On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, John Hinsley wrote:

> I read the Swiki help guide, but still came away not knowing what to do.
>
> I've a couple of things to upload, but they're in conventional web
> server style format (naturally enough -- they were on a conventional web
> server!). Just the usual stuff, a couple of folders, each with an
> index.html, one with a link from index.html and loads of gifs.
>
> Of course, in this format, the *folder* is the page name......
>
> I'm sure the Swiki way of doing things is actually easier, but it
> confuses the hell out of me!
>
> Can't I just ftp the stuff up? Port 80? 8080? Please.... pretty please?
>
> I'd just play with Comanche until I got the right response, but with a
> feeble dialup connection, that's going to be expensive.

(copying to Swiki list)

John,

the Wiki idea is to make each and every page editable. Uploading an html
document makes it uneditable so nobody bothered adding special support for
this.

I assume your talking about the Squeak Swiki (minnow), so could you
explain what you're trying to achieve?

Anyway, the easiest way for you would be to just link from the Swiki to
where your image folders are on the web.

The proper way would be to replicate your pages in the Swiki. Use your
favorite editor to replace <img> tags by swiki-like *+image refs+* (or
even write a tiny PERL script if there are lots of folders) and then copy
this text to the swiki. Upload the images and you're set.

-- Bert