How to modify image file/location?

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By rasbro - May 16, 2008

Is there a way to modify an existing image upload to point to a new file or location? Or is this only possible in removing image and then reuploading? If this is the case then I would like to make a feature request to add a field for editing/entering in a new file/location.

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Brian

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By Dave - May 16, 2008

Hi Brian,

So is this for the case where you want to move the uploads folder? Say from /devsite/uploads/ to /newsite/uploads/? Would the program copy the images over or just let you specify their new location or how would it work?

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com

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By rasbro - May 16, 2008 - edited: May 16, 2008

Here's a couple of scenarios:

1) If two records share the same image, or I already had the image uploaded for some reason, why couldn't I just point the second record image (enter the image path) to use the image already uploaded for the first record. Instead like it is now it creates a duplicate of the same image and then adds _001 at the end. I know this may not be common but why not reuse same image instead of having duplicates?

2) I moved some "other" images to a different directory because they made more sense to be separate from the main images. Because of this I would like to simply go in and update those records affected and enter the new path, from /uploads/images/main/ to /uploads/images/other/.

I hope that makes sense.

Thanks,
Brian

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By Dave - May 16, 2008

Brian,

I'll add these to the feature request list. It sounds like for #1 a global image repository would work? Where you could either upload an image or select one that had already been uploaded?

For #2, would you want to change the path for all the images (such as when you move from staging to live site and directory paths change) or just some? You can currently set a different upload path for specific upload fields.

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com

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By rasbro - May 16, 2008

Yea, I like the global image repository idea. I have used other CMS/shopping cart software (ie: ShopSite) that uses this function.

For #2 I would probably just change it on some but the option to change it for all, with a global setting that allows you to override individual/custom upload paths to the global path, would be nice.

Brian

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By Dave - May 19, 2008

Brian,

I put some work into doing replacements on paths in the upload database. The way it works though we'd also need to do search and replaces on ALL the content if uploads moved, because you'll have wysiwyg content that has <img src="/path/..."> tags.

In any case, I'll put those on the feature request list and keep at it. Thanks for the suggestion! :)

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com

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By paceit - November 9, 2008

I'd also need to have a global image repository which is accessible from any section/editor. I reuse images across site pages and it's a real pain to be reloading the same image each time, plus the wastage of having multiple copies of the same image. So please do add this as a feature request. Maybe this could be enabled on the upload option as a "global" tick box. Or even better a new option called "upload global", where the global directory is the one specified in "General settings".

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By Dave - November 10, 2008

Thanks for the feature request! This is on our list. :)

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com