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11/20/2007

Uploading images to a Wiki

Uploading images to a Wiki might seem like a simple operation, but there are a few tricks to remember.

You need to have your images uploaded to an image library on SharePoint.
You will need to provide the path for that image, so grab the path before you navigate to your wiki to add.
It works best if the name of your image library is one word, not separated by underscores or spaces. So "Images1" is better than "Images for my wiki."

Once you have created the image library for the images that you want in your wiki, navigate to your wiki page and click the image icon.

You'll be asked to provide alternate text and the URL. Use the full path to your image, which will be something like 'http://sharepoint/sites/<site name>/<name of image library>/<name of image>.jpg. It will vary depending on how your administrator has set up the original path (the stuff before <site name>). Confused about the path to your image? You can view the path by right clicking on the image and selecting Properties. There may be extra characters in there. Ignore them, those _t's and others.

I've read about right-clicking on the picture and using Copy Shortcut to get the correct path, then pasting it into the URL text box, though that method hasn't worked for me, it may for you.

Suzanne

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Why not have a Wiki "Publishing Enabled" mode

Thanks for the helpful hints, hope to see more of these coming out in plain speak.

I have had fun explaining to users why they can within the MOSS 2007 publishing pages, use the "link button" to browse for documents or the "image button" to insert an image but when they start using the wiki they are presented with one of the least "user intuitive" interfaces known to mankind, “the Alt text/URL thing” (the other being the VCR).

So my question of the Wiki development team: Why not add the code to enable the Publishing Site interfaces if the site containing the wiki has the "Publishing Feature" enabled?

For now I keep my eye on the Codeplex Community Kit for SharePoint Wiki project in the hope it will deliver on this idea (see the comments)

at 11/20/2007 4:02 PM

Why must it be so complex

It really seems like a waste for this to be such a multiple step, complex process, especially when the publishing features in MOSS already have an HTML editor that supports directly uploading images and a browsable image selector.

Is this something that will be streamlined at some point, or do we have to look to 3rd parties like Telerik's RadEditor?

at 11/20/2007 6:11 PM

Alternate way to upload images

Hi,

you could use my Webpart. The Wiki Webpart lets you upload an image in the editform.

René

at 11/23/2007 2:18 AM

Sharepoint tutorial blog

Never occured to me that there might be a sharepoint blog out there. I'm so glad I came across you - what a great resource.

at 11/27/2007 3:42 AM

How to paste image in wiki page

How to paste image in wiki page i have my best but i m not able to find.

Plz help me to sort this problem.

at 8/19/2008 10:14 AM

RE: How to paste image in wiki page

You need to first upload your images to the wiki image/photo library, copy the URL of the image, and paste the URL into the Image link in the wiki.

Tom at 8/19/2008 9:57 PM

adding links to images?

Hi,

Does anyone know how to add an image and then have that image open up a link when clicked?

Thanks

at 10/21/2008 3:37 AM

Re: Uploading images to a Wiki

How can I edit pictures so that when I upload them to a wiki page, or a content editor webpart, they aren't skewed? I've tried the edit picture function from the image library, but it's still huge when I insert to the page itself. When I try to resize, the pic gets blurry. Very frustrated.

at 10/27/2008 8:22 AM

RE: Re: Uploading images to a Wiki

Unfortunately, once an image is uploaded it’s difficult to resize and still preserve the visual integrity of the image. I recommend that you resize your image in an image editor to your specifications and then upload the image to your Wiki page or Content Editor web part. I hope this helps.

08555aa2334aff2b23ecf5d23095e1dc at 10/28/2008 4:10 PM

Re: adding lings to images?

Linking images is easier if you have SharePoint Server 2007 installed, the rich text editor is a little different. If you are just running Windows SharePoint Server (WSS) it's a little more involved. I've made a new post today to help you out.

