Is it possible to use Hugo 0.32’s new image processing feature for images in other folders? For example, I have a site that is already structured in a format with all media in a separate /content/images folder, instead of beside each entry as a page bundle.

[image] tech4him: Is it possible to use Hugo 0.32’s new image processing feature for images in other folders? For example, I have a site that is already structured in a format with all media in a separate /content/images folder, instead of beside each entry as a page bundle. Image Processing…

I made a simple example repo of this Here and also answered your SO here In summary, it is possible to access a sections image resources from another page or location in the content. For your example: Add a content/images/_index.md file to be able to access the section (not sure if this is optiona…

Interesting workaround. But you will get a /images/ URL published with this set up.

Yep, small price to pay. I would just redirect it anyway. I do think there are some issues with the local hugo server, but need to test it out. Published site works like a charm, so no problem there. Opinion: I would have liked this to be a static dir location rather than just requiring them to be…

Nice, that workaround works. I was also able to add, at the top of my baseof.html file, {{ $.Scratch.Add "media" ((.Site.GetPage "section" "media").Resources) }} so that I can get the resources from any template file: {{ range ($.Scratch.Get "media").ByType "image" }}

Exactly, you could also make the media location a .Site.Params value in your congif.toml and change it easily for a template.

@alexandros Like @talves suggested above, is there any technical reason why media cannot be stored in a separate folder by default, or is this simply a decision?

I guess in this solution we are setting up a media folder location for the image resources to be accessed from within the templates. I am happy with this requirement at the moment. It solves all my needed use cases.

@tech4him I think it has something to do with the Resources context of the image file to be able to get the parameter values from a resource, but @bep or others will definitely know better. Not sure if you know, but you can access the exact width and heigth of an image resource.

Yes, I’m fine with using it as you’ve explained. I’m just wondering if this was a technical consideration, or simply a new structure that the Hugo team sees as more useful in the long run.

Image Processing Outside Folder

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alexandros January 7, 2018, 6:37am 2

Image Processing is available for Page Bundles. You need to restructure your content.

A page in .Site.Sections?

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Image Processing Outside Folder

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