Reusing images across the portal

After you upload an image, you can reuse it throughout the portal by referencing the internal name of the image. This saves storage space, and allows you to maintain one version of an image that can be used in many different places. If the uploaded image changes, all of the images that reference it will also change. If the uploaded image is deleted, all of the images that reference the uploaded image are also deleted.

To complete this task, you must be logged on as a page owner or an authorized user with the appropriate page or item-level privileges.

To find out the internal name of an uploaded image:

  1. Place the mouse pointer over the image, and click the right mouse button.

  2. Select Properties (in Internet Explorer), or View Image (in Netscape).

    Internet Explorer:

    The internal name displays in the Address (URL) field.

    Properties window

    Netscape:

    The internal name displays in the Location field.

    Location field

  3. At the end of the Address or Location field you should see a path similar to the following:

    /docs/1/numeric_internal_name

    If you do not see this, the image has not been uploaded, and cannot be referenced by an internal name.

    Note the internal name of the image, for example, 1581.gif.

To reference an uploaded image:

  1. Follow the preceding steps for finding out the internal name of the uploaded image.

  2. Add or edit the item in which you want to reuse the image.

  3. In the Image section, in the second field (labeled with the URL or internal name icon icon), enter the internal name of the image without a path, for example, 1581.gif.

    Image field

  4. Click Finish or OK.

Notes

Related topics

Adding an item
Adding an Image item
Editing an item