BulkManage module

Hi everyone,

I've created a module to allow Site Admins to bulk edit item properties. E.g. mass file rename, mass title change, mass rescan (for manually edited images), etc.

It's very alpha, I haven't finished the rescan stuff, and I don't have much time to devote to improving it. If you'd like to see a certain property bulk manipulated, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

It's on Codex here: http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Modules:BulkManage

This is a fantastic idea.

Have you considered mass-editing of comments as well? (especially deleting them

Eduo
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www.eduo.info/gallery/
www.hamsterspit.com

I have the module installed. Thank you so much for this. As soon as a high number of items (albums, photos, comments, users) creeps into any system any sort of mass-editing system is greatly appreciated.

On the comment part, in my case I wanted the same bulk selection rules that would appliccable to any other item (all the gallery, specific album(s), specific picture(s), specific users and specific text patterns (I'd personally look for every comment that tries to insert a URL and work on that list, as it's most probably a spammer).

From the selection comes a list, and that list would allows you to checkmark some or all the items and do something on them (most frequently delete, but maybe hide and move could be considered).

Eduo
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www.eduo.info
www.eduo.info/gallery/
www.hamsterspit.com

Hi aidanlister,

Just tried out your module and have a few comments on it.

1. For the Image Rescaner, I think it would be lovely if it can rescan the change of IPTC keyword as well as other metadata in pics also?

2. Is it possible to make is capable for bulk-watermark also?

Thanks for your hard work!

andreste: Sure, I'd like to add all the functionality that people find useful. How do you want to control the new albums, i.e. Would you like to input a list of albums to be created? Or some other method?

ng_time: 1) It should re-read all the data associated with that picture, including the IPTC data. Are you sure that data isn't being cached somewhere?
2) Bulk watermarking is supported by the latest versions of Gallery already!

Credence: Make sure you blank the title as well, if your users uploaded with the Applet often the filename is stored in the title field.

I'm glad you've found the module useful!

Hi aidanlister,

Just had a test again just now and still the same, i.e. IPTC keyword haven't been re-read by using the rescan function. -__-"

So I think it is nohope for me to have a quick method to add keywords to all pics in my album...

valiant: What API methods should I call to re-read IPTC data?

keresztespok: Just drop the bulkmanage folder in your modules folder, or wait until the new downloadable plugins support is available

I can't seem to figure out how to change the title of the pictures? I get a box saying apply this filter and blank title under edit properties but I cannot seem to change the title of the images.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Relive The Memories
www.giggallery.net

I would like to do it becuase I have users who upload pictures with default file names. eg. IMG123.jpg. This then is the title too due to the option they chose. No other details have been filled in.

This means adsense, search spiders do not know what images are on the page. If I change the title to the same name as the image, then this would sort it out.

Relive The Memories
www.giggallery.net

If they upload a file with IMG123.jpg then the title of the image is IMG123.jpg. I do not want this. I would like the title of the image to be the same as the title of the album unless they specifically specify iy.

Relive The Memories
www.giggallery.net

Bulk Manager sounds exactly like something I need. I've read the supporting php documentation on how this works....but I'm lost.
I'm wanting to add copyright info into each photo. This needs to go into IPTC data
Would you mind telling how this might be done.
Thanks in advance

Creative Captures of CT
www.creativecapturesofct.com
www.creativecapturesofct.com/gallery/

Hello aidanlister,

I am going to vote on this new feature given that I think that is obviously THE one missing the most in G2. Thanks a lot for your module contribution.

Two top priorities I would add in mass edit are the following:
- rotate possibilities
- hide/unhide pictures.

I have not yet installed your module, but will do. I assume you have a checkbox system close to each picture, and, once selection is made, you can apply the mass edit function you decided.

If that's the case, the check box system could be used also for the "add to cart" function, don't you think ? because either to download a zip file, or to send pics to print, to have to select eah and every one of them, one by one, is extremely painful.

A million thanks in advance if you can find some way to input some or all of these features.

Wonderful, this is just what I needed!
hope it someday works w keywords!

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http://ChristianJamesPhoto.com

Where are the DP ?
And did you have time to add comment mass delete options? If so: Thanks!

Because yesterday some idiots have spammed ALL my pictures (thousands) with the same crap about replica handbags, and it's a pain to have to delete them by hand.. A search for "replica" in all comments would work wonders.

