[Qgis-user] Sharing SVGs/custom graphics referenced by projects and styles

[David Galt]

For our purposes, we would only want to share the repository internally
within our company. Is this supported with the QGIS repository plugin?

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:41 AM Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com>
wrote:

> Usually for individual projects you can embed the svg in the project file
> itself using the drop down options from the svg path selection area.
>
> If you're using the same svgs for multiple files though, I would strongly
> suggest setting up a repository for them and adding them using the resource
> sharing plugin.
>
> https://github.com/QGIS-Contribution/QGIS-ResourceSharing
>
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 19:28 David Galt, <davidlgalt.gis+qlist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In working from home I am presented with the challenge of sharing project
>> files and data. A central PostGIS database makes it easy to share data and
>> styles, but the one area that I am struggling with how to effectively share
>> a massive trove of custom SVG files that are referenced by my projects and
>> styles.
>>
>> One possibility I have explored is putting the files on the web and then
>> referencing the URL in the style rather than a file-based path. When I do
>> this, 3 things seem to happen:
>>
>> 1. The SVG shape appears correctly under "Text Sample", but in the path,
>> the font of the URL appears as red indicating that it is in error
>> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/AgCuQvL18d4aTxdQ8>.
>>
>> 2. Otherwise, it seems to work on the map. The SVGs
>> are displayed correctly <https://photos.app.goo.gl/NmmbG5KMhDwEPkQMA>.
>>
>> 3. After I save, exit and reload the project file, the graphics still
>> appear as they should on the map, but the feedback meter on the bottom of
>> QGIS that churns during ongoing operations never stops churning and when
>> you click on it, each image that is referenced from a URL is shown as
>> 100% completed but still "fetching"
>> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/mJQXfKKsjF99denX7>.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong? Any recommendations/best practices for
>> referencing graphics from web addresses rather than local file paths?
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