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I have a site with image manipulations attached to my file upload directories, and it’s working great when used as specified in the docs.

The issue is that I have another channel where the client needs to be able to upload files from within a WYSIWYG text field (Expresso, in this case, but I don’t think that matters) where I can’t edit the generated image tag to include the manipulated file directory. Is there a way that I can give them access to the manipulated image folders in the file browser, so they can choose the resized images directly?

For example, within my images directory, there is a _300x200 folder and a _thumbs folder containing the manipulated images, but when browsing with the file browser, I can’t see those folders. Is there any way to make them accessible?

The client for this site can’t seem to resize images on their own, so it’s great that the system can do it for them—it’s just not working in this particular situation.

Have you tried mapping another file upload destination to that resized folder?

I added the resized folder as an upload destination, and I can access it.

The problem is that I can’t see files that are added while posting a new entry. I would like to have a file upload field for the client to upload their (usually too large) image, and then in the WYSIWYG field, browse to the resized directory and select the smaller version to insert into the post.

I know I can accomplish basically the same thing by having them upload images using the file manager prior to creating a new entry, but I’m trying to eliminate that step, since every additional step in the process seems to annoy and confuse this particular client, and lead to unnecessary support calls every time they try to post a new entry.

Hey aircrash,

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

This is not possible out of the box and I was not able to find something similar when searching through Add-Ons.

This would be a Feature Request worthy of filing.

Is there anything else I can do to help?

Thank you,

Thanks, Shane. I’m all set. I’ll add it as a feature request.

Hey aircrash,

Awesome. Thanks for doing that.

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Have a great week!

Cheers,