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DWB · 05-31-2011, 10:44 AM

I don't need a gallery maker but just want to add media that is already on my server (same domain) instead of loading it through the usual uploader.

Wanting to be able to use the gallery feature that I have and just tell it where to pull the images.

Is there a plugin or easy fix for this? Or is there a setting that I've never known about? I know I can do it with something like UU Gallery, but I don't want to change the gallery maker.

fris · 05-31-2011, 10:50 AM

use a plugin called add from server

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-from-server/

Barry-xlovecam · 05-31-2011, 11:00 AM

in ssh if you have it ...

Code:

#mv /home/user/CurrentPath/filename.jpg /home/user/NewPath/filename.jpg

#chown newUser /home/user/NewPath/filename.jpg

mv=move(rename) in UNIX
chown if changing ownership (ch(ange) own(er))

Barry-xlovecam · 05-31-2011, 11:18 AM

you could also use cp instead of mv ...

cp=copy (makes a duplicate in a new location)

DWB · 05-31-2011, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fris

use a plugin called add from server

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-from-server/

Just loaded that and I thought it may work but it says it copies the files to the upload directory.

You know a plugin that will do the same thing and allow me to keep a folder structure?

DWB · 05-31-2011, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

you could also use cp instead of mv ...

cp=copy (makes a duplicate in a new location)

That is what the plugin did. That will be a last resort, going to try to find something that will allow me to keep my folder structure together instead of just dumping everything into the usual upload folders.

/gallery01
/gallery02
/gallery03

Instead of putting them all into upload/2011/may/

Barry-xlovecam · 05-31-2011, 02:42 PM

Quote:

< Copying and moving directories >

For copying and moving directories you can use the cp and mv commands just like you use them with files. Yeah, I know. If you've already tried to copy a directory with cp, you've probably noticed that cp just complains at you. Probably it says something like cp: omitting directory yadda yadda. You see, the cp command wants you to use the -r option if you want to copy a directory with its contents. The -r means "copy recursively":
$ cp -r dir1 dir2

The above creates a directory named dir2 whose contents will be identical to dir1. However, if dir2 already exists, nothing will be overwritten: the directory dir1 will be copied into the dir2 directory under the name dir2/dir1.

When renaming directories, you use the mv command exactly the same way as with files:
$ mv dir1 dir2

When dealing with directories, mv works a bit like cp does. If dir2 doesn't exist, the above will rename dir1 to dir2, but if dir2 exists, the directory dir1 will be moved into the dir2 directory under the name dir2/dir1.

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/dirman.html

cp -r the directory to the path in the WP installation (-r or -R = recursive (all subdirectories and their files too)

They are in different user accounts? If the same this can be done in FTP as the user ...

Brujah · 05-31-2011, 02:49 PM

Could be an alternative way to handle it with a CDN plugin, which w3 total cache does for example even though it's not strictly a CDN plugin.
http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/...the-filesystem

05-31-2011, 10:44 AM	#1
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	How to import wordpress photos/vids from your server (not via upload)? I don't need a gallery maker but just want to add media that is already on my server (same domain) instead of loading it through the usual uploader. Wanting to be able to use the gallery feature that I have and just tell it where to pull the images. Is there a plugin or easy fix for this? Or is there a setting that I've never known about? I know I can do it with something like UU Gallery, but I don't want to change the gallery maker.

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Barry-xlovecam It's 42 Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Global Posts: 18,083	in ssh if you have it ... Code: #mv /home/user/CurrentPath/filename.jpg /home/user/NewPath/filename.jpg #chown newUser /home/user/NewPath/filename.jpg mv=move(rename) in UNIX chown if changing ownership (ch(ange) own(er))

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Barry-xlovecam It's 42 Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Global Posts: 18,083	you could also use cp instead of mv ... cp=copy (makes a duplicate in a new location)