Image element

 

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You store an image in an image element. An image element is stored in an authoring template, site, site area, content item or image component.

When you store an image in an image element:

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

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

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

 

Importing large files and images.

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

 

Storing 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 we need to use a feature provided by Document Manager, then store the file as a document in Document Manager.

 

Uploading 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.

 

Downloading images

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

 

Formatting images

We 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

Store files and images