biglegfrenchy

I should probably mention my directory structure, since this might play a role in the issue. With my FTP upload, I think I followed in the footsteps of the Soderlind plug-in…

https://www.biglegemma.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02_Feb/2007_02_03_ble_wellsville_pix/
https://www.biglegemma.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02_Feb/2007_02_07_ble_allentownPAwithRustedRoot/
https://www.biglegemma.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02_Feb/2007_02_08_ble_JohnsonCityNYwithRustedRoot/

thx,
frenchy

Yes, exactly. I am using Filezilla to upload the pix because when I was in the bus and I uploaded 38 pix at once from on the road, it would automatically keep retrying until success. Doing the same 38pix one-at-a-time with the built-in WordPress image uploader would have taken me 10+ hours due to the constant time-outs of the crappy Cellular internet connection while driving between cities.

Now I need auto-thumbnails and drag n drop placement in the post while I tell my stories. I am not really an HTML guy (nor any other programming except Fortran once upon a time) and I wanna make things streamlined and fast. Some type of plug-in should do me nicely if I find the right one. BTW, I just upgraded to WP2.1 today.

I am trying to follow your suggestion above. You say, “Once you upload the photo, if you click on a photo <snip>”… the problem is that there is no thumbnail to click on because I didnt upload the pix via the standard WordPress Upload interface. This standard WordPress upload interface that I speak of is located right underneath the text window where you enter the post&code. It has two tabs. They are called “Upload” and “Browse All”. In the upload tab it waits for you to upload images one-at-a-time. This is not for me anymore. I upload them with FTP instead (38 at a time). In the “Browse All” tab it shows me the thumbnails of everything that I had originally uploaded using this WordPress standard upload interface. They are all old pix… none of the new ones are there because WordPress doesnt know where the new ones are and there are no thumbnails available to show me.

I have also been using the soderlind “Image Manager” plug-in, but again for that plug-in the thumnail is automatically created during the one-at-a-time upload stage. I need a plug-in where I can point to the directory on the server where all 38 files are sitting…. and have it automatically generate the thumbnails…then let me do the “send to editor” that you say above. Am I missing something here?

I use Irfanview which is an awesome free image viewer that I use to resize and crop/prep my images. It can generate thumnails for me (I think), but I would hope that an appropriate WP plug-in would take on that job for me as I perform the drag n drop.

I did find a great site that keeps you up-to-date on WP plug-ins, but nothing has popped up that seems right for me…
https://weblogtoolscollection.com

Lastly, the official WordPress Image Plug-in list is hopelessly out of date with several potential solutions being poorly updated…let alone being WP2.1 compatible.

thanks for your input…!
frenchy

Autogallery looks cool too, but the site is in a completely different language that I cant identify and there is no English version.

Why do I feel like I’m on the outer fringes of the internet here? I just wanna upload pix en masse to my blog.

I feel like I’m asking about overclocking a video card or something.hmm…

thx,
frenchy

So today I have 38 images from yesterday’s events, which totals 12.7MB. There is no way that I will use the standard WP upload interface, nor even the “soderlind” plug-in to upload the images one at a time….no way. I am using the “soderlind image manager” plug-in now, and it is nice, but only one at a time, which is not acceptable.

It times out most of the time anyway and I will have to sit there and babysit the thing for probably 4-6 hours with luck. So instead, I am using Filezilla right now to upload the pix to a folder on the site. Filezilla is awesome. It is free and it keeps AUTOMATICALLY retrying every time there is an error, so the upload process is fully automated (although lengthy due to retries). This is how uploading images should be!!!!

The problem now is that I have a folder full of images, but no thumbnails….and I dont know how to “drop them into” the new blog post.

Well, frenchy, you could try the 1st plug-in on the WP official plug-in list. It claims to do exactly what you want…

“
ANIga gallery (https://www.animalbeach.net/aniga/)
Manage your Pictures in Categories and Albums; Uses the WP page and comment system; Upload Pictures with FTP or as zip archive on the Admin pages; slideshow; automatic thumbnail creation; layout with templates.
“

It looks great at 1st glance, but going to the website does indeed throw a few red flags…

RedFlag#1: “This is an early release of this plugin. Some things might not work properly, some features are still missing. USE AT OWN RISK! I appreciate any feedback!”

RedFlag#2: “I am on vacation – Thailand, Laos and Vietnam are waiting. So i wont be able to answer your questions until the 20th of october.. But you can check out the support forum, maybe someone can help you there!”

What year is this guy coming back?..and why do I want to use a peice of software that gives me risk? Well, frenchy, beggars cant be choosers…try it and hope your computer still works so you can let us know how it goes.

good luck,
frenchy

ps-Does anyone else have any input?