External image block
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahara |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Mahara 1.4.0
I would consider it a bug that I cannot add an external image to a portfolio page form the "External Content" tab in page editing mode. This option does not exist - only these do "External Feed" "External Video" "Google Apps".
To add an image I have to go to the "General" tab, add a text box, and then link to a URL.
Also, would developers consider having one tool for external media that determines itself what media you are linking to. Rather than having to train staff on all the different media types out there and what they are. I had one person trying to link to a image that was not an image but had image in the file name. Mahara just told her it was an invalid media type, maybe there is not much more a computer can do, but then again there are file type services online that could have been used to tell her it was an Internet Explorer file?
The think here is I want to easily add an image to a portfolio, and possible add some text around it, a license, etc.
| François Marier (fmarier) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- External media type limitation + External image block |
Hi Shanen,
This is very good feedback and I like your ideas.
It seems like there are 3 separate issues here:
1- adding a new "external image" block to the "external content" tab
2- adding the ability to easily pick a local image in the html editor
3- merging the different external content blocks into a block that automatically determines what type of content it is and adds it if it's supported
We can easily edit this bug report to narrow it down to #1, but would you be able to file two new bug reports for issues #2 and #3? That way they can be done / fixed independently of one another.
Thanks,
Francois