Image Filenanes

This new feature hasn't made much of a fanfare re the new release but I believe it's a great improvement. At last you can have meaningful image names rather than Xara's previously random generated and constantly changing image filenames.

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Image filenames

You can now control the filename with which any image is published in a website or web document, which can help SEO and your position in image search. Select the object and open Utilities > Web Properties > Image tab. In the Image section of the dialog you can set the preferred filename to be used. If the filename is not unique within the current website/document, Designer will append a number to the name to make it unique.

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I haven't had enough time to check yet but I believe this will also eradicate the BIG issue with using the previous 'filename=image" naming convention that led to issues between variant image quality.

So in my opinion the Developers deserve a big pat on the back. Thanks Dev's.

Egg, I too thought it was fine until I tried using it.

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Thank you for Image Filenames. I see that multiple copies on the page only require one uploaded image.
It is a pity that the simple rotation of an image or scaling or a Live Copy requires it to be numbered.
No one thought about adding the Image Filename option to the Photo pop-up.
Or some tie up with the Name gallery and the Page & Layer gallery.

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It is a bolt-on that followed a route I proposed a long time back but fails to exploit basic CSS or link into earlier bolt-ons like the renaming of an object in the Page & Layer gallery, the Status Line or the Name gallery or the Names pop-up.

I am now expect to open the Web Properties > Image to see where I have added something.

Acorn

Totally agree with your points Acorn. I didn't say it was perfect but a big move in the right direction.