I need to create multiple image nodes easily. As part of the node creation process I need users to be able to enter content into another field which will be the image caption. Can this module do this? It looks to me like it can only enter the same value into a field for all nodes created.

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aniebel’s picture

This module is meant to upload multiple items with common information. I'm trying to do something more dynamic by pulling tokens from the uploaded files but I believe what you are asking isn't possible as a bulk function.

trailrunner’s picture

This is actually handled pretty well by Bulk File Nodes.

Check it out here: https://www.drupal.org/project/bulk_file_nodes

rwilson0429’s picture

This functionality can be achieved using Views and Editable Fields module. The Editable Fields module provides a field formatter that is available in Views. Basically, after enabling the Editable Fields module, create a View containing your caption field and the image field for your content type. Under the Field section of the View, click your caption field and select "Editable" as the field formatter. Limit the output of your view using the Views contextual filters. If you have the Entity Views Attach (EVA) module installed and enabled, you can create an Entity content display to attach the view to the node. Alternatively, if you use Panels, you can create a Views Content Pane and use Panels to attach the editable caption fields to a particular node.

There is a good video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm3jd-eYKNs that shows how to add this functionality to nodes created using the Bulk Media Upload module.

As trailrunner stated, this functionality is native to the Bulk File Nodes module, which is an alternative to Bulk Media Upload module and is actively maintained. There is a caveat. Bulk File Nodes only works with image fields, it does not work with images uploaded into file fields. However, there is a patch in the Bulk File Nodes issue queue that remedies this problem.