I inherited a SilverStripe site and was able to install it and get it "running." According to the instructions and screen shot on http://userhelp.silverstripe.org/for-website-content-editors/working-with-images-and-documents/, there is to be a link to "upload file" This is not appearing on my admin site. I have attached a screen shot of both the site content with the add images pane open and the files & images pages. I don't see anywhere to add images from anywhere than what is on the site currently. I need to add images from my desktop. The 3rd image is a shot of the folders/files in the public folder of my site to give those that understand the programming and idea of the programming the site came with. Am I missing a plug in? My goal here is to get image gallery installed and have tried numerous times and have gotten to different stages before failure. Then I looked more closely to the site and found this upload problem and realize I need to correct this before continuing my experimentation to make image gallery work successfully.

Thanks for any help!

Sue

I know the upload image link was removed from the HTML edit field in 2.3 because of a issue. Its back in 2.4. So you either need to use the Files & Images Pane or Upgrade to 2.4 (though I don't know if I'd recommend that on an inherited site for someone new to the CMS).

On my 2.3 sites I usually upload files via FTP. Once you've uploaded the files makes sure you go to Files & Images before you try to add the image to a page. The file Database is re-built every time you go to that tab (in 2.4 there's button to do this rebuild instead).

I've been dragging my heel upgrading those sites to 2.4 because I know there a re few incompatibilities with some of the older code I use

Good Luck

Thank you for such a complete answer!. I have tried to upgrade the site to 2.4 and that was a total failure. I am trying to add the image gallery to the site. I was close once, but couldn't get the images to upload. So I started with the original site and wanted to be sure that I could upload to it. Just tested and it does work through the files and images tab - so at least my basic beginnings work.

Sue

Yeah tracking down the incompatibility may be a little tricky. I recommend doing a local install of the 2.4, and manually adding each module/class and testing it one by one until it fails a dev/build. I'm sure theres an easier way using eclipse or the like a dev environment but I haven't felt like dealing with the learning curve :)

At this point I am trying one more time to "upgrade" the necessary pieces to make the image gallery work. That failing, hopefully I can add a Photo Gallery using Gallery (another open source product) and link it to the silverstripe site. I have not searched, but do you happen to know if there is a way to add links to the navigation system of silverstripe that would go to this other portion of the site? And can I even add another "program" to my public folder where the silverstipe programming lives without messing up the silverstripe site.

Sue

I've used previous versions of Gallery with SilverStripe Sites while I worked through other site issues (though I used a subdomain). It may cause problems with modrewrite rules, take a look at this http://archive.ssbits.com/using-other-systems-together-with-silverstripe/

as for linking to it, you can always just hardcode a link into the template or use a redirector page

You are being so helpful - I can't thank you enough! I will be using Gallery 1.5 - definitely an old version but perfect for what I need. Would you happen to know where information on hardcoding a link might be found? (I have tried for hours to search this site for answers to my questions but I guess I don't know how to search it correctly.

Sue

It'll be in one of the tempaltes, most people either do it in the main page.ss or the include a navigation.ss

It usally look something like this

<% control Menu(1) %>
<a href="$Link">$MenuTitle</a>
<% end_control %>

I see from your screen shots you're on a mac, you can always do spotlight search in the correct theme directory for <% control Menu(1) %>

Then all you have to do is add the html for the link to the page like it was a normal html file.