How to handle images for different languages that change from version to version? A central storage location would be essential.

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Eva Mayrhofer

June 21, 2018 13:11

Hello,

do you have any experiences how to store and maintain images for different languages and versions?

I would like to store the images in one central location (= article) and not within the descriptions (= other articles) themselves where the image will be used.
The reason for this is that some images (e.g. toolbar buttons) are used in different descriptions and I do not want to update several descriptions when just one image (e.g. a toolbar button) has changed.
So my descriptions contained links to the images attached in the central location. When an image was needed to be updated, I just attached the updated image to the central location and the descriptions were automatically using the updated images.

So far, I had only one version - the descriptions used only the most current version of an image. My method worked fine.
Now I need to have different versions and different languages for the descriptions. I am using Scroll version and Scroll Translations.

And I need to have a new version of an image that has changed.
I was thinking to create one article per image. Each article will contain the link to the attached image. Within the descriptions, I will use the "Include+"-macro to include the article containing the link.
When an image changes, I will edit the article containing the link to the image and then I attach the new version of the image to this article. So my previous version of the article contains the previous image and the new version of the article contains the updated image.
Subsequently, the descriptions will automatically use the new version of this article incl. the the updated images.

Because of the different languages, I assume that I have to do this for each language. But I have not tested the images for different languages yet.

Anyway, my thoughts seem to be a bit complicated. So maybe there are other, easier solutions out there?

Cheers,
Eva

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  Henricus Fluthgraf June 21, 2018 15:15

  Hi Eva,

  yesterday, just in time for you ;-), i found follwing solution for us, because we had the same Problem.

   

  1. everything is in one space
  2. the page is versioned and Translation installed
  3. i create a pagetree on the root:for the images :  _imagelibary
  4. now you can decide if you want to make a Folder for every Picture or for Chapter and than for the Pictures
  5. in the documentation tree, i insert the pictures with include macro into the sroll titel macro at the place i need the picture

  what are the effects:

  1. every Picture in the Image libary can be changed . Because of Scroll Version, you will see the Picture in Variant of the Version
  2. because of using Translation, you can add a different Picture in the Image libary (e.g. a screenshot in english)
     Depending on the language you choose in the picker above,you will see the Picture

  This is the way, how we now try tohandle differrent pictures in different Versions and also in different languages.

  in this case it is important, that the libary for the including of the Pictures is in the same space.

  i hope it helps

  Best Henry

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  Eva Mayrhofer June 22, 2018 06:23

  Hi Henricus,

  thanks for your recommendation. Indeed, I am already having the pictures in the same space and I am already using some pages under _InclusionLibrary for the central location of my pictures.

  Unfortunately, I do not really get your step 5. If it is not too much of a bother, would you like to to elaborate on this step?

  In particular, I am wondering:
  Are you using the macro with the title "Include+" 
  What do you mean with "into the scroll title macro"?

  Cheers,
  Eva

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