Currently you can only upload a default image to show if no images are uploaded.

Would it be able to have a URL field as an optional choice to point to a default image?

Then you don't have to upload a default image for every content type, but can simply point the URL to the first uploaded default image or a custom uploaded image in the files directory.

The image in the URL will have to go through imagechace actions

Or what about a select list to select previously uploaded default images.

Thanks, great module

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Would it be able to have a URL field as an optional choice to point to a default image?

The default image must exist in the database in order to be referenced. This means that if we did allow a URL, we'd need to transfer it locally, insert it into the database, and then reference our copy. Considering this is a significant coding investment and default images are dealt with only by site-builders, this option will not be added to ImageField. Additionally, ImageField has been moved into core for Drupal 7, where this feature also does not exist. However, in Drupal 7 we now have a reusable upload field for use anywhere within Drupal, meaning a module like FileField Sources could provide a URL (or a select list or a browser) option in addition to the normal upload.

So the short of it is, this feature won't be added in Drupal 6, but we almost get it inherently in Drupal 7 through possible add-on modules like FileField Sources.

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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)