# How to use Resources

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-use-resources/12159>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-use-resources/12159 "2017-01-24T19:06:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![baritone39](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@baritone39](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/baritone39)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-use-resources/12159/1 "2017-01-24T19:06:34Z")

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Hi,

I don’t think this has been covered or documented.

I have lots of images on my site that can appear more than once, should these be stored in the resources folder? and can I create sub folders? As I would manually creating a site

I only ask because all the newbie type demos just show images etc. being dragged from the desktop, I know these are then stored and published to the site, but I would like to control where.

Help please

Steve

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**Author:** ![NeilUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/neiluk/32/23434_2.png) [@NeilUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NeilUK)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-use-resources/12159/2 "2017-01-24T19:14:07Z")

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[This](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/free-ebook-warehousing-in-rapidweaver/11677) is probably going to do the trick. It’s about warehousing images.

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**Author:** ![baritone39](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@baritone39](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/baritone39)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-use-resources/12159/3 "2017-01-24T19:35:47Z")

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Thanks for that Neil but I think its a bit over the top for my needs,  
Basic scenario I have stack with left floating image and text  
I have placed a jpg in the resources column (because I may use it more than once)  
I then try to drag and drop it on the image holder in the stack nada it doesn’t want to play.

Which then prompts my question what is the resources section for, am I doing it wrong ?

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-use-resources/12159/4 "2017-01-24T20:05:30Z")

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The resources in RW are not drag and drop. You need to create a link to them (if you stack supports this or use a macro

Take a log at this a little way down from the top:

[https://kb.realmacsoftware.com/article/30-the-rapidweaver-interface](https://kb.realmacsoftware.com/article/30-the-rapidweaver-interface)

The RW term warehousing is not drag and drop either:

> [@Free eBook - Warehousing in RapidWeaver](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/free-ebook-warehousing-in-rapidweaver/11677):
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> A free Christmas gift that keeps on giving! File warehousing has been a hot-topic in recent years and I’m often asked questions about it. So I decided to put together a short(ish) eBook on the subject. [Direct Download (4.5MB)](https://themeflood.s3.amazonaws.com/ebooks/rapidweaver-file-warehousing.pdf) This guide talks about what warehousing is and how you could potentially benefit from utilising the technique in your projects. It shows you how to create a simple warehouse directory in your preferred FTP software and also discusses how to optimise files ready for use. M…