Hosting images externally

#1

Hi all.

I am wondering if there is an easy way to configure middleman to build image links prefixed with a non / path. Say I have an S3 bucket or something, I’d like

![img](filename.jpg)

to end up as

http://pathto.com/s3/bucket/bunchanumbers/filename.jpg

not

http://mymiddlemansite.com/http://pathto.com/s3/bucket/bunchanumbers/filename.jpg

which is what I get if I set images_dir to my external url.

I feel like there is either an easy way to do this that I’m missing or it’s not supported. Haven’t had much luck in the docs. Thank you!

#2

I’m pretty new to this myself, but maybe this can help. Try adding a helper in the config.rb:

helpers do
    def s3img filename
        image_tag 'http://pathto.com/s3/bucket/bunchanumbers/' + filename
    end
end

I use HAML for my markup, so if I were using this, I’d use:
= s3img 'filename.jpg'

and it generates:
<img src="http://path.to/s3/buck/bunchanumbers/test.jpg" />

Hopefully this is a good start for you.

Cheers.