Adding pictures in text

[xrossglobalgroup]

Hello. I have just installed this plugin, but wonder if it is possible for the people who submit the events to also add pictures or other media files to the actual test (so not only the event picture)? The MEDIA button that normally appears left above the text field doesn’t show in community events.

[xrossglobalgroup]

test = text (the description of the event).

[Geoff]

Hey there xrossglobalgroup!

Good question. There are two ways that an image can be included with a Community Events submission:

• The Events Image option. This is the featured image for the event.
• Linking to an image in Text Mode. There is an “img” option if you toggle the editor to Text Mode (screenshot). Click that option and paste a link to an image when promoted.

Does this helps answer your question? Please let me know. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

[xrossglobalgroup]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for your quick answer. Unfortunately it doesn’t help me. The event image is clear, and that is something that everyone with the right credentials can do him/herself. An image in the text itself through the text editor is not possible. To do so they namely need to have access to my WP Media database to search for the desired image. I don’t want people to look in htere, and it would also go beyond the whole idea of this particular plugin. What is needed is an image upload functionality, which may actually add an image to the media library.

I fear the only way now is that people post an event, but I still have to add manually certain pics to the event information text, which also goes against the whole idea of this plugin 🙁

I know I can add this as a suggested feature, but it takes so long before that is implemented 🙁 Do you think an expeirenced devleoper could make something like this quickly?

[Geoff]

Hey there and thanks for following up!

I hope I was clear in my first reply, but people can submit an image via the Text editor–they just can’t upload additional images and other media to your server from there. That’s largely by design since allowing people to upload an unspecified number of files can take a hit on your site and server. However, they are able to link to an image that is already hosted online using the Text mode.

Do you think an expeirenced devleoper could make something like this quickly?

Perhaps, but I’m not sure about the quickly part. I wonder if it would be possible to integrate the Community submission form with another plugin like Advanced Custom Fields to get the effect you’re looking for.

Sorry I don’t have more of a concrete solution for you here, but I hope this at least helps answer your question about what the editor is capable of handling.

Cheers!
Geoff

[Geoff]

Hey there! Just checking in to see if there’s been an update or if you still need assistance on this one–please let me know. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

[xrossglobalgroup]

Thanks Geoff. I see your point about overloading the server. However, with certain user profiles that really shouldn’t be an issue. Since the people I want to give access are always the same, uploading always the same events (e.g. coffee morning, socialiser, movie night) it also always requires the same text and pictures. Possibly I can prepare the standard text for them, including the links to the media files, and ask them to upload that for a new event submission.

Thanks for your help. I am looking forward to working with the plugin more in the future!

[Geoff]

Awesome, thanks for following up! I totally hear you and see how that might be useful for situations like yours. I’d totally recommend adding it to our UserVoice page for consideration.

In the meantime, please enjoy the plugins! I’ll go ahead and close this thread, but please feel free to hit us up if anything else comes up and we’d be happy to help. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

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