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Hello, I have recently been given the task of editing a local community web site. Editing the web site has all been going ok. They are using ExpressionEngine 1.6.8 and I have full access to edit/upload/etc. I can upload pictures, and I can see where they go, but how can I edit them and move them to the web site? Can I enter web site address on here? Thank you.

Hey Scorpion,

You will have to add those images to an “Entry” in order to have a reference to use on the front end.

Typically this happens through a WYSIWYG editor, or you use a “file” fieldtype (The well-known Matrix add-on would allow multiple file fields to occupy the same place in your entry). There are other methods but these would be the most common, especially for the time when your site was developed.

I am assuming that since this is an existing website that a former developer has already configured the Entries in a sane manner. Take a look at the Entry input format (each channel type may be laid out differently) and look for a place to “upload” images there.

It has been a while since I have worked on an EE 1.6 site, but I think you had to upload your image in the Entry. It did not have file selection capabilities for existing images…

Thank you Epic Voyage for your responce. I can now upload pictures. I can see the see the pictures in the “gallery” section of the web site, but I need to place/see them showing in the “slide” on the main web page. How can I do this please? Can I post the web site on here or now not ? Thank you.

Yes, you can post links. It does help many times to see what is going on, but in this case it sounds like the templates in the Control Panel are going to be the focus. (And, of course, we do not encourage links to the control panel!) Since it sounds like no instructions were left with this site, your best bet is to open up the template for the main web page.

There is a chance that the slideshow was hard-coded, and if that is the case then it may be buried in a Global Variable and referenced from the main template.

If the slideshow is not hard-coded, you should find the code surrounding the slideshow code (JavaScript or HTML) with {exp:webblog:entries} tags. That tag would tell you which channel, and possibly which entry to look for to change the slides.

These are the most certain ways to find it. If the slides have captions, you may be able to search the entries for that caption also.

Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes. 😊

EDIT: This does assume that no external slideshow builder was used. I have seen that happen before.

Epic, the web site is:  http://www.specialolympics.com.au/gladstone  On the main page, you will see 3 pictures scrolling thru a “slide”. If you click on photo gallery, on the right, you will see the 3 pictures plus 1 picture I need to include in the main page slide. That is what I am trying to do at this stage. Thank you.

Hey Scorpion,

The gallery images are coming from a completely different sub-directory. Take a look:

http://www.specialolympics.com.au/images/soanew/regionpages/slides/gladstone/slide3.jpg
http://www.specialolympics.com.au/images/soanew/regionpages/gallery/gladstone/IMG_2325.jpg

The slide was adjusted with Photoshop, and the image wasn’t. The slides were taken from the top or middle of the image, depending on the image—it is not being generated automatically. (And that image is huge!)

I’ll take a look at those directories. So I need to re-size that image hey lol. Like I said, I’m new to this program. I’ll get there.  😊  Still need to add that image into that slide tho. I’ll keep at it.  😊

Sounds good! Let me know if you can’t find it. I may be willing to take a brief look at your Control Panel, but it is not typically recommended that you give out login credentials to the likes of me—a random forum user. 😉

Hey Epic, I was in contact with the web developer who created the web site I am working on. He has just informed me that ALL pictures have to go thru him to be put on the web sight and he will add them to the “slide”. So I do thank you for all your help. I’m sure I’ll need more help tho. Thanks.