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#1 2009-08-13 12:39:52

AdamK
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From: Kraków, Poland
Registered: 2009-08-11
Posts: 47

path to images in css

Hello

I am lost, please, could anyone show me a reference:

When uploading an image by txp interface, the name of the actual file in /images is changed to it’s id. The old name is stored as a “name” (BTW wrongly translated as “login” in Polish translation).

When I want to refer my css to a picture in /images, I have to supply the new id-name. Is there any way to use the basic name of the image? When prototyping a layout I prepare css locally, changing 20+ image references in css is not easy and error prone :(

Greetings
Adam

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#2 2009-08-13 12:46:57

AdamK
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From: Kraków, Poland
Registered: 2009-08-11
Posts: 47

Re: path to images in css

Oh, one more thing:
is there a plugin, which would scan an image folder for every unindexed picture and allow to register it with txp (give an id and so on)?

Adam

Last edited by AdamK (2009-08-13 12:47:28)

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#3 2009-08-13 13:03:56

masa
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From: Asturias, Spain
Registered: 2005-11-25
Posts: 1,091

Re: path to images in css

AdamK wrote:

When I want to refer my css to a picture in /images, I have to supply the new id-name. Is there any way to use the basic name of the image?

No, the css reference needs to point to the numerical filename given by Textpattern.

When prototyping a layout I prepare css locally, changing 20+ image references in css is not easy and error prone :(

While txp’s interface is convenient, I use ftp exclusively to manage all images, graphics, scripts that are part of the site design. That way I can use any names I want and keep txp’s image library uncluttered. It also has the added benefit that other users can’t accidentally delete images that are used in your design framework.

is there a plugin, which would scan an image folder for every unindexed picture and allow to register it with txp (give an id and so on)?

No. However you can batch-upload large numbers of images using for instance ebl_upload

Last edited by masa (2009-08-13 13:04:17)

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#4 2009-08-13 13:16:44

AdamK
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From: Kraków, Poland
Registered: 2009-08-11
Posts: 47

Re: path to images in css

Thank you for the great answer. I will consider separating layout files from the content files: it’s not a problem with the site I design now, but you are right about multiuser environment and cluttering.

Thx
Adam

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#5 2009-08-13 15:03:47

MattD
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From: Monterey, California
Registered: 2008-03-21
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Re: path to images in css

fpx_image_import Can import images from the file system.


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