OK. Don't do what I said. The "source" field just documents the original source.
If you want to point to an external file, you will need to make a field "_canonical_uri" and put the path to your external image there. You can learn about it here: https://tiddlywiki.com/#ExternalImages -- Mark On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 9:44:04 AM UTC-8, Mark S. wrote: > > Actually, I'm wondering if "source" is new. I thought external files were > in field _canonical_uri . > > You can make your own source field. Put in a URL with a path to the image. > Change the tiddler type to reflect the image type. > > -- Mark > > On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 9:28:18 AM UTC-8, TimP wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The tiddler 'Motovun Jack.jpg' on https://tiddlywiki.com/ has a field >> 'source'. >> I do not have such a field available in the field drop down. I thought my >> version 5.1.11 might be the problem. >> >> I downloaded a new empty.html. Tried to create an image tiddler but >> 'source' field is not available. >> >> I am guessing that this is not longer a standard plugin? >> >> thanks in advance. >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 16:37, Tim Pizey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> I get it now, I think that the documentation could be improved here, I >>> did assume that that was a local file url not a tiddler. >>> >>> cheers >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 15:49, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Tim, >>>> >>>> You can't transclude external resources, such as images. >>>> >>>> I can see where your confusion comes from, though. In the docs you see: >>>> >>>> {{Motovun Jack.jpg}} >>>> >>>> which looks like a regular file name. But actually what is happening >>>> there is that it is transcluding a tiddler, >>>> that happens to have a name that looks like a file name. If you go to >>>> tiddlywiki.com and put "motovun" in the search box, >>>> you can navigate to the actual tiddler, "Motovun Jack.jpg" >>>> >>>> A lot of the tiddlers, especially system tiddlers, look like file >>>> paths, which cause me a bit of confusion at first. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> -- Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 7:11:04 AM UTC-8, TimP wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On Windows 10/chrome I downloaded an image to the same directory as my >>>>> TW. >>>>> >>>>> This works: [img[burnStrawman.jpg]] >>>>> >>>>> This does not: {{burnStrawman.jpg}} >>>>> >>>>> Documented here: >>>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Images%2520in%2520WikiText.html >>>>> >>>>> Nothing shows in the JS console log. >>>>> >>>>> Am I doing something wrong? >>>>> >>>>> cheers >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/02c45709-a063-4d94-bdbb-740285de6ee7%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/02c45709-a063-4d94-bdbb-740285de6ee7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tim Pizey - http://tim.pizey.uk/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tim Pizey - http://tim.pizey.uk/ >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9908738b-6791-46be-a8e7-7db80fae7b7b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
