Images & Attachments
filed under Write page, Main body
This post is about the "Images & Attachments" section of the write page. Images can also be 'inserted' into a post. This entry does not cover that.
Attaching a file to an item (your post) is similar to attaching a file to an email. In Quam Plures if you attach an image it will also be resized if required to fit your template and displayed at the top of your post. You can attach as many images to a post as you like, but all will be displayed at the top of the post.
Attaching an image takes advantage of the fields available when you enable 'advanced upload properties' on the upload page. Each attached image will use the long title and alternative text in the IMG tag, and display the description/caption under the image. That means you can, effectively, write your blog post entries straight from the file manager by uploading and providing a good title, alt text and caption, then selecting your images and choosing the "make multiple posts" option.
Follow up:
Templates can resize images from 80 to 800 pixels wide, in 40 pixel increments. Width x Height proportionality is maintained. Your template can use one size in the sidebar, another in the main body, and a third for the item's permalink page. Attached images can be linked to the original, another resized version of the image (in a popup window), the item's permalink, or nothing.
If you attach a non-image file (.doc, .xls, .ppt, .zip, etcetera) the file will be made available to your visitors as a link. What happens with that link depends on the visitors browser and computer.
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