55fa6053cbf6fb87cdf34755c4b3a1ea at 11/18/2008 11:20 AM

thumbnail image

If you modify the URL a bit you can produce a thumbnail of your image. For example: Original URL: http://myhost/sites/wiki/wiki_images/myimage.png Thumbnail Image URL: http://myhost/sites/wiki/wiki_images/_t/myimage_png.jpg This makes a thumbnail image a bit more readable than re-sizing the image using the editor.

at 12/16/2008 11:50 AM

Somewhat Resolved

I modified the EditForm.aspx of my Wiki using Sharepoint Designer 2007 and added a link to upload an image. Step 1: Determine the link to where you upload a photo to your library. Step 2. Add following Javascript and link to EditForm.aspx. Replace UPLOAD_PHOTO_URL using step 1. Step 3. Edit a Wiki page and the link shows. Click link opens the Upload Photo page. Upload your photo and browse to your photo. Drag the picture to the Wiki. I will do the same with CreateWebPage.aspx so that I have the same ability when creating a new Wiki.

at 12/30/2008 10:50 AM

Agree

I really agree with the first two posters. What happened when the sharepoint team came across the image requirement? Was it maybe one day before deadline? Everything else is quite advanced but image handling is so poor that I still can't really accept the fact that it's just the way it is.

at 1/27/2009 6:29 AM

Interactive Handbook

I'm creating an interactive handbook for work using the MOSS wiki capability. We want to encourage collaboration as policies and procedures change, but we also need a lot of tables, flow charts and graphics to convey the information. This project is about 300 pages. Is there a way, in the wiki, without designer, to upload and organize multiple flow charts that contain several hyperlinks each? Would I be better off tackling this in a regular Sharepoint Website??

Any help you can give would be great...time is getting tight!!

Thanks

at 1/28/2009 10:42 AM

Half hearted Wiki

I find the wiki implementation in Sharepoint to be really disappointing. Given that Wikipedia is one of the top 5 visited sites on the internet you'd have thought that Microsoft would have given this a bit more effort. And they could have used their own implementation of Pages to make it work more user friendly. This might be better in the next iteration of Sharepoint - but really, why not just install MediaWiki rather than inflicting this afterthought on your users.

at 6/15/2009 2:26 AM

Re: Uploading images to a Wiki

Hey there, I'm the PM responsible for wikis in the next version. I'd love to hear your thoughts. You can reach me on twitter (@spwiki) or through email (kevin.davis@microsoft.com)

I'm looking forward to sharing what we're cooking up at the SharePoint conference in October

at 6/15/2009 12:41 PM

Knowledgebase Application wiki page

When using the standard Knowledge base from the included application template, does the web creation tool work the same as it does in a Wiki library? Can you enter images from a linked image library? Would love to know which you think is better, a standard wiki or the knowledge base application.

at 7/2/2009 6:41 AM

Default Picture Library for wikis

Dear Microsoft

I find the current method of adding pictures in Sharepoint restrictive, particularly for less technical users. Couldn't a default library be created for each Wiki, and photos automatically be downloaded to that Library, so the end-users doesn't have to go through the process of downloading the image into a photo library, copying the link to the wiki etc...

I am trying to promote the use of Sharepoint, and wikis in the workplace, but often when you show users the current methods for adding photos they just don't want to know.

at 8/3/2009 6:50 PM

Screen Prints on a wiki page

Is there an easy way to add a screen print to a wiki page. We would really like to use the pages for work instructions and many require screen prints.

at 9/24/2009 5:43 AM

Pasting image from clipboard to wiki would be huge

You asked for ideas, and people have touched on it here already: If I could simply paste an image from my clipboard into a wiki page I'm editing, it would turn the wiki feature in SharePoint from unusable to a near-perfect solution. That may sound like an exaggeration, but I have thousands of screen shots in my knowledge base trapped within an old Lotus Notes database. As it stands I must: 1) Copy the image 2) Paste the image into a photo editor <--- This is where I would be done if I could paste directly into SharePoint.) 3) Save the image as .JPG 4) Upload the JPG onto the SharePoint site 5) Copy the new URL of the uploaded image 6) Click the insert image button 7) Paste the link into the dialog and click OK Being able to paste directly into SharePoint would literally be a 75-90% savings in time.

at 11/16/2009 12:41 PM

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