Re: Upload Folders

You can't upload a folder of images at one time. The file form element only accepts one file at a time...

Some solutions to get around this include:

putting multiple file form elements on the upload page.
allowing the user to upload a ZIP file containing all the image files. On the server you can unzip the files using one of the Compress:: modules.
setup webDAV on the web server and allow them to upload images using WebDAV. I don't know if it is possible, but it would be very cool if you could hook into the WebDAV stuff in Apache using mod_perl to automatically filter the incoming files (generate your thumbnails as the upload happens). This might be possible with Apache2 and mod_perl2 using the new filter API, but I am not positive on that.

HTH

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Re: Re: Upload Folders by p6steve (Sexton) on May 21, 2003 at 22:33 UTC
So, wise masters, you say that instead of needing big hole in browser security, I just redefine problem. Real problem is that single file upload is - select file - wait 1 minute for thumbnail compression - select next file - sit 30 minutes getting bored. Best solution is have one page for multiple select, then go away have a Starkbier* and then all is done in background. *=approved form of sustainance for monks	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Upload Folders by TVSET (Chaplain) on May 22, 2003 at 00:52 UTC
I'd say you need to separate uploading part from the processing part. You can force the client to use FTP to upload a bunch of files, and then process them all together. Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET	[reply]