Question

I want to automatically attach an image to a topic when that topic is created via a form.

I can calculate the URL of the image I want to attach, but can't figure out how to automatically attach it.

Environment

-- HelenJohnstone - 28 May 2008

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

Maybe DocumentCentricTopicCreation helps.

-- FranzJosefGigler - 28 May 2008

That sounds me a bit of a template topic (skeleton for topics). To use a topic as template set an html form with one textfield (name of topic) and one hidden input to specify the template topic, example:

<form name="newTopic" action="%SCRIPTURLPATH%/edit/%WEB%/" method="get">
   <input name="templatetopic" type="hidden" value="TheTemplateTopic" />
   Topic Name: <input name="topic" type="text" size="40" />
   <input name="subbutton" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

In the template topic you may insert the image tag. Although that do not guarantee a user won't will remove it from there when going to edit the topic. You may like to place this form in a separate topic and include it on topics you think it can stick conventionally.

For more info check for the related docs in TWiki: TWikiScripts.

-- MarcoSilva - 28 May 2008

Look also at Plugins'TopicCreatePlugin's %TOPICATTACH{}% feature.

-- PeterThoeny - 28 May 2008