How to "edit resources"

I obviously am doing something wrong in my basic building process for my site. I am getting several warnings that graphics are missing. When I go on the edit resourcs button, there are several noted as missing, although some have “publish” checked; others do not.

I am a little puzzled how to get out of the hole of my own digging.

  1. How did the problem occur? I was getting accustomed to dragging graphics into a graphics folder, but perhaps I dragged some directly from the desktop?

  2. How do I go back now and “fix” the missing graphics?

I obviously need to get thsi right.


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Also…if I am not sure where the original graphic is located, can/should I just copy the graphic from the site, save it again in Photoshop and put it into the site graphics folder and then identify that location in “Edit Resources?”


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You can, although that’s a bit desperate. If you do, you should immediately re-import that image as pass-through to stop any further degradation due to over-compression.

Try using Spotlight or Finder’s search field to locate the original file by its filename. Then use the Locate button to navigate to it and restore the link.

The only thing that will confuse Freeway, in my experience, is the file actually going missing. If it was on a CD and you ejected that disk, or if it was on a file server and you’re not connected to the network, that sort of thing. If the file was on a file server and you weren’t connected to that server at the time you tried to publish, Freeway would attempt to connect to the server and re-establish the link.

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First, I would get in the habit of placing all the graphics and photos you use into the Media folder that Freeway sets up for you when a site is created. I came from GoLive, and GoLive actually put the files in that folder, but in Freeway, that’s sort of a “courtesy folder” that is set up for you to put files in.

Although, you can drag files right into Freeway, I’ve never done that as I like to be more organized. I would gather all the graphics you have for the site and put them in the Media folder and then update the images in Freeway.

You can try either Update All, or go in individually and update. Just make sure they are all accessed from your Media folder with all your images now.

Hope that helps.

Bob


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I was told to never put files in the media folder, only in a separate folder just called “graphics.”


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Walt,

I don’t know what you mean by “re-import that image as pass-through…”

Is that what your following instructions are doing?

Wouldn’t it be better to find the graphic and put it into a Freeway folder for good? Note the post by Robert B who says I should put it in media folder. I was taught to stay away form that folder.

On 30 Jun 2010, 1:07 pm, waltd wrote:

You can, although that’s a bit desperate. If you do, you should immediately re-import that image as pass-through to stop any further degradation due to over-compression.

Try using Spotlight or Finder’s search field to locate the original file by its filename. Then use the Locate button to navigate to it and restore the link.

The only thing that will confuse Freeway, in my experience, is the file actually going missing. If it was on a CD and you ejected that disk, or if it was on a file server and you’re not connected to the network, that sort of thing. If the file was on a file server and you weren’t connected to that server at the time you tried to publish, Freeway would attempt to connect to the server and re-establish the link.

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Also…

On “edit resources” some graphics are listed as “missing” but have a checkmark under “published.” Others are missing and are not checked.

What is the difference?

Should I track down all missing graphics?


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I think you may be getting confused with the Resources folder (or
anything inside the local Site folder where Freeway generates its
files). The Media folder is created by Freeway whenever you use a
template to start a project. It’s meant to be a place to gather the
original images and other elements used in your site. You can put
whatever you want in there, and use it or ignore it if you like. Those
originals can come from anywhere accessible to your Mac, but it’s
good practice to keep organized and put the originals somewhere
relative to the Freeway document so you can copy the whole project to
your laptop and go work at the coffee shop if you want to.

Whenever Freeway publishes, it either copies or resamples those
originals and stores the duplicates in the Resources folder. And
whenever it publishes, it also deletes the files it created from the
Resources and Site folders before replacing them with new versions.
That’s why you don’t want to fool around in those folders – there’s
giant Under Construction signs posted everywhere, and you don’t want
to be in there without a hard-hat…

Walter

On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:12 AM, SkipII wrote:

I was told to never put files in the media folder, only in a
separate folder just called “graphics.”


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There are two ways to import an image in Freeway.

The first is to draw a graphic box on the page, import (or drag and
drop) an original image into it, then scale, crop, rotate, etc. The
original image in this mode can be anything that you can open with
Photoshop, more or less, and it doesn’t matter what size or resolution
that original image is. The reason is that Freeway is going to
generate a cropped, resized, reformatted version of that original and
place it in your Resources folder when it publishes the page that
holds it. The original will not be modified in any way.

The second is as a pass-through image. You can access this method
through the File / Import dialog, where you’ll see a checkbox labeled
Pass-through. You can also simply draw an HTML box on the page and
import or drag your image into it. When you do this, though, you take
responsibility for the dimensions and file format of the image. You
are telling Freeway, “Don’t worry about this one, I’ve already made it
Web-safe.” Such an image cannot be cropped or rotated or resized at
all – it’s pre-shrunk.

So when you do this last-ditch save, and find the file in your
Resources folder that Freeway created, move it into your Media folder
(or really, anywhere outside of the Site folder, so it won’t be
removed by Freeway during the publish cycle) and then re-import it
into your layout, you are importing an image that has already been
cropped, compressed, and formatted as JPEG, GIF, or PNG. It’s no
longer as good as the original, so you want to stop running it through
the sausage machine again and again. That’s why pass-through exists.

