Probably the stupidest question of the day, and, I've already been n00bed once. But anyway, on my Squiz build I have a bulk image upload tool. This is, without a doubt, the most useful tool every created. I've been told the Bulk File Upload Tool does the same thing. I was wondering, how does it work, there must be documentation but I can't find it?
EDIT: Found documentation, still just as confused…
When I click the tool I'm prompted:
Warning Please set the file import directory in Import Tool Manager under System Management
How have you lived life without this?!! We constantly FTP in hundreds of images to upload…
Ok, here it goes. In System Management, get the details of the Import Tools Manager asset. Then, at the bottom, set the Allowed Import Types for the Bulk File Import Settings, to Server and Local. Set the Import directory to an import directory that you have created somewhere in your server. Ours is /home/websites/mysource_matrix/import . Once you set those, you should be able to go back to the Bulk File Import tool and see it working. The best part of this is, FTP in folders of content, images/PDF/DOCS, into the import folder, and those folders will show up under the tool, and let you import all the contents.
So how do you create an FTP account on your slicehost server?[/quote]
I don't. I said FTP, but I really meant SFTP, where you are using a graphical SSH. I use Cyberduck and use the SFTP option, then just use your root login and pass.
Just a note - if you're working under a Squiz SLA and need to bulk upload files we have a quick and dirty way of getting around it.
We use a blank design asset and zip up the files into a tarball, then upload as associated files to the design, and move them to the locations we need.
Of course this will really mess up your remap manager fast so do a few at a time and be prepared to clean out several pages of junk remaps, depending on how many design URLs you have.
If you want to cut down the remaps move the design file out to a site asset that doesn't have a URL. 3.18 on you can also stop remaps automatically generating from both the asset and the remap manager.
If you are bulk uploading what do you do about the title attribute for pdf files? Do you just have to go in and update them manually one by one once they are in?
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If you are bulk uploading what do you do about the title attribute for pdf files? Do you just have to go in and update them manually one by one once they are in?
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If you are using bulk upload for files from the server, such as importing a folder full of PDF files, then yes, you will have to go back and name then. There really is no other way.
But, if you are just using the bulk upload interface to add files you can give it a name right there in the interface. Nice, but if you have 50 PDF files to import, it is not every practical.
