Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

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Image element

 

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Images are stored in an image element. Image elements are stored in...

• authoring template
• site
• site area
• content item
• image component

When you store an image in an image element:

• You can reference the image anywhere in your site regardless of the original file location or URL.

• The image is automatically transferred to other servers during syndication.

• You can reference the image element within other items as required.

 

Import large files and images.

By default, 10 MB is the largest single file that you can import. If your need to import files larger than 10 MB, an administrator will need to configure your server's inbound buffer size.

 

Store an image file in Document Manager versus storing an image file in Web Content Management.

An image file can be stored both as a document in Document Manager or as an image element in Web Content Management. You only store an image file in Web Content Management if it is to be used only by Web Content Management. If other WebSphere Portal modules require access to a file, or if you need to use a feature provided by Document Manager, then store the file as a document in Document Manager.

 

Upload images with non-ASCII characters in the image filename

All non-ASCII characters are removed from the filenames of images imported into Web Content Management items. If a file is found to have no ASCII characters, then the image is given the name of "resource". For example, resource.jpg.

 

Download images

To download an image from an image element to your file system, click the Download button.

 

Format images

You can set the following image properties:

Border	Define the size of the border to appear around the image. (0 = no border)
Width	Set the width of the image (in pixels). Optional.
Height	Set the height of the image (in pixels). Optional.
Alternate text	Enter the name of the image to display when saving the image, or if the browser cannot display the image.
HTML Tag Name	Enter the name of the HTML tag to be used in JavaScript.

 

Parent topic:

Storing files and images

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