[support] node image bulk upload? - no CCK

[Shai Gluskin]

Sander -- I think that is good as it is going to get for you unless you want
to change approaches and give a go at Acidfree.

Shai

On 9/10/07, sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com> wrote:
>
>  I do have multiple values enabled - it is not configurable, displays one
> upload field and redisplays it after uploading.
>
> thanks
> .s
>
>
> Shai Gluskin wrote:
>
> Sander,
>
> You need to enable multiple values for a CCK field.
>
> You need to go to Admin --> content types --> select "edit" for your
> content type --> Manage Fields --> then select the CCK field you've created
> for the images --> then scroll to the bottom of the page and select the box
> that says "multiple".
>
> At that point things vary depending on the cck module for that field. I'm
> using the embed media module and for the embeded Flickr pic field when I
> select the "multiple" box I the "create flikr pic" upload form now shows 5
> boxes for entering URLs of Flikr pics. I don't see a setting where I can
> change how many of those boxes appear on the form. My memory is that for
> other CCK fields there is a configurable selection I make where I choose how
> many iterations of the multiple value field you want to show on the form.
>
> I know it was the goal in Drupal 6 to significantly upgrade handling of
> multiple value fields for cck fields but I don't know if that made it in
> before the code freeze.
>
> This still isn't an interface where you browse and click on a folder and
> voila you upload the contents of that folder into your node.
>
> But maybe it will suffice for you for now.
>
> Let us know what happens.
>
> Shai
>
> On 9/10/07, sander-martijn < sander at sander-martijn.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just realized it's set up slightly differently than I thought.  The
> > Gallery is a custom content type with a custom image field with Multiple
> > values checked - so once you've uploaded one you can upload another.  So I
> > guess it's a CCK issue.  If you have multiple values enabled is there a way
> > to show multiple upload fields?  Can I add more than one of these fields but
> > have them be used the same way (eg. photo1, photo2, photo3 etc) and allow
> > multiple values for each?
> >
> >
> >
> > Shai Gluskin wrote:
> >
> > 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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