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Import existing folders on server into album structure

duren Member
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Does ZenPhoto have the ability to generate albums out of my pre-existing folder structure?

How do people normally import their entire archive?

Comments

  • fretzl Administrator, Developer
    Since Zenphoto is file system based you can upload (using FTP) your entire directory/folder structure into the `albums` folder of your installation.
    Every directory/folder will be an "album" (as it's called in Zenphoto)
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Yes, absolutely, that's even the base functionality of the gallery.
  • duren Member
    I'm assuming that will create a copy of everything I upload into ZenPhoto's private repository / folder - I'm looking to point it to an existing folder structure local to the system with ZenPhoto installed.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Well, if you copy it to the `/album`folder that will copy it. But you can set another folder (or rename it) within the config file in `/zp-data/zenphoto.cfg.php`. It must be on the same server though and if you choose to put it outside the webroot some multimedia files especially if in Flash mode will not work.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Forgot to add that symlinks may also be a way if your server supports them.
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