You have to upload them through wordpress, not directly via ftp. That way, wordpress can take note of them
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todaro
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Damn! It’ll force me to upload HUNDREDS of other images ONE BY ONE! What a pain…
Well, if WordPress developer(s) is(are) reading this, please think on turning WP able to recognize files uploaded via FTP. I’m sure you wouldn’t like to face the challenge I’m going to face for not being able to FTP them.
Thanks drmike.
Well, if you know how to write an <img> link, you could bulk upload ’em all to one directory.
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todaro
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I’m not sure if I understand what you mean. Would you be so kind as to be a bit more specific?
Thank you so much!
FTP all the images up into one big ol’ directory.
When writing/editing your posts, add the image link manually.
For instance:
<img src="http://yourdomain.com/blog/files/image1.jpg" alt="alt text" />
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todaro
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Ah yes, that’s easy. But by doing things that way the files won’t appear on Manage/Uploads, will they? That’s exactly my complaint. I’d like them to be editable via WP control panel after uploaded via FTP, that’s what I suggest the code guy(s) to consider. It’s certainly not so difficult to implement, is it?
Thanks for your reply above.
But by doing things that way the files won’t appear on Manage/Uploads, will they?
True. But you won’t be using that uploader 1 at a time either.
It’s certainly not so difficult to implement, is it?
Famous last words.
There ain’t much for “code guys” hanging out here. Have you considered suggesting your idea over at http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/ and see how it goes?
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todaro
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Alright, I’ll do that. Thanks for the tip and for your kind attention.
If you do, drop a link to it back here. Heck, I’ll vote for it. 🙂
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todaro
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HandySolo, I’ve found out an existing topic about it here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=201&page&replies=5#post-1179
Look at what damino said.
Seems I’m not the first that had that idea. 🙂
Even so, do you think I should repost the topic?
I’d repost it for what you want (and damino mentions) as that’s not really what the main idea was about in that one.
Perhaps include a link to Damino’s part in your own.
drmike et al,
I’ve uploaded dozens of images via the worpress upload/post area and they are not visible in the manage uploads area as others have also described. Numbers appear where they ought to be, but no image, no data. Yes, I do see them via ftp, can link manually, but can’t see ’em from wp. From all I can gather from the support area here I’m SOL as far as managing and accessing the files via wordpress. No? I’m operating 2.1.2. Shall I keep thrashing or continue with the work-around? Please advise.
I’m in the process of moving my blog from Blogger, so I bulk uploaded my blogging photos to /opt/lampp/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2007/07 on the machine that is hosting my WordPress blog.
I need to figure out how to put the images into all my previous posts that I will eventually import from Blogger.
HandySolo suggests:
When writing/editing your posts, add the image link manually.
That sounds like a fine solution, as I don’t want all my images to be hosted by Blogger forever and ever, and I don’t want to upload the files one at a time via WordPress. However, I can’t get HandySolo’s suggestion to work.
Perhaps you could look at it and help me figure out why?
When I upload a photo via WordPress and insert it in a post, the code in the post is as such:
<a href="http://www.jeniqblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/birdwatching.JPG" title="birdwatching.JPG"><img src="http://www.jeniqblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/birdwatching.JPG" alt="birdwatching.JPG" /></a>
I tried to replicate this code in another post and point to a file that was uploaded via FTP. This is the code:
<a href="http://www.jeniqblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/alicat.JPG" title="Ally Cat"><img src="http://www.jeniqblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/alicat.JPG" alt="AliCat" /></a>
I feel confident that my code is right, but if you look at the second post, you’ll see that the picture refuses to display.
Can someone suggest to me what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks, in advance, for your help!
Ha, figured it out. The file extension is the wrong case. Fun!
