Quickly Import Multiples Images Using the Imagefield_Import Module
Thanks to Bob at Mustardseed Media for
tweeting about this
module. It's undoubtedly saved me hours of work today alone!
I've recently started a personal project converting a website to Drupal. It's
currently a static HTML/CSS site which also uses the
Coppermine Photo Gallery. As part of building
the new website, I wanted to move all the photos from the existing site onto the
new one. However, with 1260 photos in 17 albums, this could have been a lengthy
process!
I created a new Drupal-powered Gallery as described in
this screencast by
Jeff Eaton - using the CCK and Imagefield modules,
and re-created each of my existing Gallery nodes. Using the
Imagefield_Import module, I was
then able to quickly import the photos into the new Galleries.
I downloaded all the photos from the previous Gallery via FTP, and installed and
configured the Imagefield_Import module.
I created an 'Import' folder, selected the target field and mode. In this case,
I want each image to be imported into its own Photo node. I moved the photos for
the first album into the Import folder, and loaded the 'Import Images' screen
(admin/content/imagefield_import).
After clicking 'Import', a node is created for each photo, the image is
uploaded, and added to the selected Gallery.
Just another 1248 photos to go...
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