Importing pictures into FP03

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ChrisJ

I have gone to another web site, selected an image, right-clicked the image,
selected Save Picture As. My Pictures pops up, and I save to My Pictures.

In Front Page I select File > Import >Add File. I double click on the image
from My Pictures, the path populates the Import dialog box, I click OK. The
image is now listed in my View Folder List, but not in my new_page.html.

My questions are:
1.Is this the correct way to bring an image into an FP web page fron the
web? If not what is the better way?

2.If I have the new_page.html open when I import, why doesn't the image show
up on the page?

3. How do I place it on the page from the View Folder List? I tried dragging
it.

Thanks.
 
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Kevin Spencer

Hi Chris,

Importing is the process of bringing a file from an external source into
your web site. It is not the same thing as inserting an image into an HTML
document. However, it is important to import files prior to inserting them,
so that the URL of the image points to the copy in your web site.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living
 
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ChrisJ

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my post.
However, I'm not much clearer on if I did the importing correctly.

Could you please comment on that? And also, could you expand in a little
more detail on your comment "the URL of the image points to the copy in your
web site"

Thank you.
 
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Kevin Spencer

Hi Chris,
However, I'm not much clearer on if I did the importing correctly.

Could you please comment on that? And also, could you expand in a little
more detail on your comment "the URL of the image points to the copy in your
web site"
Click to expand...

Well, I can't tell you whether you imported the images correctly, as I don't
know what you did. You did say that you imported, so I'm assuming that you
used the File|Import command, which would be correct.

As for the comment "the URL of the image points to the copy in your web
site" - An HTML document is pure text. Check the Source Code view of any
HTML document to see what I mean. The browser interprets the HTML to display
it. When you insert an image into an HTML document, what you are doing is
inserting a reference to the URL (location) of the image, which should be in
a folder on your web site optimally. The HTML for the image looks something
like the following:

<img src="/images/someImage.jpg">

This tells the browser to download the image from the URL specified, and
insert it into the displayed HTML document in the place where the HTML
specifies it should be.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living
 
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Paul S. Wolf

ChrisJ said:
Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my post.
However, I'm not much clearer on if I did the importing correctly.

Could you please comment on that? And also, could you expand in a little
more detail on your comment "the URL of the image points to the copy in your
web site"

Thank you.

:
Click to expand...

From what you said, you are doing it correctly, except for the final step.

Once you have imported the image into a folder in your web, the final
step is to insert the image onto your page. With the page open in the
design view window, Click "Insert Picture from file" and browse to the
copy listed in the folder view, Then click OK. That will place the
image on the page. In design view,the picture will appear on the page.
In the HTML view, you'll see the text Kevin described. <img
src="/images/someImage.jpg">
 
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Andrew Murray

After importing it you have to insert it.....importing is only the first step in
the procedure.

Insert > Picture > from file
 
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Wes

You can also drag/drop the file using the folder view, but I still prefer
insert picture from file.

"Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®)" <[email protected]>
wrote in message You did it correctly.
Generally, you'll want to Import images into your Images folder within FP
for sanity's sake (so you don't have images mixed in with a zillion other
files)...but it they can exist almost anywhere within your Web.

THEN...when you're in Normal View (some call it Design View - and I'm not
sure what FP2003 calls it) this is where you design your page...this is
where you will Insert | Picture | From File (or you can use the Icon on the
toolbar) to place your image into your design. Put your cursor where you
want the image...then Insert..or the Icon...then browse to the Image Folder
within FP (where you Imported your image into) and click click click.

Warning..try not to steal other people's images.

hth
| Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my post.
| However, I'm not much clearer on if I did the importing correctly.
|
| Could you please comment on that? And also, could you expand in a little
| more detail on your comment "the URL of the image points to the copy in
your
| web site"
|
| Thank you.
|
| "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
|
| > Hi Chris,
| >
| > Importing is the process of bringing a file from an external source into
| > your web site. It is not the same thing as inserting an image into an
HTML
| > document. However, it is important to import files prior to inserting
them,
| > so that the URL of the image points to the copy in your web site.
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| > Kevin Spencer
| > ..Net Developer
| > Microsoft MVP
| > I get paid good money to
| > solve puzzles for a living
| >
| > | > > I have gone to another web site, selected an image, right-clicked the
| > image,
| > > selected Save Picture As. My Pictures pops up, and I save to My
Pictures.
| > >
| > > In Front Page I select File > Import >Add File. I double click on the
| > image
| > > from My Pictures, the path populates the Import dialog box, I click
OK.
| > The
| > > image is now listed in my View Folder List, but not in my
new_page.html.
| > >
| > > My questions are:
| > > 1.Is this the correct way to bring an image into an FP web page fron
the
| > > web? If not what is the better way?
| > >
| > > 2.If I have the new_page.html open when I import, why doesn't the
image
| > show
| > > up on the page?
| > >
| > > 3. How do I place it on the page from the View Folder List? I tried
| > dragging
| > > it.
| > >
| > > Thanks.
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
| >
 
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