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averageguy
Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 12:26
Anonymous I want to migrate an existing web site to Drake. There aren't a lot of pages, so it won't be a big problem to generate new content from the old manually, however I have a large number of photos, broken into "sets". Is there a way I can enter them into the Gallery without going through the tedious process of uploading them one at a time?

Thanks,
Jim
 
trex1512
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 13:16
Anonymous
If you use the Wizard you can upload in lots of 5...
 
legolas558
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 15:33
Anonymous If you have each set = a directory, you can upload the directories into the media/gallery Drake CMS path and then use the wizard to automatically recognize them.
 
averageguy
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 17:41
Anonymous OK thanks for the info.

Jim.
 
luke
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 18:39
Anonymous Quote by legolas558:

If you have each set = a directory, you can upload the directories into the media/gallery Drake CMS path and then use the wizard to automatically recognize them.


Hi All,
i've spent some time this morning to find out how to do it but i did not find the way.
I've tried to do also this but no way and finally i uploaded the files in lots of 5.

Do there is other steps to performs?

Other thing the default ordering of pics in the gallery is by TIME of uploading; this means that the my gallery is not respected.
I'll open a bug.

Using official rc4

 
averageguy
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 19:35
Anonymous Quote by legolas558:

If you have each set = a directory, you can upload the directories into the media/gallery Drake CMS path and then use the wizard to automatically recognize them.


To complete this discussion, here are the steps I used:

1. Upload a directory and files into the media/gallery directory. Be sure that the directory has 755 permissions and the files have a least 644.

2. Go to Admin->Components->Galleries->Categories

3. Click on the wizard button.

4. You should see 3 line items, select the name of the directory you uploaded from the select box associated with the third option. If you only see two options, something didn't work and Drake didn't find the new directory. Be sure the permissions are set and you uploaded to the correct directory.

5. Once you've selected your directory, press "Next".

6. You will be presented with a list of Categories, one of them should reflect the name of the directory you just uploaded. Click on it if you want to change the name of the category to something more meaningful.

7. Go back to Admin->Components->Galleries->Categories and select the (Browse) link next to the name of your new Category.

8. Click the checkbox in the header of this page. That will select all the images on this page (Only!) Click Publish, assuming you want someone to see your work. If you have more than 15 images you will have to come back and select the next 15, etc. until you publish all of them.

Hope that helps someone else down the line.

Jim.
 
averageguy
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 19:40
Anonymous By the way, in doing this I discovered a bug in the handling of pagination. If you do the (Browse) link and attempt to go to another page from there it seems to forget you are working in a reduced set of images and jumps back to the full set.

If that hasn't been reported yet, I'll file a bug.

Thanks,
Jim
 
luke
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 20:53
Anonymous Quote by legolas558:

4. You should see 3 line items, select the name of the directory you uploaded from the select box associated with the third option. If you only see two options, something didn't work and Drake didn't find the new directory. Be sure the permissions are set and you uploaded to the correct directory.



It does't work because the limitation in depth for folders and categories.
Only first level in media/gallery is recognized.

 
legolas558
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 21:03
Anonymous Quote by AverageGuy:

By the way, in doing this I discovered a bug in the handling of pagination. If you do the (Browse) link and attempt to go to another page from there it seems to forget you are working in a reduced set of images and jumps back to the full set.

If that hasn't been reported yet, I'll file a bug.


Please do, and explain each step to perform in order to reproduce it

Thanks
 
legolas558
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
29 November 2007 21:04
Anonymous Quote by luke:

Quote by legolas558:

4. You should see 3 line items, select the name of the directory you uploaded from the select box associated with the third option. If you only see two options, something didn't work and Drake didn't find the new directory. Be sure the permissions are set and you uploaded to the correct directory.



It does't work because the limitation in depth for folders and categories.
Only first level in media/gallery is recognized.



1 directory = 1 gallery category. Subcategories are not recognized neither supported by Drake CMS (right now).
 
averageguy
Re: Bulk transfer of files?
30 November 2007 11:25
Anonymous Quote by legolas558:



Please do, and explain each step to perform in order to reproduce it

Thanks


OK bug number 1841626 submitted. If you need any more info, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jim.
 
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