{"id":4954,"date":"2016-07-12T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T14:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wppa.nl\/?page_id=4954"},"modified":"2021-09-03T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:28:02","slug":"import-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wppa.nl\/de\/docs-by-subject\/admin-pages\/import-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Import Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Photo Albums -> Import Photos<\/strong> menu item opens the following screen:
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Photo Albums -> Import Photos<\/b> admin page<\/div><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n
\nWhen you first see this screen, it learns you where your Depot<\/em><\/strong> directory is.
\nIt is usually something like \/......\/wp-content\/wppa-depot\/{your-user-login-name}\/<\/code>
\nWhat you should do is, create an FTP account<\/strong> to that specific location in your WordPress installation.<\/p>\n

Now upload a few photos by an FTP program like FileZilla to your depot, and refresh the Import<\/strong> screen:
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Photo Albums -> Import Photos<\/b> admin page with photofiles in your depot<\/div><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Select an album, and press the button.
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Photo Albums -> Import Photos<\/b> admin page after completion of Ajax import<\/div><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\nYou could alternatively press the button, but this may cause problems when you have large amounts of photos to import.<\/p>\n

As you can see on the screen, there are various types of files that can be imported. If you enabled Audio<\/em> and\/or Video<\/em> support on Basic settings -> General -> I<\/strong> you can import those file here too. The benefit of doing it this way is that you do not need to worry about max uploadable filesizes and all kind of other server limitations. No time-outs on the Ajax Import method while you can see the progression of the import process.<\/p>\n

Two types of import can only be done using the button: Directories with optional subdirs containig photos<\/em>, and Custom data files of type .csv<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A recommandation is to keep your depot clean - there are checkboxes to remove items after (un)successfull import - and process one type of files at a time. You may however import audio, video and possible poster image files at the same time.<\/p>\n

A typical import page lay-out may look like this:<\/p>\n

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Photo Albums -> Import Photos<\/b> admin page<\/div><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Notes and recommandations:<\/p>\n