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IMPORTANT NOTE: Conversion of this module to Drupal 4.7 is NOT YET COMPLETE.
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This version is an interim commit of work in progress, and not yet fully
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functional.
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image_import.module Allows mass import of images and, optionally, captions
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into Drupal installations using the improved image
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module from James Walker (drupal.org name "walkah").
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Author: Scott Courtney (drupal.org name "syscrusher")
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email: scott (at) 4th (dot) com
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License: GNU General Public License (GPL) http://gnu.org/
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Status: BETA release for initial testing
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Prerequisites: upload.module, image.module ("walkah" version
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required), and Drupal 4.6, all configured and
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working properly. Previous versions of Drupal
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are not supported.
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Features:
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* Number of images that can be imported is limited only by the system's
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speed and settings (such as PHP's maximum script execution time).
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* Fully supports and exploits free-tag vocabularies using Morbus Iff's
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patch, if available. Also works correctly without that patch.
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* Unlike previous image import code, this module can do a "fast import"
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while also individually captioning images. For each image being
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imported, the module looks for a file whose name matches but whose
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extension is one of several typical text file types. If found, that
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file's contents will be used to automatically create a teaser and
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body (description) for the image.
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* Optionally deletes the uploaded files (including caption files), to
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prevent the next import run from accidentally importing them again
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as duplicate nodes.
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* System administrators can force the deletion of uploaded files.
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* To support systems where users have individual upload directories,
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the module can be configured to insert the Drupal username into
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the import directory path. It can also optionally *not* do this
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for the special case of the system user (uid=1). There is also
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a way to have the module remove spaces from the usernames.
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* Users with appropriate permissions, as defined by the site owner,
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can override the import path for their images.
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* Extensive descriptions and help for all administrative and
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user-accessible form fields.
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* A separate detailed help page (Drupal path node/add/image_import/help)
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provides a step-by-step guide to using the module, with the instructions
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customized based on the individual user name and security privileges as
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well as various site-wide settings from image_import and the modules
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it uses internally.
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* Optional throttle mode ensures that each image node is created with
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a different timestamp, since some galleries use this for sorting
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them.
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* Optional time limit on import helps prevent script timeout errors in
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situations where the Drupal administrator does not have control over
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PHP settings. The user can restart the import where it left off, to
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continue importing images. (This feature only works if the images are
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being deleted during import.)
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* Optional debug mode provides verbose diagnostics to help isolate
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problems with file permissions and similar issues.
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