Hello, I have a public folder in usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/ of my apache setup containing something like 3,000 images. Now my question is how do I go about in using this information within zope, without actually having to import all the images into zope? I already have a database which has indexed all the filenames for the images, I can create a ZSQL Method which displays this, but I can figure how to specify the external file system, so that when I have a method to display an image, the image id is picked up from the ZSQL Method, this adds it to <img src="usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/image1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> I can create content using html tags within a method, so that includes links to an external images resource. e.g. <img src="http://localhost/catalog/posters/61_imageThree.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> which works. BUT is this the done thing???? Hope it makes sense.. Thanks Norman
With ExternalFS product you can connect the filesystem from inside Zope. That might be an idea in this case. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Khine" <khine@bmpublications.co.uk> To: "Zope Mailing List" <zope@zope.org> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:39 PM Subject: [Zope] External Images
Hello,
I have a public folder in usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/ of my apache setup containing something like 3,000 images.
Now my question is how do I go about in using this information within zope, without actually having to import all the images into zope?
I already have a database which has indexed all the filenames for the images, I can create a ZSQL Method which displays this, but I can figure how to specify the external file system, so that when I have a method to display an image, the image id is picked up from the ZSQL Method, this adds it to <img src="usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/image1.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
I can create content using html tags within a method, so that includes links to an external images resource. e.g. <img src="http://localhost/catalog/posters/61_imageThree.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> which works.
BUT is this the done thing????
Hope it makes sense..
Thanks
Norman
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what about a folder alias in httpd.conf? something like Alias posters/ /usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/ with that i linked from a zope site to some "old" - sill with apache stored - websites on the same server. hth oli Norman Khine wrote:
Hello,
I have a public folder in usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/ of my apache setup containing something like 3,000 images.
Now my question is how do I go about in using this information within zope, without actually having to import all the images into zope?
I already have a database which has indexed all the filenames for the images, I can create a ZSQL Method which displays this, but I can figure how to specify the external file system, so that when I have a method to display an image, the image id is picked up from the ZSQL Method, this adds it to <img src="usr/local/apache/htdocs/posters/image1.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
I can create content using html tags within a method, so that includes links to an external images resource. e.g. <img src="http://localhost/catalog/posters/61_imageThree.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> which works.
BUT is this the done thing????
Hope it makes sense..
Thanks
Norman
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