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

[Charles Dixon-Paver]

It should support authentication for private repos but might currently be a
bit buggy or broken depending on the methods used, but you can use
local/network filepaths or only expose the repository internally. It's
worth going through the available documentation on it though and is a great
method for distributing various assets besides svgs, including things like
scripts and models etc

On Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 20:56 David Galt, <davidlgalt.gis+qlist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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