Joomla 1.6 Help – To create a new images directory in Joomla 1.6 is pretty easy.  There are several ways to do this  -either in FTP manager or Media Manager.   Here I will show you how to create a new images directory using the Media Manager.  For example:

I want to upload an image:

• ‘MoviePress.jpg” to my new “TemplateImages” subfolder

Steps how to create a new folder in Joomla 1.6 using the Media Manager:

1.  Create a new Folder

• Login to your Joomla 1.6 administrator backend.
• Click on Content, Media Manager.
• See the 2 boxes below the ‘Files’ Window.
• Enter in your subfolder name in the second box, in my example I would enter ‘TemplateImages”.

• Click on ‘Create Folder’.
• You will see a status message that says:

Create Complete: /TemplateImages

• If you look in your ‘Files’ window on your right, you will also see a new subfolder created.

2.  Upload Image to New Folder

• Double click on the subfolder you created above
• Follow the steps here in my post to upload your image.

So that’s all there is to create a new directory and uploading an image to Joomla 1.6.  Using the Media Manager, all images that you upload using this tool will be stored in your webhosting directory:

../images

If you want to insert that image anywhere in your Joomla 1.6 website, you can use the GUI interface to find the image again, or link to it directly:

http://www.yourwebsitename.com/images/subfolder/imagesfilename.jpg

For example, to access my image later – I would use:

http://www.cmsmind.com/images/TemplateImage/MoviePress.jpg

Hope that helps!

Elaine
Elaine@cmsmind.com