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No Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: kongbak on March 04, 2006, 09:27:39 pm
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There must be a way to batch add keywords to the images in CPG, I am working on adding keywords to about 16000 images in my CPG and it is just a pain to be writing the same location, model name, describtion ogr general keyword over and over again. it would really be a great help if the batch adding keywords feature was added to a future CPG release.
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Good idea. I have edited photos manually, over and over again to fix proper linking.
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Let me add my vote for this. I found this post because I was doing a search for exactly this.
I would add that it would be useful to be able to batch add all of the supporting info for a file:
-Title
-Keywords
-custom fields
-etc.
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Yikes, there are a lot of threads in the features requests board!
Since this is the most recent to request batch-adding keywords, let's use it for gathering ideas on how exactly this will work. I've been working on such a system for my own gallery (new baby & lots of family interest) and have been thinking about the interface a lot. What's the most complete and also simplest way to add keywords to lots of photos? And where do those keywords come from (previous keywords, new ones typed in, etc)?
From a few searches, I've come up these threads that are relevant:
Gathering keywords from other fields - thread (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=25351.0) - I'm not sure why you would do this besides not having the "title", "album" fields on the search form. One use I could see if gathering keywords from the filenames if you use a specific regular naming scheme that for example always puts the place in brackets at the end. A regular expression or other pattern-matching operation would have to be done.
Entering keywords on the thumbnails page - thread (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=21216.0) - Makes sense to me - similar to the "Add Thumbnails to Lightbox (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=27619.0)" plugin (in operation).
Using keywords for filtering - thread (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=19934.0) - This discussion is quite interesting, and I agree with many aspects of both sides (repository-only versus gallery-only). It's relevant to using keywords and may influence how you would add/modify/delete them.
Allowing users to add keywords - thread (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=27569.0) - This is not related to batch-adding but may be relevant to the interface used to add keywords, and might be useful as a clean-up after batch-adding (by the admin) or in cases where you batch-add the group keywords, then pick & choose the application of less-used keywords afterwards.
Using editpics.php to mass-apply certain features already - thread (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=30047.0) - should batch-adding keywords be done somehow on editpics.php?
Please organize any thoughts you have and post them carefully so this thread does not go crazy. :-\
Think very specifically about how you would ideally apply keywords to your photos. That's why I'm gathering together the threads I've found so far. I might as well incorporate other ideas as I flesh out my own needs.
As this is the features request board, remember that there is no support here. If you have a specific support question that seems relevant (and is not a feature request), post on the correct board, with a reference to this thread if appropriate. I cannot guarantee everything or anything here although I do have a strong desire to implement this for myself and hope I can share a usable plugin with others.
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If anyone is interested in a quick hack to batch-add keywords, see this thread (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=32454.0).
Jon