[Seattle-editorial] Fwd re:MIR images/features

[anarch3m]

Date:  Mon,  8 Mar 2004 03:06:22 -0800
From:  max <max at michiganimc.org> [add to address book] [protect or block sender]
Subject:  [IMC-Tech] Re: [www-features] adding images in mir
To:  Bht <criticalmasser at riseup.net>
Cc:  www-features at lists.indymedia.org, imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org

but you know what would really be awesome and so much easier...

a script that would take an image URL and transfer the image to the indy 
server and give it a new URL.  

so you could just enter the URL of your image in a field somewhere in the 
admin and the script would call it, download it to the indy servers, and 
tell you the new URL.  maybe even resize to a standard width?  

if I knew mir I think it would be relatively easy...

anybody want to tackle this one?

max

Quoting Bht <criticalmasser at riseup.net>:

> Okay.  Here are some tips, I dont think you necessarily have to do
> this,
> but it makes things smooter.  And really helps...anyway.
> 
> Adding Images in MIR
> 
> You start with a picture from whatever local imc or wherever you get it
> from.  You save the image to your computer.  Then you get the feature
> all
> ready for posting, and hit the save button.  After you have saved the
> feature, a new set of option will show up in the bottom right, about
> images.  Click on upload image.  Upload the image that you saved on
> your
> computer.  Then click save again, go back to start (in admin) and click
> generate all new.
> 
> Why do we do this?  This puts the photo on the feature database of
> www.indy.  If x website that the photo comes from eventually stops
> serving
> the photo for any reason, that will end up as a broken photo in the
> archives, that isnt the end of the world, but it sucks.  This subverts
> that and I am pretty sure it makes the front page load quicker because
> it
> is pulling things from just one place.
> 
> Okay.  So we did that.  The only problem with that is that right now
> the
> photos are automatically left aligned and there isnt a way to choose
> alignment while uploading.  To combat this, what I do:  I upload the
> image
> as usual and then after the front page has synchronized and the new
> feature is up opn www.indy, I copy the image url and go back into
> admin.
> 
> What you do now is first go back to the bottom right and delete the
> image.
>  It just deletes from the feature, not the database.  Then a small bit
> of
> html...in front on the first paragrapgh
> 
> <img src="(paste img url here)" align="right" class="imageright">
> 
> And that is it.  The img urrl will be something like: 
> http://www.indymedia.org/icon/number/longernumber
> 
> You can erase the http://www.indymedia.org if you want too, you dont have
> to.
> 
> Okay, that is my attmept at helping people!  I am going to write up a
> similar wiki page...in a bit.
> 
> Any questions, please ask.
> bht
> __________________________


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