I guess I can answer my own question... it's to allow the user to resize an image, it allows Umbraco to save the resized version out... but there's got to be some better way to do this. Some kind of image handler perhaps?
What I want to be able to do is link to a media item (image, pdf, etc) and then be able to change the file associated with the media node and not have to update the link in the editor. Is that so much to ask for? Surely I'm not the only one with this need.
Sure, the workaround is to make sure the umbracoFile stays the same. But that's not always practical to expect the users to remember to do that.
Maybe we could come to some kind of compromise. How about this? When an image is inserted using the "Insert/edit image" button, sure, fine, use the images url, I don't care. But when the "Insert/edit link" button is used, why not use some kind of locallink syntax like content nodes? This would be a great improvement to Umbraco!
I know there is was a discussion lately to store media the same way as it stores links {media:(1234)} in the editor to avoid broken media. I don't know the current status. Maybe add it to the issue tracker so people can vote for this.
Media Linking Problem
Why doesn't Umbraco link to media by Id?
I guess I can answer my own question... it's to allow the user to resize an image, it allows Umbraco to save the resized version out... but there's got to be some better way to do this. Some kind of image handler perhaps?
What I want to be able to do is link to a media item (image, pdf, etc) and then be able to change the file associated with the media node and not have to update the link in the editor. Is that so much to ask for? Surely I'm not the only one with this need.
Sure, the workaround is to make sure the umbracoFile stays the same. But that's not always practical to expect the users to remember to do that.
Maybe we could come to some kind of compromise. How about this? When an image is inserted using the "Insert/edit image" button, sure, fine, use the images url, I don't care. But when the "Insert/edit link" button is used, why not use some kind of locallink syntax like content nodes? This would be a great improvement to Umbraco!
Thoughts?
Hi,
I know there is was a discussion lately to store media the same way as it stores links {media:(1234)} in the editor to avoid broken media. I don't know the current status. Maybe add it to the issue tracker so people can vote for this.
Cheers,
Richard
Thanks,
I've added it to the issue tracker.
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