It strikes me as odd that I have to hand write absolute paths into the Category Image URL when a file upload feature would be much better!

I second this request.

+1 here as well.

Ditto.

Could Mark’s file upload module be hacked to do this?

Anyone ever find a solution to this???  I’ll 5th the request.

I’m needing this too. It is very perplexing to me that this doesn’t exist. Is the content editor supposed to FTP the image to the server and then figure out what the URL is? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a CMS?

No, what defeats the purpose of the CMS is one having to set up an upload directory with a correct path and make sure all the permissions are correct on the server.  This is why we put the Upload Directory stuff in one place.  So, what this feature request really should be is the ability to upload by specifying an Upload Directory for category image URLs.

Sounds good to me!

I agree on this!

Yeah, what Paul said. Add me to the list, thanks.

I’ll second that too

I 6th this. Though, technically, couldn’t you make a global variable for the starting image URL (i.e., domain.tld/images/category_images/) to cut down on the typing?

7th!

me too!

Add another fellow to the list!
Am following the tutorial today from Boyink! http://www.boyink.com/splaat/comments/building-an-expressionengine-site-chapter-10/

Sorry to revive an old thread, but just going through the tutorial again and wanted to add my vote to this

yep

I’m throwing my hat in on this. This is my official request for this feature.

+1