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  • Resolved jamiebaker

    (@jamiebaker)


    I have quite a few images in my uploads folder that were uploaded manually many years ago, which means that they do not show up in my media library. IS there any way to add these to my database?

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  • Moderator James Huff

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    Thread Starter jamiebaker

    (@jamiebaker)

    Oh thank you so much! I really do appreciate your speedy reply!
    j.

    Moderator James Huff

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    You’re welcome!

    Thread Starter jamiebaker

    (@jamiebaker)

    perhaps you can help me with something else that is a related issue.

    My wordpress folder sits in another folder within my main site. This is because I had the site itself several years prior to using wordpress.

    What this means is that I have TWO image folders, the one within the main ROOT (which contains artwork for my illustration folio website) and the other UPLOAD folder within WordPress (which contains photos and stuff pertaining to blog posts).

    IS there a way to let WordPress KNOW about the OTHER folder too; the IMAGES folder in the main ROOT? Do you think this plugin could add TWO possible locations to the datatbase? or would the only way to do that be to consolidate the two folders together?

    For quite sometime I have been wondering if I should consolidate things and simply make the entire site run on wordpress; moving the blog into the ROOT itself.. but i confess the shifting around scares me a little!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

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    IS there a way to let WordPress KNOW about the OTHER folder too; the IMAGES folder in the main ROOT? Do you think this plugin could add TWO possible locations to the datatbase? or would the only way to do that be to consolidate the two folders together?

    Unfortunately, no. I actually have the same problem. The only way around it would be to move the outside images into one of the uploads directories (like /wp-content/uploads/2010/09/), use the plugin to add them to the library, and then go through the blog and change all of the old image links to the new location.

    For quite sometime I have been wondering if I should consolidate things and simply make the entire site run on wordpress; moving the blog into the ROOT itself.. but i confess the shifting around scares me a little!

    It’s not too hard to move, just time consuming to change all of the links afterward. Just follow this guide:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site

    Thread Starter jamiebaker

    (@jamiebaker)

    do you know if this would be possible:

    move the wordress install into the main directory so as to run the entire site via WP, the make a WP PAGE for the root (that replicates the FRONT DOOR page I have now) and other pages that match the other locations of my site /LINKS/ /PHOTOS/ and so on) but keep the blog in the current directory location:

    http://mysite.com/blog/

    I read through that documentation in the LINK you sent once before and I got the impression that what I described would be doable. If so, then I could save myself the hard work of going through the entire blog (which goes back almost 10 years) and updating the links!

    BUT I would get the benefit of running the galleries and links pages etc via WP rather than coding by hand as I do now.

    what do you think?

    j.

    Moderator James Huff

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    That should be possible. Just follow this guide:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

    Thread Starter jamiebaker

    (@jamiebaker)

    Ok… maybe I will try that. But first i will deal with the permalinks and the image folder… still can’t figure out if moving that will cause me grief later…

    anyway, thanks for your help!
    j

    Moderator James Huff

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    Just backup your files and database first. You can always restore if you don’t like the result.

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