Batch operations - was (Re: [ansel] Problem with conf.xml/php)

[Heath S. Hendrickson]

David Bates wrote:

> I've done this before on a personal website of mine.. it's not 
> extremly difficult in php.. :) Really easy actually.. how many files 
> should we upload at a time, 5, 10, 15?
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>> Definitely, though I still think some people might want the option of 
>> not going
>> through the popup/button-clicking step. But really, we should probably
>> implement batch operations if we're thinking along those lines. Just 
>> musing,
>> anyway. No need to think *quite* so much about it that we don't do 
>> anything. :)
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I'm not sure where talking about batch upload here (unless I missed 
something).  But more general batch operations for all the edit 
functions (watermark, crop, rotate, resize, etc.).  There's already the 
ability to upload a zip file of images which I would think is much 
easier on a person than doing a lot of Browse->Select operations.

Also, perhaps the upload and XP Publish code could be modified to 
automatically create the thumbnail and screen resolution images after 
the files are uploaded instead of when they gallery or image is first 
viewed.  I'm working with large images (2MB+ JPEGs) and it can take 
quite a while to load a gallery thumbnail page with 15 thumbnails when 
the system has to create them all on the fly.  It could be a conf.php 
option to turn it on or off for those that prefer the dynamic way better.

heath