Adrian Simpkins Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi All Most of our emails have some set images embedded into our signature which changes on a regular basis (maybe once a year). I note it does not seem currently possible to update an existing image, so if I have a new signature image to update I would have to upload the new image, then go into every email template to change the image link. Is it possible to get this enhanced so that we can replace an existing image to avoid having to manually change the link in all the templates? Or is it currently possible to do this and I have overlooked it? Many thanks as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 @Adrian Simpkins The only way to achieve this would be to host the image on a public facing web server, and reference that in the signature rather than embed the image in the email, that way you can change the image on the web server whenever it suits. Gerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Simpkins Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Thanks Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Simpkins Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi Gerry, Just to follow up on this post what would work great here is we had the ability to edit the existing image but retain the existing image URL. As an example I would have to update all our email templates which would take around 4 hours as I did this recently when our values were updated. If we could have some further options in the Edit options on an image that just let us update the existing image that would assist in lowering the admin. Many thanks as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 @Adrian Simpkins Some kind of media sharing tool/feature in Hornbill is on my list of "nice to have features I would like to see because it would be handy" list, but these rarely make the priority list for development. Maybe one of our further hackethons. Its a bit like the Image Library in Hornbill but the ability to keep the link, but change the image, its that sort of thing. Its been asked for a number of times before. You can buy systems for doing exactly this, they are called DAMs (Digital Asset Management systems) they are very expensive for what they are and generally only marketing departments see value in them. Gerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 @Adrian Simpkins There is this free service you might also want to consider. Simple to use, free to get started. Never used it so not a recommendation as such, but seems to do the sort of thing that would work as it has a "replace image" feature (on the paid for versions at least). https://imgbb.com/ Gerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Simpkins Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Thanks for the pointers Gerry. much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 @Adrian Simpkins Sorry I did not specifically address your suggestion "If we could have some further options in the Edit options on an image that just let us update the existing image that would assist in lowering the admin. " my apologies. From memory there is a technical reason we cannot do that, I think its because the storage we have to and that powers this function generates the ID's based on content, so change the content, changes the ID, and we happen to use that same ID in the URL. We was aware that the Hornbill Image Library would fall short of being an image sharing solution, we really built it as a system for holding brand images for the portals and other areas of customisation, with a view that in the future a more flexible image sharing app/tool would be something we want to develop. Gerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Simpkins Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Thanks Gerry - appreciate the explanation that makes sense Many thanks as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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