[Clipart] [Bug 8625] FEATURE REQUEST: batch upload via Zip Files

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8625





--- Comment #3 from Jochen Staerk <jstaerk at usegroup.de>  2009-03-31 08:59:14 PST ---
Hi
> #1. User uploads a zip file. OCAL dumps it in a temporary folder. OCAL opens
> the zip. Scans for images with .svg file extension. OCAL deletes anything
> that is not a .svg (including any other image files.) I.e. multiple uploads
> only allows .svg files. Background scripts that are coming (yes?) can make
> the .png thumbnails for them anyway so all we need are the svg files.

Thumbnails are a different request, bug 20972 .

> #2. Making a special Multiple File Upload page similar to
> http://openclipart.org/media/submit/clipart. Multiple upload boxes, and next
> to each one, an input field for the tags? My reasoning with this is that
> anyone who batch uploads will *probably* already know what they are doing.
> Let's simplify so that we can fit more uploads on. I see the ability and
> space already available on OCAL as allowing upwards of 10 files. (as seen in
> this quick mockup http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1839/concept.jpg).

please be careful, not everything that has been drafted in mock ups has been
discussed with the technical guys. 

> All
> that needs doing (to my limited understanding of how ccHost works with
> php... is working with the multiple php upload scripts. Of course you also
> need file checks, safety features as well, but if you're multiple uploading
> manually you dont need the "featured artist", "suggested tags", "popular
> tags", "NSFW", "or the "publish now" button. These informations can be
> edited after the upload in the individual files pages.

I don't know how that tag system currently works, i.e. I don't know if and how
misspellings could be avoided. For me the idea sounds

a) like a suggestion for a ccHost improvement as I think there is no API access
for file insertion on behalf of users or tagging of new files OR
b) something that can be realized relatively easily independently from ccHost
but only half-automatic, i.e. you prepare a batch of files and later some
volunteers insert them one-by-one. 


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