I'd like to request that the Drupal image module support this kind of action.
1. User goes to a directory image upload
2. User, instead of specifying a server-side path, uploads a ZIP file that contains all the iamges he wants to put into this gallery.
3. User creates a new taxonomy using standard inteface
4. User follows normal "fast" or "slow" image directory upload
Basically instead of choosing a directory, he uploads a zip (or tar or tgz (or tbz2?)) file that contains the images.
I can't begin to say how much easier this would be for my parents. :-)
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | builk_upload.patch | 4.72 KB | paranojik |
Comments
Comment #1
moshe weitzman commentedyup - would be nice
Comment #2
(not verified) commentedI agree it would be fantastic to be able to upload lots of images in one hit.
Especially for news or events when you have just taken a whole load of pictures and don't want to sit there uploading them one by one.
Comment #3
bhertz commentedWant to second that. Filling a gallery with e.g. 40 holiday pics by one upload action would be great. What I'm wondering about though is gallery organization with highly populated galleries. E.g. the image galleries primary link seems to load a page which shows all public galleries with thumbs. Now, if those were hundreds, of course this page may become some kind of a bottleneck. Also, automatic resizing might impose some load on the server with bulk uploads (?)
So as of now, I've the impression that the current galleries implementation is not designed for really heavy use. If nothing else, the very simple backend storage file hierarchy might be an indicator of that. So my guess is, to implement bulks it needs a little more work than just uploading zips. Would be great, though.
PS: If any of the above is nonsense, please just ignore it. After one week of fiddling around with it, I'm still pretty new to Drupal.
Comment #4
paranojik commentedI've made a patch for this. It is based on the 4.5.0 version of the image module.
Currently only uploading of zip files works and the procedure is performed in the "fast dir upload" way. This could be easily hacked a little to support the originally mentioned ideas.
Comment #5
TDobes commentedThis seems to go against the design mentality of the image module. The module was designed to have the bare minimum needed functionality and allow users to add other modules for exactly the functionality they want/need. That's why there's a image_import module. If your needs are different or not met by that module, perhaps this different mass-upload feature can be put into a separate module?
Comment #6
walkah commentedby design - this has been broken out into to image_import.