Walter

On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:15 AM, SkipII wrote:

Walt,

I don’t know what you mean by “re-import that image as pass-
through…”

Is that what your following instructions are doing?

Wouldn’t it be better to find the graphic and put it into a Freeway
folder for good? Note the post by Robert B who says I should put it
in media folder. I was taught to stay away form that folder.

On 30 Jun 2010, 1:07 pm, waltd wrote:

You can, although that’s a bit desperate. If you do, you should
immediately re-import that image as pass-through to stop any
further degradation due to over-compression.

Try using Spotlight or Finder’s search field to locate the original
file by its filename. Then use the Locate button to navigate to it
and restore the link.

The only thing that will confuse Freeway, in my experience, is the
file actually going missing. If it was on a CD and you ejected that
disk, or if it was on a file server and you’re not connected to the
network, that sort of thing. If the file was on a file server and
you weren’t connected to that server at the time you tried to
publish, Freeway would attempt to connect to the server and re-
establish the link.

Walter


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Walt,

Thanks.

I checked and there is no file called “media.” I created one of my own just called “graphics” but some of my images are not in there either.

I’m more baffled than ever about how to work out of this mess.

Can I just save the graphics somehow that are now on the pages?


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Follow the path that shows up in Freeway when updating. Grab the files from those places and put them in your graphics folder you just made. Update your images from there, now.


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You can see the full path if you click on Display in the Edit Resources window and click down to Full Path.


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Anything that Freeway doesn’t report as missing is in fact somewhere
on your computer or networked to your computer. Anything that Freeway
reports as missing was once on your computer or networked to your
computer, so barring disk failure, it’s possible to locate it again.

There’s an option to “detach” an image in the Edit/Resources dialog.
What this does is replace the original with Freeway’s “proxy” version
of the image, and treat the image as if you pasted a screenshot of the
image into a graphics box. (That’s a hidden, third way to get images
into Freeway.)

It’s a better choice in this case, because it reserves the hope that
you might find the original one day and re-attach it. Please note that
the proxy version is even more compromised than the published version,
so you definitely don’t want to enlarge it on screen even a little if
you decide to use this method.

Walter

On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:34 AM, SkipII wrote:

Walt,

Thanks.

I checked and there is no file called “media.” I created one of my
own just called “graphics” but some of my images are not in there
either.

I’m more baffled than ever about how to work out of this mess.

Can I just save the graphics somehow that are now on the pages?


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On 30 Jun 2010, at 14:08, Robert B wrote:

First, I would get in the habit of placing all the graphics and photos you use into the Media folder that Freeway sets up for you when a site is created. I came from GoLive, and GoLive actually put the files in that folder, but in Freeway, that’s sort of a “courtesy folder” that is set up for you to put files in.

It should perhaps be pointed out here that the ‘Media’ folder is only created for you if you use one of the built-in templates. If you simply make a new, blank site, there is no ‘Media’ folder, and you have to make it yourself.

best wishes,

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I start from a blank site all the time and a Media folder IS created.


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Walt,

Where is this “detach” option? I have looked all over the edit resources boxes and cannot find it. Closest thing is “resample” but I am reluctant to screw around with it at this point.

If I understand your last post, you are saying “detach” the graphic so Freeway goes with its proxy version in its resources folder, rather than continuing to search for the original.

I find a path to all the graphics but they track to a website folder that is nowhere on my computer (I even did a full Spotlight search). No such file was ever on an external disk either.


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In the Edit / Resources dialog, click once on the missing filename.
Then click the Edit button at the bottom-right of the screen. In that
dialog, you will see a checkbox labeled Detached. Check it and Okay.

The only other way you can get a file into Freeway is through copy and
paste, but that will never end up in a “File Missing” dialog unless
there’s something corrupted in your document file itself. The reason
is, the file never existed in the normal sense, so it can’t be
missing. It gets stored at its highest resolution within the Freeway
document, and can’t be lost.

Walter

On Jun 30, 2010, at 10:19 AM, SkipII wrote:

Walt,

Where is this “detach” option? I have looked all over the edit
resources boxes and cannot find it. Closest thing is “resample” but
I am reluctant to screw around with it at this point.

If I understand your last post, you are saying “detach” the graphic
so Freeway goes with its proxy version in its resources folder,
rather than continuing to search for the original.

I find a path to all the graphics but they track to a website folder
that is nowhere on my computer (I even did a full Spotlight search).
No such file was ever on an external disk either.


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On 30 Jun 2010, at 15:16, Robert B wrote:

I start from a blank site all the time and a Media folder IS created.

If you start with the blank template, the Media folder is created. If,
like me, you start from scratch using the Custom side of the New
Document dialog, then you’re on your own.

=o)

Heather


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On 30 Jun 2010, at 15:16, Robert B wrote:

I start from a blank site all the time and a Media folder IS created.

You must be using the ‘Blank’ template for a new site then …

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Walt,

That’s where I’ve been. There is no box for “detach”

??


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