Import through web interface
eigentor - June 5, 2008 - 20:34
| Project: | Imagefield Import |
| Version: | 5.x-1.2-beta |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | postponed (maintainer needs more info) |
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Description
Are there any plans to make the bulk also uploadable via a node form? Or is it contradicted in the logic of Imagefield? Because what is actually (strangely?) still missing in Drupal is a small tiny Image Gallery to replace the soon deprecated image Gallery Module which relies on Image Module.
Users cannot really use this fine module because you won't give them ftp access.
The files folder should't be a critical one to give access to for PHP - it is accessible anyway for uploading any kind of files.
#1
It's a great Idea...And I bet it would be widely used and a great part of the community.
This module scrached my itch to start-- I'd love to add more to it.
I have a couple of projects on my plate-- and I'm a pretty crappy JS coder-- So any contrib love I could get would be helpful.
#2
All right. Maybe we can draw another coder with image handling ambitions into this.
#3
There's a java applet for image module to achieve this. Perhaps this can be adjusted to work with imagefield import?
#4
Yeah, I'm not too keen about getting a java applet mixed up in this. I know no java, and it just seems out of place to me.
#5
The java applet is maintained independently. The module connects it with Drupal. It's this module that should be adjusted to work with imagefield import.
Other options:
Flash instead of Java: http://drupal.org/project/image_fupload
Or zip all the images and upload the zip-file: http://drupal.org/project/image_import_zip
#6
the java applet is the best so far, imho adapting it to do imagefield (multiple on a single node would be nice) uploads would be the best solution, especially if you could upload to existing nodes. (because it just works, but it is not an official drupal module)
image_fupload is nice but d6 only and lacks widget for imagefield uploads (awaiting donation, http://drupal.org/node/353850 )
the zip method is a patch (tried but haven't got working)
there is also http://drupal.org/project/imagex (haven't tried)
and http://drupal.org/project/swfupload which is also awaiting a donation for cck field widget development. (pretty nice too -- really this is the most generic and should be part of drupal core, lets give up on this 10 year old web-uploading. then swfupload could handle feature requests like imagefield and client-side resizing/rotating, etc)
there is also http://drupal.org/project/photos (uses multi file attachments so galleries are single nodes, flash uploader -- in fact, this solution is basically what people are asking for, just not as imagefield, rather a filefield, but d6 only, also has image blocks like those from image module, privacy options, slideshow)
all the flash uploaders recently suffered from incompatibilities with flash 10 i think, but are mostly getting fixed...
jquery slideshow and imagefield slideshow are d5 only.
dragndrop sorting of multiimagefields is native in d6
we need a unified imagefield theory.
#7
Hi,
I'm adding myself to those queueing for a way to bulk/batch upload images into CCK imagefields ;)
IMHO there's another option out there: The Image Publishing module (available for D5 and D6) which allows to upload images into Image nodes by implementing the Gallery Remote API. Gallery2 is a full-featured Gallery application that is supported by a bunch of existing clients like Gallery Remote, Windows XP Publishing Wizard, iPhotoToGallery, digiKam, and others. By utilizing the Gallery Remote API, the "Imagefield import" module would not have to care about the upload process, just take the files over and handle them as it does already - when they arrive somewhere at the server.
However, at the moment the Image Publishing module does not support CCK Imagefields yet. Maybe someone knowing more about the interna of Image and Imagefield module could have a look and evaluate the differences of Image module nodes and Imagefield-based Image nodes; I started a feature request over there, asking if the module could support CCK Imagefield.
Greetings, -asb
#8
subscribing..
#9
Well, meanwhile there is an opton available: image fupload http://drupalmodules.com/module/image-fupload. Check this out. Nice Flash tool, works smooth even for large amounts of images.
#10
#9 solution (same as #5 http://drupal.org/project/image_fupload) is again only for D6, as most of the mentioned suggestions here are.
but for D5, 2 ways:
1 - Create content type w/ FileField (needs MimeDetect), multiple values, set path to whatever your imagefield_import_path is set to - directions/help text should be included somewhere on the form that this would be a "2-step" process, in that after uploading (multiple) files, one would have to then go to Imagefield import (admin/content/imagefield_import) to edit titles & caption (body). Of course permissions need to be set for whatever users you want be given access.
2 - What I use (as I need "album admin" role types to be able to upload/edit hundreds of images at a time), was a "clone" of Image Import Zip. Clone (a copy of, if also using image_import_zip) by replacing ALL instances (folder, .info, .install & .module) of "image_import" to "imagefield_import", and to make all helps/descriptions less confusing, replace (in this order) all "Image Import" to "Imagefield Import", "Image import" to "Imagefield import", "image import" to "imagefield import", "imageimport" to "imagefield import" and lastly, "Image" to "CCK" (in info file only, & you could add "content" to info file dependencies). You'll end up with a new Imagefield Import Zip module which is a dream!