I've not been able to find anything in the handbooks on how to set up drupal to put images within nodes -- the way you would on a plain web page.

Searching the forum has yielded a few interesting threads:
http://drupal.org/node/113813
http://drupal.org/node/107622

-- but these suggest several different approaches, don't fully explain the options and benefits, and don't have complete instructions.

This seems to be a common need that isn't documented.

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karldied commented

Try:
http://drupal.org/node/762, Screenshots and uploading images. I updated the title (it's been on my to-do list) to include the word images. This page addresses how to add them inline to drupal.org handbook documentation pages. Getting them on pages of your own Drupal-powered web site is another Q...

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joachim commented

Thanks.
But I don't see where that page says how to upload an image.

The scenario is this: users of the drupal site I am setting up will need to be able to upload images to the webserver and then embed them in page text, all via drupal.

I've done a fair bit of research on this over the last couple of days, and I'm going to be trying out a few combinations.
If I can figure out how to start a new handbook page to share what I find, I will.

BTW, are there any plans to put image handling into core?

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sepeck commented

Any registered user can start a new handbook page.

Only those with Site-Maintainer role can upload files/images to a page. Upload module has site wide permissions so granting book maintainer role upload permission would be granting them upload permission across drupal.org.

If you need/want to include images with a page, create you page. Submit a documentation issue with the attached images and a request for them to be added to the page.

Keep in mind that the current site theme has issues with large images that do not fit between two columns so keep images small.

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sepeck commented

sigh. I need to pay more attention.

Two ways. upload a file to the node. Look at the file path. Use IMG SRC=./files/image.jpg or equiv.

Use image module per: http://drupal.org/node/47357

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sepeck commented
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see attached image for example. If you upload an image to a node then you have a path to that image that you can use. This probably does need to be better documented.

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senpai commented
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I'll try and tackle this one. I have a somewhat vested interest in getting some step-by-step documentation on this basic procedure anyway.

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joachim commented

Here's the different combinations of modules I've found so far.
They all have their pros and cons, though I've not tested all of them:

image and imageattach -- a bit yucky. can't remove attached images
image and img_assist -- not bad, but interface of popup box a bit cluttered
iamge and inline -- simple
image and plain old html tags -- too complex for many site users
upload and node_images -- images are only attached to the node, not nodes themselves.
upload and Node Image Block http://drupal.org/node/48676 -- don't know
upload_image -- don't know
gallery -- don't know

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karldied commented

There is also:
Image and Acidfree (and Video)

I would really value documentation comparing the different options: what various applications are best addressed by each option; capabilities and limitations of the options; advantages; disadvantages; and maybe history on why they came to be (help explain the differences).

I think Drupal documentation would be well-served by "overview" documentation when there appears to be multiple ways to implement a solution, that gives a clue (1) what the different options _are_ and (2) which option to pursue . (I'm working on a similar article for access control.)

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joachim commented

> I think Drupal documentation would be well-served by "overview" documentation when there appears to be multiple ways to implement a solution,

I think users would also appreciate one clear leading solution for common features like this -- I know I would!
Are there plans to include image handling in core?

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senpai commented
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@joachim in #2:

BTW, are there any plans to put image handling into core?

I'm gonna hold off writing docs about the various options for image handling in Drupal until this gang announces the skeleton of a plan to put image handling in core. http://drupal.org/node/178267

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joachim commented

Is there any news on this project to get images into core? That page hasn't been updated in 8 months.

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sepeck commented

not a doc issue. You'd have to discuss that with the developers in question.

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durum commented
Component: Customization and Theming Guide » Other documentation issues

So, after this discussion, could you be able to find somewhere where all the inline image solutions are stated, so far?