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@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@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?

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Sander, In order to advise, I'd need to know more about how the consultant built the functionality in question. Did he/she use cck fields imagefield and imagecache for instance? Or did he/she use the image_attach module that comes with the Image module? Actually, in either of those cases I don't believe there is a bulk upload possibility. I just did a quick search on IMCE and I don't think the bulk upload feature is done yet for that either. Sorry about your situation -- you might want to sponsor the creation of such functionality if it doesn't exist in the manner that you want it. My experience with Drupal is that you can't assume anything about what functionality should be there. Sometimes the most amazing things are so easy to do and what would seem basic is quite difficult. Good luck, Shai On 9/10/07, sander-martijn < sander@sander-martijn.com> wrote:

It is gallery functionality. I had queried this list on options for building galleries and tried just about every module I could to build it out with no luck. As I'm on a tight deadline and have a lot of other stuff to build on the site, I ended up hiring someone off the drupal paid services forum to build it. Most of the functionality I need is there - the main thing missing is any type of bulk upload and the client is really pushing for it (as in now). Since it's pretty much working I don't really have the option to rebuild it now - I just need a way to add some sort of bulk upload.

Since you can upload as many images to the node as you want I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to do them more than one at a time, I just don't know how to do it.

thanks, .s

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@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@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 -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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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@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@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@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 -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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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@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@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@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@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 -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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Hiro, Acidfree, at least, isn't smart enough in its current incarnation to make use of OS X's attempts to avoid littering. Shai On 9/10/07, A-NO-NE Music <madflute@anonemusic.com> wrote:

Shai Gluskin / 07.9.10 / 9:50 AM wrote:

...

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.

The common image files doesn't have resource folk. If you are talking about .DS_Store reference file, OSX put them aside to a subdirectory, '__MACOSX', to try to prevent from littering.

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