[solved] content area purely for image(s) - newbie

[howey]

I have just installed CMSMS and started to look at creating/modifying some templates. I would like to separate the content areas of text from the content areas for images, rather than inserting an image within the text.

Is there a separate way of doing this other than specifying a content area on the page and then using the WYSIWYG editor to add an image. I am just thinking from the "editors" point of view to help distinguish between text that they can edit and pictures that they can change.

[cyberman]

Is there a separate way of doing this other than specifying a content area on the page and then using the WYSIWYG editor to add an image.

Maybe you know it - you can have more than one content area with {content block='image'}.

If I'm right a real image block type will come with V 2.

Another way could be to use name of page to show a file. Image must only have the same name like the page. You have only to add something like

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<img src="{$page}.jpg">

iinside your template.

Hope that helps.

[calguy1000]

You could do something like this in your template

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<img src="{content block='image_name' oneline='true'}"/>

and it would generate a one line field when editing a page where you could type in the relative path to the image.

[Pierre M.]

Nice tip Calguy, thank you
May be an example of Smarty's power for your Smarty thread for power users ?
Pierre M.

[howey]

Thanks for the tips – I shall probably stick to the secondary content block as it will be easier to browse for the image.

Many thanks