Introduction

This assumes you have read and understand adding a new document. It doesn't explain the terms described in that document.

This will cover loading an image into the server (only needed once per image) and using that image as often as you wish.

Adding an Image to the Server

Before a local image can be used, it must be added to the server. A local image is one which is stored in the Redwall MUCK site...not on your home web-server or one of the free sites. If you want to simply link to an image that is stored elsewhere, see the section of this page titled "Adding a Link to a Remote Image."

To put an image into the Plone database that serves this site, go to a folder's Contents view that you have privilege to, and in the add new item drop-down pick Image. Click add new item.

This brings up the Edit Image page.

The first field is name. Pick whatever name you like. It does not need to have an extension (such as ".jpg" or ".png").

You give it a title that you want to show up in your items list when in Contents view. This should be a SHORT human-readable descriptive name.

The Description field should describe the image for reference. Perhaps the source, any copyright details, whatever you want remembered about this image.

Then, click the browse button under the Image field. That brings up a browser, which you can use to specify the image to upload. This can also upload images from other servers, if you give a URL.

Then press save.

Your image gets stored on the server.

Showing a Local Image in a Document

Use the Edit tab of a document you control to enter the document editor.

To include your image, use the following "Structured Text" syntax:

    "Text to show on the tool-tip over this image":img:name_you_gave_the_image

And then save your page, and the image should appear.

Adding a Link to a Remote Image

There's no reason to load images into our server if you're hosting them on your own server or another server already. Just link to those images directly from your pages.

To do this, you include the URL to the image you want. The syntax looks like this:

    "Name for the Link":img:http://wherever.your.image.is/image.extension

An example might be:

    "Silly Otter":img:http://www.otterspace.com/SillyOtter.jpg

And please, don't enter that link "exactly". I invented the image name, you won't get a real hit!