[support] node image bulk upload?

[Shai Gluskin]

Sander,

I don't have time to really mull this -- but it sounds like you are in need
of gallery functionality. I don't like the gallery functionality that comes
with the Image module install.

Acidfree is much better, but not perfect. With acidfree you can create an
"album" which is a special node type that will include references to all the
image nodes that you've imported into the album. The images are nodes, but
they are also included in the album node that you've created.

Then there is Gallery2 which is kind of bloatware if you don't need
everything, has its own significant learning curve, and suffers from not
being a "made for Drupal" project -- though if you need what it does, its
great.

One thing I didn't mention, because I haven't used it, is IMCE. It gets good
reviews and it doesn't create images as nodes, it just inserts them into
nodes. I believe I read about a bulk upload feature in the works or maybe
already done -- check it out. Having the individual images as nodes has a
certain elegance but can create its own overhead/complexity which, if you
don't need it, is better done without.

Shai


On 9/10/07, sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com> wrote:
>
>  Thanks, I checked out the first option which would be perfect  (haven't
> tried the second yet) and realized I have to clarify something.  The
> image_import module creates image nodes.  What I have set up is node_images,
> where you can attach images to a node.  Currently you have to do this one at
> a time.  There will be a lot of Nodes (probably about 50-60 maybe more, each
> representing a gallery) and there will be about 5-10 images attached to each
> node.  I'm looking for a way to either upload all the images by ftp and then
> pull them into the the nodes or have multiple upload fields display on the
> node at a time so that several can be attached at once.
>
> thanks
> sander
>
> Shai Gluskin wrote:
>
> Sander,
>
> The image_import module (which comes with the Image module) does this the
> FTP way. First upload via FTP and then bulk import to nodes. Obviously the
> limitation there is that only admins with FTP privileges can do it.
>
> The Acidfree module has a way to allow users to do it, by uploading a zip
> or tar file from an Import Images screen. Problem there is a lot of end
> users won't be agile enough with zipping/tarring. In addition, OS X's
> built-in zipping function (called Archive) -- includes resource fork files
> which then get turned into blank image nodes. So even with Acidfree folk who
> feel comfortable with zipping -- you explain to Mac users how to make a
> "clean" archive.
>
> I think what a lot of folks long for is something similar to the interface
> that Facebook uses for bulk image uploads. I'm sure it will arrive sooner or
> later, I'm not up on who might be working on thinking about such a tool.
> Maybe others know.
>
> The Acidfree interface when you do the bulk upload is nice, being able to
> edit relevant node fields for all the images on the same screen.
>
> Shai
>
> On 9/10/07, sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ist there a way to allow for bulk upload of images attached to nodes?
> > One option that would work would be to display multiple file browsers on
> > the node's edit page instead of one at a time.  Another would be to ftp
> > the images to the server and then somehow attach them.  Or perhaps
> > there's already a module for it?
> >
> > thanks
> > .s
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