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3.2. Adding and Editing Images

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I've just covered how to add and edit documents in detail. All the other content types are similar. They all have the same or similar actions to edit; it's just the forms and the data in them that change. In the following sections, I'll cover some of these other types of content. All the following types of content use the same workflow process, so they need to be published in the same manner as documents.

Images are graphical pieces of content; you add them by selecting Image from the drop-down list. When you add an image, the name of the content changes to the file of the image. So, if you upload an image called photo.gif, it'll be accessible in Plone as photo.gif. When adding or uploading a new image, you can select the image from your hard drive by clicking the Browse button and selecting the file (see Figure 3-18).

Figure 3-18. Uploading an image

It's common for image filenames to end with an extension such as .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, or .pict. You can display images inside Plone on a Web page without having to download them to the local computer if the type of the image uploaded is viewable in the user's Web browser. The most common image types are .gif, .jpg, and .png, which are visible on almost computer system. Figure 3-19 shows an image of the Plone logo.

Figure 3-19. Viewing the image

You can't edit images directly; instead, you can edit the image on your hard drive using any program, such as Adobe Photoshop or GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Once complete, clicking the edit tab allows you upload your new image into Plone. If you do a lot of image manipulation, you can refer to Chapter 10, which covers External Editor, a tool that lets you edit images using a program without having to upload and download them.

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