I know how to see and download those, but I don't see any Plugin remotely resembling BulkManage, so I assumed he was speaking of something other than the web-interface.

I've released another version of Bulk Manage, bringing the version up to 0.9.0 (gearing up for a 1.0.0) release.

The module now has true plugin architecture, allowing other modules to register bulkmanage handlers, and for even easier plugin creation. I've also moved the module out of the Site Admin. It's now available as an ItemAdmin option for anyone with core.edit permissions on the selected album. This is a lot more intuitive and saves having to scroll through 500 albums looking for the one you want.

I do expect to change the backend around some more, so don't start making mods yet.

I've also dropped back the required API versions, it should work with Gallery 2.1 now.

If you don't have DP, you'll have to fetch the code from SVN and drop it into your modules folder.

Hi- This looks like a great mod, but I don't see how to download the latest stable from SVN (multiple versions and sets of files from what I could see, and no indication for which is the right set) and I am running 2.1.x so no DP for me. Is there any way to just download the latest stable version of this mod (like maybe a direct download location for wherever "DP" is downloading the files)?

Aidanlister:
Thanks for your help on this. Unfortunately, I don't see the "Bulkmanage Album" item you refer to.

I have Bulk Manage 0.9.0 installed. To test, I created a new album. When I edit that album, the sidebar tasklist shows:
Add Album
Add Items
Delete Album
Edit Album (highlighted)
Edit Permissions
Move Album
View Comments

The Edit Album tabs are:
General
Album
Theme
Custom Fields
Watermark

In the Theme tab, the pulldown list showing blocks that can be added to the sidebar shows nothing like "Bulkmanage".

Here's my Gallery settings:
Gallery version = 2.2.1 core 1.2.0.1
PHP version = 5.2.2 cgi-fcgi
Webserver = Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) PHP/4.4.4 mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7e mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 DAV/2 SVN/1.4.2
Database = mysql 5.0.24a-standard-log, lock.system=flock
Toolkits = jpegtran, Exif, Getid3, LinkItemToolkit, Thumbnail, ArchiveUpload, Ffmpeg, ImageMagick, NetPBM, Gd
Acceleration = none, none
Operating system = Linux wiggle 2.4.29-grsec+w+fhs6b+gr0501+nfs+a32+++p4+sata+c4+gr2b-v6.189 #1 SMP Mon Feb 7 13:23:30 PST 2005 i686
Default theme = matrix
gettext = enabled
Locale = en_US

So, why can't I see "Bulkmanage"?
Thanks in advance for your help with this.

Ernie

Ernie,

If the albums part of the same account, you should seriously consider converting to a multisite, which uses a single codebase for all your albums.

tried out your module..

which looks great,

BUT not what I need

Have you seen any modules/themes that allow editing of title/summary of multiple pics on one page.
either ajax, or submit once done...

Cheers
Craig

The 0.9 to 1.0 upgrade killed my Plugin listing due to the $this->setTemplateVersion(1) call in module.inc. I've commented out that line and everything seems fine now.

had the same problem

Call to undefined function: settemplateversion() in ....../bulkmanage

As suggested above, commented out line #52, and it's working. Can anyone tell what are the consequences for commenting out the line?

 function BulkManageModule() {
        global $gallery;
        $this->setId('bulkmanage');
        $this->setName($gallery->i18n('Bulk Manage'));
        $this->setDescription($gallery->i18n('Facilitates the bulk editing of items'));
        $this->setVersion('1.0.0');
        $this->setCallbacks('getItemLinks|getItemAdminViews');
        $this->setGroup('gallery', $this->translate('Gallery'));
        $this->setRequiredCoreApi(array(7, 2));
        $this->setRequiredModuleApi(array(3, 0));
        //$this->setTemplateVersion(1); 
        $this->_bulkManageApiVersion = array(1, 0);

valiant,

THis is exactly where I got it from. site admin -> plugins -> get more plugins and I checked off community plugins. Since I have some time on my hands, I will remove it, and re-add it to see if I get the same error.

I'll wait 6 hrs, and get the plugin again. Thanks for your help.

Is this supposed to be good for anything other than stripping titles, descriptions, etc. of all items in an album? I'm not seeing any options in most of the fields save for a single check box.