Hm, looking through the source, there are many many places where PDF files are treated differently than strictly image filetypes (PNG, etc.). This makes sense in the context of multi-page documents. 

Still, I like using PDFs for vector plots... I suppose I should also confess to the following modification I've made to my ELOG for treating PDFs like images in drag-and-drop uploading. 

--- a/scripts/ckeditor/plugins/dndfiles/plugin.js
+++ b/scripts/ckeditor/plugins/dndfiles/plugin.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ CKEDITOR.plugins.add( 'dndfiles', {
                                                                return;

                                                        if(src.indexOf(".png") >= 0 || src.indexOf(".jpg") >= 0 || src.indexOf(".jpeg") >= 0
-                           || src.indexOf(".gif") >= 0 || src.indexOf(".svg") >= 0) { // This is an image
+                           || src.indexOf(".gif") >= 0 || src.indexOf(".svg") >= 0 || src.indexOf(".pdf") >= 0) { // This is an image
                                                                html += '<a href = ' + src + '><img src = "' + thumb + '">' + '</a>';
                                                        } else {        // this is not an image
                                                                // Server appends 14 characters in front of the name so we should remove them

> Good Day
> 
> I am new to elog and have a question. This is best explain with an example. If I have two logbooks named "home" and "work" and I would like all the entries of home to be of a specific html format (for example a table containing
> a set amount of rows and columns) and work can be any plain text entry how would I go about doing this? I saw the documentation mention something about html templates but i cant seem to find the section about where they are stored
> or how they are created and applied to a specific logbook. I know how to restrict the entry encoding to either html, elcode or plain text for a logbook. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Regard
> Kenzo Abrahams

So-called "custom" entry/view forms are a bit for experienced people. You should be fluent with HTML and JavaScript. The (minimal) documentation is here: https://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/66909

If you want a table style input form, better use Google Spreadsheets.

Stefan

Good Day

I am new to elog and have a question. This is best explain with an example. If I have two logbooks named "home" and "work" and I would like all the entries of home to be of a specific html format (for example a table containing
a set amount of rows and columns) and work can be any plain text entry how would I go about doing this? I saw the documentation mention something about html templates but i cant seem to find the section about where they are stored
or how they are created and applied to a specific logbook. I know how to restrict the entry encoding to either html, elcode or plain text for a logbook. Any help would be appreciated.

Regard
Kenzo Abrahams

If you are using IE as your browser, the problem may be with that rather than the server. By default IE 11 display intranet sites in a "Compatibility mode" which breaks the FCKEditor in Elog version 3.  Fortunately this mode can be disabled, which is what I have had to advise users here to do.

• Click on the "cogwheel" and select "Compatibility settings" 
• Deselect "Display intranet sites in Compatibility view"

Pictures attached

You can turn off thumbnail creation with

Thumbnail size = 0

as written in the documentation. The PNG files are "thumbnails" (= smaller versions of large pictures). Mostly people put large images into elog entries, which take long times to download. Having small thumbnails insted speeds up download times considerably.

Stefan

I am honestly not sure if I understand the question. You can run ELOG behind an Apache Webserver. Look for example at https://midas.psi.ch/elog/adminguide.html#secure

How can I host elog in a web server. I need sample config file on [global] segment to show config on how it can be host. Please need your help. Thanks

Hi,

We have a user who posted a lot of inline jpg.  The elog system converted those to png and thus cause the size of the elog to expand about ~4x of the original size.  It is caused the problem of entry size too large for email notifications.  Is there a way to turn off the conversion to png picture file?  May I know also know why it converts to png to store on the server?  Thank you very much.

Jacky