't really do custom programming), that's all available within the software already. :)
Here's how to do it in Artman 2:
What you'd end up doing is adding a new field -- take a look at this tutorial I wrote for the newsletter for basic details:
http://www.interactivetools.com/news/issue0061.html#4
In this case, you'd want a list type field, conveniently what the tutorial goes over. :) Select the options that work the best for you.
Then, when you're adding the values, you'd want the "Label" to be the user-friendly description of the image, and the "value" to be the actual image code, like this:
<img src="/path/to/pre-uploaded-image.jpg" width="100" height="200" alt="Pre Uploaded Image">
...replacing the path, dimensions & alt text with your values, of course.
Then, stick the placeholder on your template where you want the image to appear, and you're good to go. :)
Let me know if that works for you, or if there are any extra tweaks you're having trouble with. :)
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