Quick graphics posts to web site

Question

I maintain a page with 400x300 screen shots of charts on it.
I like to update it during the day. Many people in my chat room
view the page. What is the quickest way to update it?
At the moment, I have the page open as a Local File. Snagit
saves the screen capture .PNG automatically to the images file for
the web site, locally. I then drag the graphic from there into the
web page. I then hit Shft+Command+U and a dialog box pops up,
asking if I want to save the file and upload dependant files. I
click yes. The uploading takes about 30 seconds for a 22kb file. I
have a cable connection. With FrontPage, this process took about 6
seconds but I was editing direct from the remote host. I know it is
possible to edit direct from the remote host using DW, but the
process for saving that file is not clear, particularly if the
graphic is still on my local computer (FP would upload it
automatically then save the remote file).
Would it be better for me to use my screen capture program
(Snagit) to FTP the screen capture graphic directly to the images
folder of my remote site, then edit the remote page in DW, then
just hit "save" and I'm done?
Just looking for the fastest way. Thanks!

Answer 1

"enthios" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I maintain a page with 400x300 screen shots of charts on
it. I like to
>update
> it during the day. Many people in my chat room view the
page. What is
> the
> quickest way to update it?
>
> At the moment, I have the page open as a Local File.
Snagit saves the
> screen
> capture .PNG automatically to the images file for the
web site, locally.
> I
> then drag the graphic from there into the web page. I
then hit
> Shft+Command+U
> and a dialog box pops up, asking if I want to save the
file and upload
> dependant files. I click yes. The uploading takes about
30 seconds for a
> 22kb
> file. I have a cable connection. With FrontPage, this
process took about
> 6
> seconds but I was editing direct from the remote host. I
know it is
> possible
> to edit direct from the remote host using DW, but the
process for saving
> that
> file is not clear, particularly if the graphic is still
on my local
> computer
> (FP would upload it automatically then save the remote
file).
>
> Would it be better for me to use my screen capture
program (Snagit) to FTP
> the
> screen capture graphic directly to the images folder of
my remote site,
> then
> edit the remote page in DW, then just hit "save" and I'm
done?
>
> Just looking for the fastest way. Thanks!
The way I'd do it is use a FileSystemObject
http://www.brainjar.com/asp/dirlist/
or whatever similar object your back
end supports to just automatically compile whatever files are
in a given
directory to a web page. Once you have that done, all you
should need to do
is upload the image.
HTH;
Amy