is there a way in Drupal to upload all images first and create multiple nodes from it, and then fill all the nodes with the remaining text areas ?
In this way I don't have to upload the images one by one.
Patrick
If you wanted to ftp your images then add separate node details per image you could use something like: http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources to browse to the upload image on each node.
I'd say "yes" is the answer, but it'll take some work. I'm not familiar with any pre-built modules for this. I'd probably start with SWFUpload (http://swfupload.org/) and the jQuery SWFUpload plugin (http://github.com/ifunk/swfupload-jquery-plugin). Of course this will also require some back-end PHP work.
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This is probably best answered by Daniel, but others may know the answer...
Is it possible to re-order the images when uploading files/ images using the "Library" content type.
Currently if a client comes back and wants to change the order, we have to remove all the images, and upload them in the specific order.
EDIT:
Just found there's a discussion here:
Sort 2sxc adam files
Have things progressed since? It would be great to drag drop the images into the order!
See below for screenshot:
Basically manual ordering is not in the scope at the moment. There are a few ways to implement this though, depending on your needs.
A common way is to have a weight-information giving an image a priority - this would be done as a metadata field. Your razor would then have to respect this when sorting it.
My meteor application need to be enriched with an image upload functionality. Since many free image upload services exist, I thought the best way of doing it would be by using an existing image upload service. My choice fell on imgur. I guess I somehow have to use imgur's image upload API, but this looks completely alien to me.
Here are my questions:
Is imgur appropriate for what I want? Do you know a better or simpler solution?
How do I upload an image to imgur from my meteor application?
You can assume that the image file comes from an html file input tag. Later on, when the mobile app catches up, the image should come from the camera, but let's just tackle one difficulty at a time.
FSCollection will be a great option here, you can use grids (to store images on the db) or use fs(to store in certain path)
For better explanation i made this tinny demo here is the DEMO and the code
Also i made this example using the progress bar, again here is the link to the DEMO and Source Code
A simpler solution would be to just store images in MongoDB or your filesystem using CollectionFS along with cfs:filesystem for your local file system or cfs:gridfs for MongoDB. The docs are clear and simple enough to get you up and running quickly.
If you wanted to use imgur, you'd need to be able to POST data and understand what you're doing. CollectionFS has a methods package which adds an HTTP POST method to Meteor, but honestly I think that'll just complicate things for you at this point. Keep it local for now.
I am very green at Drupal and I would like to recreate a list of files like the table that is shown at any module page in drupal.org [example]: it shows a table with the recommended releases and development releases. Each entry has a link to the file and some release notes.
What I would like is to clarify how this should be done, since I am new at drupal and I tend to be a bit confused. I am currently thinking that this is just a View, but I'm no sure.
In addition to this, I would also like to allow the download of these files to a specific role. I have managed to control this to pages, but not to attachments. Any ideas for this issue as well?
For the files, if you want access control on your files, you need to use the private files system which you can setup in the file settings. There are different modules that can help you with different tasks, like uploading etc.
How to best generate a table really depends where the files are coming from. If they are attached to nodes with CCK, it will be quite easy to use views. You can setup the fields, and how it should be displayed. If you want to create a download link, I believe you should use the generic file format.
The home page of this site will have basically a 3 column layout.
I can create these as either content or blocks. I like using content because its easy for the user to understand, they login to the site, they browse to the page they want to edit, they click edit, but with blocks they have to go into Administer > Blocks etc
Any suggestions on this?
I would be managing the actual content as nodes(content) and then looking at blocks(or something like it) to arrange them how you like in your template regions.
If you are looking at creating custom home and/or landing pages, you might also want to look at http://drupal.org/project/panels - it can be a little heavy, but quite powerful for arranging content into columns and whatnot.
Not really sure what you're asking...
Administer > Blocks is for moving the blocks around into regions / disabling them, not really for creating content.
You can use the Node as Block module to easily turn your nodes into blocks, and they would still edit it from the content administration section.
Or, you could create a blank block, and in its associated template file (block-whatever.tpl.php) embed the node (node_embed, pretty much what the Node as Block module does) or query for it with a view and embed that (views_embed_view)
Or, if you're using views, you could create a view that queries for the node(s) you want and create a block display for that.
When you're actually building the Drupal site, you should consider what paradigm you're most comfortable with since there are so many ways to get your content together.
i would say boxes will help you. http://drupal.org/project/boxes
Many themes have block edit links/images as a part of them. Fusion is one such example.
I would suggest looking into Panels for layout and block editing, and also to download a version of open atrium. The layout management is uses is much easier than the administer blocks pattern.
I have jquery multi-file working as shown in link text. However, what I really need is to be able to select a folder, then every file contained in the selected folder to be listed, at which the user could then remove any unwanted files before hitting 'upload.'
Has anyone done this with jquery multi-file upload? Would it be difficult to modify multi-file.js to make it do this? Are there any other open-source possibilities? I would love to use the ASP.NET FileUpload control without any javascript but it seems rather limited [I have virtually no javascript knowledge...yet].
Any insights, tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
This widget still uses HTML's <input type=file> capabilities that is extremely simple and non-customizable. That's why you won't be able to change existing script to be able of selecting multiple files inside Open File dialog.
For selecting multiple files at once you're going to have to use Flash. The good news is, they normally come with upload progress bar as well.
Try Uploadify plugin script instead.