Individual source for imported images

But only ‘admin’ can prevent that images in the depot are deleted during the import.

That is not true. Let me explain how it works:

1. If the local import source is inside …/wp-content/wppa-depot/ the files can, but need not to be deleted. The possibility to untick the ‘Remove after successful import’ checkbox is there originally just for debugging purposes. The ‘depot’ is not meant to be an archive, it is only a temporary storage place between ftp and import. The ‘normal’ state is ’empty’; this also explains why the ‘Remove after..’ checkbox is ticked by default.

2. During ‘directory to album’ import from within …/wp-content/wppa-depot/, the files will always be deleted. This is because of server execution time limitations. Restarting should otherwise require testing what files have been processed, eventually ending in a situation where the program only tries to find out what has to be done without doing anything actually.

3. Import files from locations outside …/wp-content/wppa-depot/ can never be removed, they may belong to other programs or be the wp media files.

4. The above is valid for all users, independantly of being ‘admin’ or being an ‘administrator’. The only difference is that you can prevent non-administrators to be able to set the imput source somewhere outside their own depot. Table VII-C5: Change source restricted.

Currently the local import source is limited to …/wp-content/ and its sub-folders. I will look into it if i can expand it to outside the wp installation folder, still on the local server filesystem. If i can manage that, it will be impossible to remove the files there from wiythin wppa, for the same reason as stated in 3. above.
It will not be possible to import entire folders at once, for the reason as explained in 2. above.

I will look into it if i can expand it to outside the wp installation folder, still on the local server filesystem.

Got this working. Install the development version ( See: this doc page ) and look at Table IX-B17 and 18

Thank you. I will have a look at this tomorrow.

Hi Jacob, I can see the changes you’ve made.

If I want to remake pictures (Table VIII / 11) there should be a way to point to a specific imagesource. Any User with adminrights should be able to remake all pictures which is handy if the decision is made to change to size or the watermark.

In table IX / 17 you offer the option to choose the highest level in the filesystem where to import from. To avoid nasty mistake due to many folders with images on that level, it would be good to specify a certain folder on that level and to make it the default imagesource.

This should be the one to choose before remaking images.

Thank you

Thomas

Just to avoid confusions:
– Remake uses the originals in .../wp-content/uploads/wppa-source/album-nn/ alvays.
This method is suitable to change sizes and remove or alter watermarks. Just make sure you have saving sources active ( Table IX-H1 and 2 ).

– You can Import with the Update existing photos box ticked. This method is suitable to replace a photo with a really different new version, like after processing the image on your local pc with a program like photoshop. The name should be exactly the same as before.

Now to the topic:
The selectionbox Import photos from: is – roughly – filled with all directories in the tree starting from the root you specified in Table IX-B17. Folder with no files in it are grayed out and not selectable; and there is a exclusion list in the code, currently:

‘wp-admin’,
‘wp-includes’,
‘themes’,
‘upgrade’,
‘plugins’,
‘languages’,
‘wppa’,
and ‘wppa-source’ dependant of Table IX-B18

I could make this list longer by adding a setting where you can specify other folder names, so you can narrow down the possible selections the user can make, and pre-fill it with ‘wppa-source’, making IX-B18 redundant.

The — My Depot — choice has to be there always, it is the default and will also be used when the selection of the last time no longer exists. ( I had a situation where my provider moved the entire filesystem to a different disk – i.e. ABSPATH changed value – that lead to unpredictable situations… ). — My Depot — is also the place where uploaded zipfiles are stored before extraction.