As an experienced CMS website operation personnel of an enterprise, I know that content asset management, especially the proper handling of image resources, is crucial for the healthy operation of the website.The loading speed, stability, and whether it can be favorably indexed by search engines all directly affect user experience and the SEO performance of the website.AnQi CMS provides a key configuration that allows you to flexibly control whether remote images are automatically downloaded to the local server.

Core Configuration: Remote Image Download Option

In Anqi CMS, the configuration for whether remote images are downloaded to the local server is located in the website background.“Background Settings”under the module, the specific path is."Content Settings". On this page, you will find a name called“Is it downloading remote pictures”The option. This option is designed to give operators fine-grained control over the handling of external image links in the content.

This option provides two states:DownloadandDo not download. Understanding the meanings and application scenarios of these two states is of great significance for optimizing your content publishing process and image resource management.

Select“Download remote images”This means that when you insert an image link from an external website while editing the article content, AnQi CMS will automatically fetch and store these external links pointing to image files on your own server when the content is saved or published.This action internalizes external image resources into the local assets of the website.

Considerations for downloading remote images

  • Enhancing website stability and content integrity:There is a risk that the external image link may be invalid.Once the original image is deleted, moved, or the host website has an issue, the image in your content will display as a 'broken image'.Downloading to the local server can effectively avoid these risks, ensuring that the content is always displayed in full under your control.
  • Optimizing page loading speed and user experience:Images loaded from a local server are typically faster than loading from multiple external sources, reducing cross-domain request latency. This is crucial for improving page loading speed and enhancing user experience.
  • Benefits of SEO optimization:Search engines tend to crawl and index resources hosted on the same domain.Localized images help improve the overall SEO performance of a website and allow for more fine-tuned optimization, such as consistent Alt text and file name conventions.
  • Unified management and security:All image resources are centrally managed on your server, making it convenient for backup, maintenance, and security auditing.

Select“Do not download remote images”At the time, Anqicms will retain the external image links inserted in the content, and the images will still be loaded from their original external servers.

Scenario where remote images are not downloaded.

  • Use existing CDN or professional image hosting services:If your website is already configured with an efficient CDN (Content Delivery Network) or uses a professional third-party image hosting service, and these services can provide better image loading performance and stability than your local server, then choosing not to download remote images can avoid redundant storage and unnecessary resource consumption.
  • Save server storage space:For servers with limited storage space or websites with a large number of images, not downloading remote images can significantly reduce the local storage pressure.
  • Specific cooperation or copyright requirements:Under certain cooperation or copyright agreements, you may need to keep the images sourced from a specific external site.

Overview of related image optimization settings

On the "Content Settings" page, in addition to the "Download Remote Images" option, Anqi CMS also provides other image processing and optimization features. These features usually take effect after the images have been downloaded or uploaded to the local server, to further improve the efficiency and quality of image resources:

  • WebP image format conversion:Enable this feature to automatically convert uploaded JPG, PNG, and other image files to WebP format. WebP usually provides similar or even better image quality at a smaller file size, which helps to speed up page loading and save storage space.
  • Automatically compress large images:For images that are too large in size, you can set the system to automatically compress them to a specified width, which is very beneficial for controlling the size of image files and optimizing performance.
  • Thumbnail processing method:The Anqi CMS provides various thumbnail generation methods (such as proportional scaling by the longest side, padding by the longest side, and cropping by the shortest side), and you can choose the most suitable strategy according to your template design requirements and customize the thumbnail size to ensure the visual effect and loading efficiency of the image in different display scenarios.

These auxiliary settings, along with the remote image download options, together constitute the powerful image management system of AnQi CMS, helping operators to optimize website performance while ensuring the richness of content.

Operation suggestion

When deciding whether to enable the remote image download feature, it is recommended that you weigh the actual situation of your website.For most small and medium-sized enterprise websites and self-media operators, it is usually more secure and recommended to enable 'download remote images' by default, as it can ensure the long-term stability and SEO-friendliness of the content to the greatest extent possible.If you have a professional CDN service or image resource management strategy, you can choose 'do not download' as needed to make full use of your existing infrastructure.In any case, regularly checking the usage of image resources and website performance is an essential operation for operation.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which images will be affected by the setting 'Download remote images'?

This setting mainly affects the images inserted into articles, products, single pages, and other content in the Anqi CMS background content editor through external links.For images you upload directly through the media library, this setting does not apply; they are always stored on your server.

If I have already posted content containing images with external links and now I change the setting of 'whether to download remote images', will these images be downloaded or removed immediately?

This will not take effect immediately. This setting mainly affectsPublish or edit and save againThe content takes effect.For content that has been published, unless you manually edit and save, the external image links within it will not be automatically downloaded or removed according to the new settings.If you wish to uniformly handle external images in historical content, you may need to batch edit or consider other tools for assistance.

Where are the remote images downloaded to the local server stored?

Images downloaded locally are usually stored in the file upload directory set by the Anqi CMS system, which is part of your website's assets, usually located under the system installation directory.publicoruploadsstored in the specified folder and will be classified according to certain rules for system management and invocation.