Maybe there is a way that will make this work. I usually never use the file explorer options built into web editors cause they are too limited. I tried to drag an image in from a seperate explorer window and weBuilder tried to open it as a document instead of embeding the tag in the document.
The reason I don't use the built in file explorers is due to the fact that most applications only support one file explorer .. It would be nice if I could line up file explorers side by side (or have multiple file explorer tabs allowable) .. One of my clients is a large multilingual site whereas we have images archived in a common image folder, so going between where the documents are stored and the images in the built in file explorer is very time consuming.
Dragging in images from seperate explorer window?
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chrisjlocke
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The trouble with dragging in images from file explorer, is that WeBuilder (or whatever the application) needs to know where the pics have come from, relative to where you are now, to generate a relative link, rather than an absolute link, etc.
When I saw your 'problem' I initially thought of creating a quick 'n dirty application to drag in images, and it would create the HTML, but then thought about the location problem above.
When I saw your 'problem' I initially thought of creating a quick 'n dirty application to drag in images, and it would create the HTML, but then thought about the location problem above.
I always have to fix the img url since the directory mapping on the local system is always different. I'm used to doing this in homesite, it would insert the html code based on the directory position of the document you are working on (yes this can get quite messy if I was doing something like working on a document on my desktop and the images are on my mapped W:/web.... drive).
I always have to fix the url of the image since on the server /images isn't the same thing as the path on my local system.
I hope I am clear enough in my explination .. haven't had much sleep in the past few days.. working on a huge project that I have to have complete in a few hours.
It would be cool if I had the option to use multiple explorer tabs in the interface of webuilder. I could then have a tab for images and a tab for documents I am working on. Also, one other feature request: I would like to be able to select multiple images in the internal explorer to drag into a document at once.
I always have to fix the url of the image since on the server /images isn't the same thing as the path on my local system.
I hope I am clear enough in my explination .. haven't had much sleep in the past few days.. working on a huge project that I have to have complete in a few hours.
It would be cool if I had the option to use multiple explorer tabs in the interface of webuilder. I could then have a tab for images and a tab for documents I am working on. Also, one other feature request: I would like to be able to select multiple images in the internal explorer to drag into a document at once.
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chrisjlocke
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Thought it would be useful for me too, so knocked up a standalone VB app which creates the image HTML for you. Added in a 'prefix' box so you can type the server directory of the files, etc.
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/download?id=44801825
(click thumbnail for bigger pic)
You can open multiple copies of this prog (might make it MDI which might make it easier...) so you can open different directories, etc.
Probably doesn't solve your issue at all, but gave me something to do for 5mins!
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/download?id=44801825
(click thumbnail for bigger pic)
You can open multiple copies of this prog (might make it MDI which might make it easier...) so you can open different directories, etc.
Probably doesn't solve your issue at all, but gave me something to do for 5mins!