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Hello, I would like to be able to insert link only, what would the syntax for this be?

I’ve tried a few combinations but I can’t seem to get it to work.

So for example when inserting an image, I would like it to insert the link only, like this:

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/ent-partner-logo/imagename.jpg

Is this possible?

Hey ronanmcmahon,

Thank you for posting your question here on the ExpressionEngine forums.

I think what you want to do is call the channel field for the file upload destination that you have uploaded the image to.

Then call it like so.

{exp:channel:entries channel="blog"}
{channel_field_for_image}
{/exp:channel:entries}

That should give you something similar to http://www.example.com/assets/images/image1.png

Does that make sense?

Cheers,

Yes I already have that in my template.

I’m talking about when inserting the image on the entry, it inserts it like this:

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/ent-partner-logo/imagename.jpg

I would like it to insert the filename link only, like in EE1.x

Hi ronanmcmahon,

What do you get if you just use

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/ent-partner-logo/

- does that output the link?

Thank you,

Hello,

That doesn’t seem to work either.

I’ve also followed the instructions here: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/164998/ and it doesn’t work either.

I’ve tried using the the channel field only({photo}), {photo wrap="image"} and none seem to display anything, nothing shows up on the actual site. This based on http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/custom_fields.html

Just to back up and take a fresh look at this, were you intending to have

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/ent-partner-logo/imagename.jpg

show up within a text field in your CP, or did you just want to select that image in the CP and then output the proper URL on the front-end?

What’s the ultimate goal here?

Just to back up and take a fresh look at this, were you intending to have

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/ent-partner-logo/imagename.jpg

show up within a text field in your CP, [...]

Yep, that’s exactly what I’m trying to do. Just like EE1.x and the URL only option when uploading/inserting an image

Ok, using a text field with the file chooser is always going to fill the text field with an IMG tag, not just the URL to the image. And that, of course, is what will be output to the front-end when you use the Channel Entries tag in your templates.

If you’d like the Channel Entries tag to just output

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/ent-partner-logo/imagename.jpg

(where the filedir_2 variable is actually parsed), then I’d recommend using the SafeCracker File fieldtype instead. It’s actually more user friendly, too, since the end-user editing content will see a thumbnail preview of the image they selected instead of a field with an EE variable and an image filename.

Will that work for you?

Hello,

Yes I’ve already tried using File as fieldtype, but it didn’t work either. There was no url outputted, so on the front-end(the actual site) the code looked like this

Were you using the File fieldtype or SafeCracker File? They’re two different things. Try giving the second one a try. If it doesn’t output a URL, we’ll dig into that with you.

Hello,

I tried with SafeCracker File, and unfortunately it doesn’t output a url.

Hey ronanmcmahon,

I think it’s time to take a look.

Please be on the look out for an email from EllisLab.

Cheers,

I checked with Robin on this and in ExpressionEngine 2.x, there is no way to get the File Manager to work like you are asking with text fields.

You can get the same effect if you use a File FIeld type:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/custom_fields.html#file-field

Changing that may have an impact on existing entries though.

Cheers,