Hello,

Mohammad - The instructions you provided work perfectly. I will be using 
plenty of images so I will be using the table template provided. 

Thank you both for all of your help - much appreciated!

Sam

On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 7:59:54 PM UTC, Mohammad wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> What I wrote is to directly display an image from Google Drive!
> There is no need to use the plugin for the example I gave in the above 
> post.
>
> SRF88 can try that to see if the link to GDrive is correctly given or not!
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 11:16:35 PM UTC+4:30, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>> What? That's all it does? Create _canonical_uri ? I thought it might add 
>> some additional info goo gel wanted.
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 11:43:12 AM UTC-7, Mohammad wrote:
>>>
>>> SRF88,
>>>
>>>    1. create a new tiddler
>>>    2. add a field called: _canonical_uri
>>>    3. copy and paste the sharelable link of your image on Google Drive 
>>>    as field value
>>>    4. save and see what happen
>>>
>>> The plugin seems to create such a tiddler. See this instruction if you 
>>> failed: 
>>> https://support.awesome-table.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002196665-Display-images-from-Google-Drive
>>>
>>> --Mohammad
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 10:33:23 PM UTC+4:30, SRF88 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm on Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Everything happened as per the download instructions. Though when I 
>>>> tried it again I realised that the file had been given a .txt extension. I 
>>>> deleted the additional extension and when I dragged and dropped I was 
>>>> prompted to save and refresh, which I did. The plugin is now in the plugin 
>>>> tab - perfect.
>>>>
>>>> I created an image using a 'shareable link' but I just get a '?' icon 
>>>> instead of my image. I will see if I can work this out.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for all of your help!
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 5:06:07 PM UTC, Mark S. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Did the tid download, per the instructions, do you see it in your 
>>>>> downloads directory?
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you drag the file again, and drop it when the green bar appeared? 
>>>>> Did you see the green bar?
>>>>>
>>>>> After your dragged and dropped, did a tiddler appear called $:/Import?
>>>>>
>>>>> In that tiddler, did you click on "Import" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I forgot to ask -- are you on Windows? 
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 9:52:47 AM UTC-7, SRF88 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No it is not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know I've done something wrong here - sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your help is much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 4:39:15 PM UTC, Mark S. wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When you go into settings, plugins, is the new plugin listed?
>>>>>>>  (Creates External image tiddler from google drive file link)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 9:16:50 AM UTC-7, SRF88 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your quick response Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I followed your instructions using an empty TW. A new icon did not 
>>>>>>>> appear in the tools tab?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will make sure to use shared images on GD.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 3:16:08 PM UTC, Mark S. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think that plugin just helps you wrap shared images 
>>>>>>>>> appropriately.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To download from GH, click on the "tiddlers" folder. Then click on 
>>>>>>>>> the $__plugins_zimiarh_extimg.tid link. Right click on the "Raw" 
>>>>>>>>> button and then select "save link as" to download the tiddler.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Find the downloaded tiddler and drag and drop into your TW file (a 
>>>>>>>>> green bar should appear as you drag, that tells you it's ok to drop).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Import the tiddler. Save your TW file. Reload. A new icon appears 
>>>>>>>>> over in the sidebar, that will help you create links to SHARED images 
>>>>>>>>> on 
>>>>>>>>> gdrive.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 7:48:07 AM UTC-7, SRF88 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> First of all, apologies for the simple question but I am quite 
>>>>>>>>>> far out of my comfort zone here.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have been using TiddlyDesktop for a while, I use a lot of 
>>>>>>>>>> photos to illustrate my note taking so I use inks to external 
>>>>>>>>>> photos. To 
>>>>>>>>>> make the TiddlyWiki more accessible I have experimented with moving 
>>>>>>>>>> it to 
>>>>>>>>>> Google Drive, this has been successful using Tiddly Drive BUT i 
>>>>>>>>>> cannot 
>>>>>>>>>> figure out how to link my images.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have come across this plugin that might help 
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/zimiarh/tiddlywiki-external-image but have no 
>>>>>>>>>> idea how to install it!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Or is there a more simple way of linking external images on 
>>>>>>>>>> Google Drive?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry if this question has been answered before, I had a search 
>>>>>>>>>> and could not find the answer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>

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