Hello -

I have set a custom field called $bgImage in the CMS. This field simply takes an image (img src="path/to/image").

it works fine in the front end when outputted simply as $bgImage, but I am unable to see any output when trying to use functions such as $bgImage.URL in my templates.

My PHP server has GD2. I am using WAMP so cannot set permissions for my tmp folder. Does anyone have any ideas of what im doing wrong?

Thanks

PTVW

OK i solved it.

Im very new to SilverStripe and made some simple mistakes.

In order to user methods such as .URL etc with images you have to declare a new database table first using either $has_one or $has_many. Then add a tab. Then you will have a new tab where you can upload images in your CMS and use them at will. I guess I will need to use an enumerated type for more than one image.

Im using this to allow people to update background images in the CMS so I can have text overlayed over an image rather than static pictures!