Wowchemy-hugo-modules: rename featured.jpg in posts

[StefanoCecere]

hi, for several reasons, i would like to keep the original image filenames in posts..
instead of having hundreds of featured.jpg all around the site

coudl it be possibile to optionally name it?
since we have already the metadata:

image:
  caption: ""
  focal_point: ""
  preview_only: false

maybe we could add the filename?

[gcushen]

The user never sees the filename of the featured image when browsing the site, so can you clarify what the use case is for having the ability to rename it?

[StefanoCecere]

sure: since i have hundreds of posts, each with a main image, that i use as featured and other secondary images..

since my blog is my "archive" of all writings, and each image is a special one.. i don't want to have 100 hudreads of featured.jpg.. that would be a mess to manage/edit!
for me it's already a pain to have the post to be named index.md ...
but i really like to group posts in their own folders to have all assets together...

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[StefanoCecere]

i see that also the gohugo.io site uses a custom name for the featured images in news:
see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs/tree/master/content/en/news/0.59.0-relnotes

and it fetches the featured image by: {{ $featured := (.Resources.ByType "image").GetMatch "*featured*" }}
(in https://github.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme/blob/master/layouts/news/single.html )
if we use that GetMatch by "*featured*" we could use both custom named images or the legacy featured.jpg

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[StefanoCecere]

ehi.. i just discovered that you implemented this feature!! thank you!

we should update the docs: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/managing-content/#featured-image

[elsatch]

Hi @StefanoCecere could you confirm that this has been implemented? I looked for the latest commits but could not find any reference.

I just landed into this issue from the spectrum chat, after posting your very same question. Regarding the use case against using featured.jpg (or a similar name for every content) is SEO (and searchability)

If I want to search for a particular image on the site it might be almost impossible to locate based on filename. If I add an external search engine later, I will have no way to catalog any of my images based on the filename information.

If our sites are indexed by third party engines, they will get no clue about the content of our images. In this regard, Google SEO Guidelines for pictures explain:

Best Practices
Use brief but descriptive filenames and alt text
Like many of the other parts of the page targeted for optimization, filenames and alt text are best when they're short, but descriptive.
Avoid:
Using generic filenames like "image1.jpg", "pic.gif", "1.jpg" when possible—if your site has thousands of images you might want to consider automating the naming of the images.

Would you reconsider @gcushen re-opening this issue?

I'm using org-mode to generate my posts, but that should be noted in another place.

[StefanoCecere]

@elsatch i confir it works! i use myImageTitle_featured.jpg and it works

[elsatch]

Great news @StefanoCecere ! So I would only need to append featured.jpg at the end of the post, wouldn't I?