batch add files

[Becksbear]

i've got all my pictures uploaded per ftp client on /html/cpg132/albums/userpics/fun_and_action/ .

i've gave all directorys the accesslevel 777.

but if i want tt batch add files, i can't..

On the link, i get this text:
"Select directory
This function allows you to add a batch of file that your have uploaded to your server by FTP.

Select the directory where you have uploaded your files 
"

but i don't have the chance to choose a directory like in version 1.2..

could anybody help me?

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falls jemand deutsch versteht:
ich kann den batch upload nich ausführen, da gibbet kein verzeichnisbaum zum auswählen wie bei version 1.2

[kegobeer]

i've got all my pictures uploaded per ftp client on /html/cpg132/albums/userpics/fun_and_action/

Ok, now a quote from the Coppermine documents:

It's recommended that the coppermine admin uses ftp to upload many pics in one go. Use your ftp software to create sub-folders within your_coppermine_directory/albums/, where your ftp uploads can go to. It's a good idea to have a folder structure within the albums folder that reflects your coppermine categories and albums, but it's not mandatory.
Important: do not create folders or upload to the userpics- nor the edit-folder by ftp: these folders are used by coppermine internally and mustn't be used for any other purpose! Folder names mustn't contain dots and it's even recommended not to use any special chars - only use a-z, numbers and maybe - or _. Make sure to upload in binary or auto-mode.

To sum it up, don't touch the /userpics directory.  Coppermine 1.3+ doesn't look in the /userpics directory when you batch add, since you aren't supposed to FTP to that directory.

[Becksbear]

oh, thx for the fast reply..

i didn't see that.. or understood it first.. but now i think i know, what i have to do ;P

[MrHank]

Hey,

ok so.... i used cpg since 1.1 or somethin like that. now i upgraded finally to 1.3.2 - works fine,
just the batch add won't do its work in case of the dots in nearly all my folder names.
any ideas, how i could safely rename the folders without any losts (comments, votes etc.)?

thx for replies,
timm

[Joachim Müller]

you shouldn't have had dots in folder names in the first place - now there's no easy way to fix this for the existing pics within your gallery (except going through the database with a tool like phpMyAdmin and renaming all folder names with dots and then renaming all folders using ftp), although I wouldn't bother if I were you; I suggest you just create a new folder structure with folders that don't contain dots or other special chars for all future uploads and leave the current folder structure as-is. Another option (although not recommended)  is to modify searchnew.php, find

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if (is_dir($CONFIG['fullpath'] . $folder . $file) && substr($file,0,1) != "." && strpos($file,"'") == FALSE && $file != substr($CONFIG['userpics'],0,strlen($CONFIG['userpics'])-1)  && $file != "edit" ) {and replace with

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if (is_dir($CONFIG['fullpath'] . $folder . $file) && $file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != substr($CONFIG['userpics'],0,strlen($CONFIG['userpics'])-1)  && $file != "edit") { - this will show folders with dots once more.

Joachim