few questions about file adding problems

[Fking]

can i delete the folders with the pics which i'm uloading in dir "albums", after adding them into the script?
I guess it copies them somewhere else? where?

I noticed that it does not find the files in a dir when the dir name is starting with number? Also when there is "." in the file or dir name

is this confirmed, and for what else i need to be careful when uploading files and dirs?

p.s. my not allowed chars are the default ones "$/\\:*?"'<>|`"

[lamama]

can i delete the folders with the pics which i'm uloading in dir "albums", after adding them into the script?
I guess it copies them somewhere else? where?

No. They have to stay there inside your "albums" folder. Coppermine only generates thumbnails and (if wanted) "medium" sized pics, the original uploaded fullsize-pictures remain untouched and are NOT stored somewhere else. If you delete them, they won't be available as fullsize-views anymore.

and for what else i need to be careful when uploading files and dirs?

I guess the basics are well documented in the faq and manual that comes along with coppermine (docs folder).

Maybe - if you do FTP-upload - you should think about a good concept of folders and sub-folders inside your "albums" folder to keep a good oversight where you uploaded what pictures.

[Joachim Müller]

lamama's suggestions are very good. I have to add: once a pic exists in coppermine's database, don't you touch it with ftp. Don't delete/move/rename it. Use the coppermine user interface to manipulate it, will keep ypu out of trouble.

Joachim

[Fking]

well i took a look at the documentation and can't find exact requirments about what the file and dir name has to be in order to be sucessfuly accepted

[Casper]

Basically, you should avoid spaces in the names, and stick to latin alpha (a - z) and numeric (0 - 9) figures, plus - _
The use of accents, such as umlauts and special characters should be avoided.