[TYPO3-english] How to change the default image upload folder uploads\pics?

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi Morten!

Morten Kjems wrote:
> When editors build a page with the content elements "image" and "text with 
> image" they have the option to browse for the image. This is what most 
> editors do. The problem is that the image lands in the uploads\pics folder 
> outside the fileadmin folder. If the editor wants to use the image somewhere 
> else it is not available and they have to reupload it.
> 
> In installations with only one image folder it makes a lot of sense that all 
> images lands in that folder by default and that the folder is located within 
> the fileadmin folder so that images can be accessed.

I suspected so ;)

You are looking for dam and dam_ttcontent extensions. This would solve the
problem.

Check also what Ron wrote, he explained technical points greatly, so I
won't repeat.

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