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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide
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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

by James Pyles, Christopher M. Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan
September 2007
Beginner
822 pages
23h 3m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 13. Creating and Managing Picture Libraries

Introduction

Picture libraries are similar in use and function to the document libraries you read about in Chapter 9. A picture library is basically a list of all of the graphics files you plan to store and display on your SharePoint site. In most cases, you will use the Picture Library as a collection point, and reference the content in other Web Parts and pages.

You can display any image in the Picture Library on any Web Part page using an Image Web Part. The Image Link property of the Image Web Part allows you to enter the URL of the desired graphic's location in the library. You can also use the Source Editor in the Content Editor Web Part to create a link to the graphic in HTML.

Tip

See Chapter 8 for more details.

Once the graphic in the Picture Library is linked to a Web Part page, the image will be displayed in the part of the page containing the Image Web Part or, if linked with HTML, the image will appear where you have indicated in the link. If the image in the Picture Library is modified, the modifications will automatically appear on any page with a link to the Picture Library.

Warning

If you do not know HTML well enough to control the size and location of an image link, use the Image Web Part.

Image libraries, like document libraries, can be accessed either by an individual site or by an entire site collection. Use the Image Library to restrict access to your graphics to just the site containing the library. Use the Site Collection ...

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