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Is there a tip for all browsers to insert img src code without having to edit the source?
Depending on browser, right-click-copy on the picture will copy either just the web address of the photo or the address embedded in img src code.
Students using MS Exploder on their PC copy and paste into their wiki the img src coding which puts the photo on their page without eating up file space. (A wonderful feature!!!) Firefox on most computers will only copy/paste the address onto their wiki (Firefox has the both abilities: Copy Image, Copy Image Location).
Is there a tip for all browsers to insert img src code without having to edit the source? (Think 3rd graders, or worse yet, their teachers. :)
Students using MS Exploder on their PC copy and paste into their wiki the img src coding which puts the photo on their page without eating up file space. (A wonderful feature!!!) Firefox on most computers will only copy/paste the address onto their wiki (Firefox has the both abilities: Copy Image, Copy Image Location).
Is there a tip for all browsers to insert img src code without having to edit the source? (Think 3rd graders, or worse yet, their teachers. :)
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Inappropriate?What's so wonderful 'bout stealing/borrowing someone else's bandwidth? -
Inappropriate?Hi Vangispen -
Great point. I took this question from our educator portal -- thought it would be better as a threaded conversation. I believe this person is dealing with a free wiki and doesn't want to pay to upgrade.
Would it be better just to say "go upgrade your wiki if you want more space" or post it here for the community to respond to? I chose the latter.
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Inappropriate?would it be better to explain to educators "what's done and what not"?
would it be better if educators would teach their pupils the above?
would it be better to explore possibilities of hosting files elsewhere?
would it be better to pay when you can get it for free?
would it be better to consider bandwidth when making files?
would it be better to think? I chose the latter.
I’m thinking ... you're trying to be cute. You're not cute. Answer the question: what's so wonderful?
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Inappropriate?What if this isn't stealing someone's bandwidth? I upload my photos to Flickr and on my own site, and occasionally link to the photo somewhere else. That's *my* bandwidth(I do pay for it), and I'll use it how I like.
Also, what if they have the photos uploaded to the wiki, but want to practice good HTML, and use the whole "mywiki.com/photo.jpg" url for the picture? I hand code my HTML, and I use the full url, even if I have it hosted on my own site.
There are valid cases for this question. And there are invalid ones, and personally, I would refer someone interested in Best Practices on the internet to the W3 Consortium site or The Web Standards Project, and also W3Schools. That way, they learn what they should and should not do, but more importantly, WHY. Hotlinking is done often, of course. But understanding why it's wrong will make a bigger impression than just telling them not to do it.
Answering the original question; there's no good way to do it in 1.0, but in 2.0 I discovered that just copying and pasting an image like inline text works fine, and copies the whole image code, exactly like hotlinking. If PBwiki chooses to change this aspect of 2.0 wikis, then that's up to them.
Personally, I say teach them the HTML anyway, how to insert images and links and change their fonts and colors manually. Even third graders can learn, and it's a great foundation for then learning XML, and all sorts of other programming languages.
I’m wishing I'd learned HTML sooner - before high school!
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Inappropriate?In my practical experience, I think it's better to not type the whole url and use relative url's where possible, in case there's ever a point in time where you might need to move a webpage.
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