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Where's the image library? How do you manually embed images uploaded using the File Uploader plugin?
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Daniel Hatfield
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Apr 26, 2012 - 7:40 am

I can't seem to figure out how to view user image libraries. In the old version there was a icon in the image embed popup that lead to the library. Now it is gone:

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Furthermore, I don't see any options for embedding images (or even for copying their URLs to use the standard image embed button) in the Upload Attachment area. So, if auto-embedded is disabled, how do you do it manually?

Thanks for your help!

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Yellow Swordfish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:02 pm

You need to install and activate the SP Uploader plugin to get uploading of images and files.

Browsing through current folders is a bit more of a problem. The old browser and method was pretty much universally hated and was also found to be a bit of a security risk. So it has been removed. We hope to replace the browsing functionality in some way very soon.

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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:09 pm

Okay, that's fine -- I wasn't much of a fan either.

But what about my second question?

Daniel Hatfield said
I don't see any options for embedding images (or even for copying their URLs to use the standard image embed button) in the Upload Attachment area. So, if auto-embedded is disabled, how do you do it manually?

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Yellow Swordfish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:16 pm

I am not sure I understand what you are meaning. Images can be uploaded to the server using out uploader plugin. External images can be linked to using the image toolbar button as always. What am I missing here?

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Daniel Hatfield
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:25 pm

If you use the upload plugin, it is very simple to upload. I love that.

However, the only way I can figure out how to embed an image after it has been uploaded is to have the "auto embed" setting enabled so that the image automatically embeds after being uploaded.

But if this setting is disabled, then I don't see a way to embed the image:

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I can't click on the title in the upload area to embed or even to grab the new URL (so I can use the standard TinyMCE area).

I must be missing something, right?

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Yellow Swordfish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:36 pm

excuse me please if I am sounding dumb... Are you saying that after the upload of an image it does not appear in the post content in the editor before saving? This should not require auto-embed tirned on,. It should be automatic.

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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:41 pm

When I have this unchecked it does not auto-embed for me...

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which is what I want... my question is, how do I embed uploaded images manually?

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Yellow Swordfish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:52 pm

Sorry - I thought you were referring to the actual auto-embed feature (oEmbed). Something different.

The url to each uploaded image is available in the link in the 'attachment' box on the post.

And I appreciate you might want to look at old images and need the browser. We are getting there with something as soon as we can.

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Daniel Hatfield
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:59 pm

Yellow Swordfish said
The url to each uploaded image is available in the link in the 'attachment' box on the post.

So what you're saying is that, if I want to manually embed an uploaded image, I have to upload it using the plugin, submit the post, copy the url for the attachment box, edit the post, and then use the regular TinyMCE button to embed the image?

Because the attachment box doesn't show up until the post is published, right?

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Yellow Swordfish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 1:10 pm

OK - I am still totally confused here - sorry.
If you WANT the uploaded image to appear in the post then why are you turning off the auto-insert option?

Perhaps going back to the beginning and explaining to me what it is you want to accomplish might help.

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