I have Drupal 4.7, image module and image_import (all from CVS) installed and enabled.
I have read the README, INSTALL and TROUBLE.txt.
But I am unable to set properly image_import.

The admin/settings/image_import page shows a red message: Image import module has not yet been configured. and bellow the word array.

Looking at the code (line 108):

function image_import_settings() {
  // First, check the status of the directory path and report any problems
  _image_import_check_settings(FALSE, 'image_import_default_import_path');

  $form = array();
  $form['file_path'] = array(
    '#type' => 'fieldset',
    '#title' => t('File path settings'),
    '#description' => t('These settings control the path on the server from which image and caption files will be imported. You can put the string %u or %U in the path fields, and these strings will be replaced by the username of the person doing the import. %U and %u are the same except that %U automatically removes space, %, <, >, *, /, \, and ? from the username.'),
    '#tree' => FALSE,
    '#collapsible' => TRUE,
    '#collapsed' => FALSE,
  );
...........

I understand that the message is a warning appearring until the settings are done. But I don't understand why I don't get the fieldset allowing to do the settings (I am not a programmer).

Is this module compatible with 4.7? Is it still maintained?

Any help will be welcomed because it seems a very interesting module to use with the image.module.

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syscrusher commented
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Greetings!

Yes, the module is still maintained, but it is not (yet) compatible with Drupal 4.7. I'm in the process of converting it, and the CVS HEAD version right now is sort of halfway between Drupal 4.6 and 4.7. The 4.6 version is stable but not compatible with Drupal 4.7.

I had hoped to finish this conversion weeks ago, but my pays-the-bills job has had me working 60-75 hour weeks, and I'm only now getting to the point where I have some Drupal working time.

Please hang in there -- I'll get this finished as soon as I can. :-)

Scott

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Montuelle commented

Thanks, Scott, this is very good news.
Jean

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tinou commented

If you need people to run tests, just ask. I'd be happy to help.

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3B commented

Thanks syscrusher,
i've got some skill in developing drupal modules, so i tried to do some fixing ... but i get lost in an unknown code ... if i can help just ring! :-)

alberto

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fishingshrimp commented

Any news on this one?

the lack of image_import is the only thing holding me back from using drupal for a large gallery site.
the use of image nodes, galleries in combination with the lightbox module is absolutely great.
but uploading of 5.000+ images without mass import is a pain.

so any details about the release of a 4.7rc3 compatible version would be really really great!

i had a look into the code but as I'm out of drupal programming for quite a while now it does not make a lot of sense to dig deeper into this.

regards, fs

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syscrusher commented

Sorry for the delays, folks. :-( As we all know, the job that pays the mortgage has to come first. I just finished (two days ago) the software release for my company's customer, so I finally have some time to work on Drupal now.

Of the modules that I maintain, the priority queue is:

  1. Hall of Fame -- silly little module with a number of users that astonishes me...but I'm glad people like it so much. This one is done and ready to go, so checked off my list.
  2. Links Package -- this is a new module "bundle" that I hadn't planned to make high priority, but another developer liked it so much he deprecated his own module in favor of mine. I'm flattered, but that now makes my Links a critical release for Drupal 4.7. Links is almost done -- a couple more evenings of work, and I can release.
  3. Image Import -- lots of requests for this one, and I hear you loud and clear. I definitely am committed to releasing it for 4.7 as soon as possible.
  4. Cronplus -- not a lot of users so far, so it can wait a few weeks

I'm expecting to get some additional Drupal coding done over this coming weekend. I can't promise that Image Import will be released exactly when Drupal 4.7 is released, but it won't be far behind.

Scott (Syscrusher)

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fishingshrimp commented

Hey Scott,

Sorry, my comment wasn't meant to put you under more pressure than you already are dealing with.
I'm very well aware what you're talking about as I'm working in the online business as well.

So take your time.

:)

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syscrusher commented

The good news is that I've had some time to work on image_import this week and have made progress. The bad news is that the change to the new forms API is really a tough one for this module. They (the core team) took a function away from taxonomy.module that I *really* need badly. I have to figure out a way to work around its absence. There should be a commit to CVS on image_import next week, but it may not be finalized yet.

Scott

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fishingshrimp commented

great news and thanks for keeping us up to date.
looking forward for another release.

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jango commented

I'm dying for this module on 4.7. I have 1000s of images and i'm looking for an easy way to import than. I searched and tried everything written for image_import for 4.7, but have not succed yet.

Can someone please help me.

Thanks

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awoyemia commented

Hey jango,

I managed to get this working yesterday. I could not get the stable version to work so I replaced it with the HEAD cvs version (1.18) which seems to work ok with drupal 4.7.

Try using this if like me, you are desperate to have bulk image uploads. ;-)