Am I missing something, or what prevents just uploading to somewhere like imgur.com and using markdown to embed the image with a direct link. Sure, who knows about the permanence of images on imgur and the like, but is that really a problem for the concept map assignment?
Stephen On Jan 29, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Timothée Poisot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Greg, all > > Another possibility (I'm not personally too fond of it, but it might help) is > to convert png files to base64 (using e.g. http://www.base64-image.de/), then > copy/paste the text in the web editor of github. > > t > > Le 29/01/2015 10:37, Naupaka Zimmerman a écrit : >> Hi Greg - >> >> Looks like this used to be possible, but no longer: >> https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads >> >> It does seem like you can potentially paste in images into comment fields, >> at least in Chrome, if that helps: >> https://github.com/tiimgreen/github-cheat-sheet#pasting-clipboard-image-to-comments >> >> >> Best, >> Naupaka >> >> On 29 Jan 2015, at 5:54, Greg Wilson wrote: >> >>> We've been using a WordPress blog (at >>> http://teaching.software-carpentry.org) to manage the online instructor >>> training course for the last two years. I'd like to switch to a GitHub >>> Pages blog, and thanks to some heavy lifting from Andrea Bedini and Pauline >>> Barmby, we've moved the content over: see >>> http://swcarpentry.github.io/training-course/. >>> >>> But there are a couple of issues: >>> >>> 1. We don't want people to have to master Git right at the start of the >>> training course - they should be able to drive it by the time they're done, >>> but it will be a barrier to entry if we put it at the beginning. >>> >>> 2. The repo is very large: slightly over 1.1 GByte when checked out, thanks >>> primarily to image files. People complained about the size of the 'bc' >>> repo when it was a tenth as big... >>> >>> Using a separate repository for each future run of the training course will >>> solve #2. #1 is the bigger problem. I thought the solution would be for >>> people to create and edit pages using GitHub's browser interface >>> (https://github.com/blog/1327-creating-files-on-github), but I discovered >>> last night that there doesn't appear to be a way to upload images through >>> the web interface, which will make things like the concept map exercise >>> difficult. >>> >>> So: >>> >>> 1. Is there a way to upload images to GitHub through the browser, rather >>> than add/commit/push ? >>> >>> 2. If not, could I have half a dozen volunteers to give some over-the-web >>> one-to-one coaching to Git novices who are starting instructor training >>> next week? They'll need the coaching between Feb 5 and Feb 11. >>> >>> As always, if there's a better option that I've missed, I'd be grateful for >>> pointers. >>> >>> thanks, >>> Greg >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Greg Wilson | [email protected] >>> Software Carpentry | http://software-carpentry.org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >> > > -- > Timothée Poisot, PhD > > Professeur adjoint > Département des sciences biologiques > Université de Montréal > > phone : 514 343-7691 > web : http://poisotlab.io > twitter: @PoisotLab > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
