Can Gallery do this?

connorz

Joined: 2009-11-01
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Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 15:59

I've been looking for a way to accomplish my wishes, but I haven't been able to find anything - please excuse me, if I have missed it. Here is what I want to accomplish:

I have an online (web)server that I use to backup my pictures (and there's a lot) (using rsync by the way). I have the pictures organized in folders (=albums) and I would like to be able to watch these using Gallery to get all the nice features of this product. I have installed Gallery successfully, and I saw that I can create albums with pictures using symbolic links to the "real" images located elsewhere on the webserver (the backup folder). That's nice! But I want Gallery to "automatically" see the structure and images in my backup folder and replicate this to an album structure with the images within (as symbolic links). It would just take too long to do this job manually and I want to be able to update when new pictures are added to the webserver, removed from the webserver or updated on the web server.

Can I perform this automation somehow? Here's the options I might find could be the solution:
- Click a button in Gallery to have it pickup the folder structure (that would be nice )
- Call some sort of web service (which? how?) from remote in a program that knows the folder structure, so it immitates what could be done manually in the admin UI.
- Your suggestions!

I have created an image UI application which do the job for me (see http://img.ozo.dk), but I would like all Gallery's benefits in my image UI).

Any comments/suggestions are highly appreciated

alecmyers

Joined: 2006-08-01
Posts: 4342

Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 16:21

This question gets asked quite often. Have you searched on this forum for previous answers?

connorz

Joined: 2009-11-01
Posts: 2

Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 16:26

A link would be very nive

Or some help for search criterias

alecmyers

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Posts: 4342

Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 16:35

If I had a link, I would have posted it. Search criteria... um, dunno, try automatic scan folder import batch job cron dropfolder update - use your imagination.
You'll always get better help in this forum if you put some work in yourself. It's just human nature when you ask people to help you.

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 17:07

There is no automatic scan of existing folders to add items to gallery.
Searching resulted in:
http://gallery.menalto.com/node/81010

Dave

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nivekiam

Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 16504

Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 17:32

Try this hack:
http://gallery.menalto.com/node/81010#comment-284733

May not be exactly what you're looking for but he appears to have gotten a cron job working to scan a directory for files and import those into Gallery.

Posted here:
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:User_Contributions#Mods.2FPatches
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connorz Joined: 2009-11-01 Posts: 2	Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 15:59
	I've been looking for a way to accomplish my wishes, but I haven't been able to find anything - please excuse me, if I have missed it. Here is what I want to accomplish: I have an online (web)server that I use to backup my pictures (and there's a lot) (using rsync by the way). I have the pictures organized in folders (=albums) and I would like to be able to watch these using Gallery to get all the nice features of this product. I have installed Gallery successfully, and I saw that I can create albums with pictures using symbolic links to the "real" images located elsewhere on the webserver (the backup folder). That's nice! But I want Gallery to "automatically" see the structure and images in my backup folder and replicate this to an album structure with the images within (as symbolic links). It would just take too long to do this job manually and I want to be able to update when new pictures are added to the webserver, removed from the webserver or updated on the web server. Can I perform this automation somehow? Here's the options I might find could be the solution: - Click a button in Gallery to have it pickup the folder structure (that would be nice ) - Call some sort of web service (which? how?) from remote in a program that knows the folder structure, so it immitates what could be done manually in the admin UI. - Your suggestions! I have created an image UI application which do the job for me (see http://img.ozo.dk), but I would like all Gallery's benefits in my image UI). Any comments/suggestions are highly appreciated
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alecmyers Joined: 2006-08-01 Posts: 4342	Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 16:21
	This question gets asked quite often. Have you searched on this forum for previous answers?

connorz Joined: 2009-11-01 Posts: 2	Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 16:26
	A link would be very nive Or some help for search criterias

alecmyers Joined: 2006-08-01 Posts: 4342	Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 16:35
	If I had a link, I would have posted it. Search criteria... um, dunno, try automatic scan folder import batch job cron dropfolder update - use your imagination. You'll always get better help in this forum if you put some work in yourself. It's just human nature when you ask people to help you.

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 17:07
	There is no automatic scan of existing folders to add items to gallery. Searching resulted in: http://gallery.menalto.com/node/81010 Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16504	Posted: Sun, 2009-11-01 17:32
	Try this hack: http://gallery.menalto.com/node/81010#comment-284733 May not be exactly what you're looking for but he appears to have gotten a cron job working to scan a directory for files and import those into Gallery. Posted here: http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:User_Contributions#Mods.2FPatches ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

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