Re: [Gramps-users] How to enter a URL or a non-existent path into the Gallery?

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

2011/12/10 dani2 <da...@ro...>

> Hello
> I'm using GRAMPS locally to edit and maintain my tree, and upload it
> periodically to a website where my relatives can browse it.
>
> I'm having difficulties attaching images to a person through the Gallery,
> because it only handles files it can find.
>
> The images are already on the website but I don't have them in my local
> machine (and if I have some, there would probably be in a different path)
>
> If I try adding the full URL of a picture, or a path that doesn't exist in
> my local machine, GRAMPS doesn't pass the data to the GEDCOM when exporting
> the tree.
>
> My goal is to get this:
> 1 OBJE
> 2 FORM jpg
> 2 FILE http://www.website.com/bob.jpg
> 2 DATE
> 2 NOTE Bob's pic
>
> or maybe:
> 2 FILE /webserverDir/bob.jpg
>
> If I use the INTERNET tab I can get a "FORM URL" object but it's only shown
> as a link while "FORM JPG" embeed the picture into the page.
>
> Can someone suggest a way to do this?
>

The fact it's not in the GEDCOM even if the path field is entered, could be
seen as a bug. Probably programmed like that, but easy to change.

To add a non-existing file, you can add an image to the gallery, click
cancel on the image select dialog, and then add the real position in the
path field. That would store the path, but Gramps will do nothing with it.

In a gramps note, you can link to a picture on the web.

Note that pictures on the internet typically have a limited lifetime, my
advise would be: if you reference it in your family tree, then download it
locally. Set private if you don't have the official rights to republish the
picture

Benny



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