Webcam Images

[MateThemes]

Hello everyone!

I have webcam images, that are uploaded every 5 minutes to the server. Currently the webpage is written in plain html but we want to switch to processwire. The current file path is in the root -> cam/someimage.jpg.

Now if i am installing processwire, processwire will be in the root and the images could be still in cam/someimages.jpg but how can I access this images on a page? 

Or does anyone have expiriences with such topics?

Thank you in advance!

[Sebi]

Hi @MateThemes,

ProcessWire allows you to have any custom folder you want in its root, so you can leave your cam-directory where it is. The path to the images will stay the same. So, if you included an image with <img src="/cam/someimage.jpg"/> before, you do it just like that in your processwire-template file.

Just a small restriction to notice:
You must not create a page with "cam" as path in processwire, because that will block access to your folder. 

[dragan]

19 hours ago, MateThemes said:

but how can I access this images on a page? 

Do you mean access them from an images-field on that page? In that case you'd change the image path to site/assets/files/page-id/ instead.

But you'd still have to add the images to the field programmatically so that PW "sees" the new pics (via hook or Cron).

[MateThemes]

19 hours ago, Sebi said:

Hi @MateThemes,

ProcessWire allows you to have any custom folder you want in its root, so you can leave your cam-directory where it is. The path to the images will stay the same. So, if you included an image with <img src="/cam/someimage.jpg"/> before, you do it just like that in your processwire-template file.

Just a small restriction to notice:
You must not create a page with "cam" as path in processwire, because that will block access to your folder. 

Thank you for your help!!!

It is good that I can leave everything as it is!