Hello, I attended my first group recently and had a good night. I'm a brand new Joomla user, practising learning Joomla using Xampt on my local laptop. I'm having a few issues with images.

I created a section a while ago and inserted an image and image description. I clicked 'show description' and 'show description image' under the menu section and it displays just fine. But when I try to show only the description and not the image, it won't let me, it still shows both. If I click hide for both description and image it hides both, but won't let me do one or the other.

Also I created a different section and inserted an image, clicked show to both and only get the description but no image.

Finally, I have inserted an image into various articles but they are not showing up when I click appy or save and then refresh.

The images I'm using are in Media Manager.

As I mentioned, I'm not live or with a host yet, I'm just practising how to use Joomla and getting the basics of creating menus, sections, categories and articles, using the xampt and apache thingey.

Anyone know why the images aren't showing up? It's foxing me

Thanks!

Hi Katrina

I was surprised by this, but it's a feature I never use, so I tested it on a 1.5.11 site on Linux hosting.

When I added an image to the dropdown image selector in section manager, it didnt show regardless of settings - it turns out that there's a bug in the code! My images URL is missing a '/' i.e. /jd09images/stories/pic.png (Should be a '/' before images). The reason it doesnt work in my case is that my Joomla is in a subdirectory 'jd09' of my hosting site.

When I restested the whole thing on a site working directly in my top level on hosting, each display combination works fine - pic, no pic.

Is that the same for you?

Hi Both

I have had a similar problem - obviously it depends how you insert the image in the section - whether you use the drop down image select funstion...

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in a section the drop down image select function - this leads straight into the yoursite.com/images/stories folder - irrespective - of whether stories is selected as your root image folder - but the link to the image actually uses yoursite.com/wahteverpath_you've_put_as_image_root/image.jpg - which may not match the actual image location
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As I like to change the root img folder to images (removing /stories) in global configuration - this feature also will not work for me.

So I tend to work around this by placing the iimage directly in the description - if I want an image.

Also Katrina what version are you using - I've had some glitches with 1.5.12 upgrades and the editor - which I beleive are due to some javascript conflicts and need some clearing of browser cache and so forth and perhaps a few other issues.

if your using 1.5.12 - look here docs.joomla.org/Category:Version_1.5.12_FAQ
and here
joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker...racker_item_id=17057

if you hunt around there are a few other bits and pieces on this - I just can't find them right now...

Thank you for your repllies. I am using 1.5.11 on a Windows computer, using Xampt as a local server. I insert the image using the 'image' button at the bottom of description or article. It's odd that the description images do show up (even if I don't want them to) but the images I insert into articles don't show up at all.

If it's a bug thing, maybe it's just like that on the local server. Very soon I'll be ready to have proper hosting with Siteground and will uninstall this version of Joomla (that came with a course I attended recently) and reinstall everything. Hopefully the host will put things where they are supposed to go and it will work. Fingers crossed!

Yes that's another possibility.

But, do note as I understand it, if you put an image in the description by putting it in using the editor (the tree button or the insert image button at the bottom) it really is part of the description - not a separate entity - so the menu parameter (show-hide image) should not affect it.

You could try another editor? Are you using TinyMCE? Maybe try JCE.. And did images ever upload into articles properly? If so, look for an addon or chaneg taht may be interfering - if not - try inserting an image by using the tree icon ine th editor and manually entering url.
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Also - I wasn't quite right before: - so I ahve corrected my above comment on the image selection in sections

Images into articles isn't working nor has done.
I use the Tiny editor. I clicked Global Configuration and under editor it gives me the option of Tiny or no editor. So not sure how I would use JCE?

Also, this is another query, not sure if I should post it outside of this thread, but I just downloaded a new template, made it the default, and although everything has changed to reflect my new, entered date, the title of the page isn't changing. I changed the name of the site in Global Configuration and saved, but it's still saying the default template name 'My Site and possibly a catchy slogan or logo underneath'.

How do I change the title heading and slogan?

Thanks
Katrina

Hmm
1. re the image thing - I'm wondering if there is a problem with your installation - maybe the version of php or mysql, anyway, why not make a fresh installation - a new site perhaps

chekc requirements here - help.joomla.org/content/view/1938/302/

2. yes best for new thread so others can searech by topic
But it depends on template - it may have a parameters option where you can change this / or you may need to tinker with the css files

If you paid for the template there is usually instructions on this sort of thing


Gotoyoursite/administrator/extensions/template manmager - clisk on template and see if it has params that you can change.

Or use Firefox browser - get firebug addon and use this to change css - this helps you find what code to change etc

Yes, I will reinstall when I've signed up with Siteground and hopefully that will resolve image issue.

Re changing site name: under template manager it says The parameter file \templates\righteousred\params.ini is unwritable!

But the default heading is My Site, then underneath the text 'and perhaps a catchy slogan or logo too'. Surely no one wants a joomla site with that generic heading, so not sure why it's so hard to change. Under Global Config it says site name is Katrinatest site which is what I renamed it using a different template, so I would have thought that when I changed the default template to be this new one, everything, including the title would change.

Sorry to be a nuisance. All this technical stuff is driving me crazy as I just want to get the site up and running. I may have to pay to have someone come out and help me at this rate.

Thanks for your help to date, it's very kind

I've also tried using a number of other templates, but again only the text in the body of the site is changing, the site heading stays the same as the default template eg 'Joomla' and not my heading. I can only change my heading on one template, which is a siteground red one, which is what I've been practising with.

You may need to change permissions - but I've often seen it say it's unwritable and then it writes just fine.

I'll probably be able to help more when I can *see* your site.. But someone else may have more to add.