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Adding Bulk Files to an Item

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This is the last step in the bulk uploading process. At this point you're either adding the files to a new item, or adding files to an existing item.

Warning

Do not save the item after adding the media until the tutorial explicitly tells you to do so.

Media Loction

Multiple files

In the Item "Media" tab, you want to select "Sideload directory" from the right hand side.

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Directory

There are multiple people with permissions to upload files to the server. It's important that you're aware of the directory structure.

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In the screenshot above, you see how Omeka-S interprets the files that were uploaded with FileZilla.

Each item starts with the username of the person who uploaded the files, followed by any subdirectories that were created.

In this case, the user "matthew" uploaded the file Big Brother.zip and was unzipped into the Big Brother directory. If you selected just the matthew item in the dropdown, it would add all files under mathew's uploads, but not the contents of the Big Brother directory or any other subdirectories. If matthew unzipped the Big Brother.zip file, but did not delete it, selecting matthew from the dropdown would add the Big Brother.zip file to the item, but not the contents of the Big Brother directory. We do not want this.

If you select matthew/Big Brother, it will add all files in the Big Brother directory made by unzipping. However, if there are subdirectories in the Big Brother directory, their contents will not be added. In the screenshot, you can see that the Big Brother directory has a subdirectory called ICE Changes their tweet and Naval Academy Removes Books. If you want to add the contents of those directories recursively, you need to select the "Ingest directories recursively" checkbox.

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So, with "Ingest directories recursively" checked, selecting matthew/Big Brother will add all files in the Big Brother directory as well as all files in the ICE Changes their tweet and Naval Academy Removes Books directories.

Danger

If you select matthew and check "Ingest directories recursively", it will add all files in the matthew directory, including all files in all subdirectories. This is potentially dangerous depending on how many files you have uploaded.

Danger

If you select a folder that has subdirectories, and you do not check "Ingest directories recursively", it will only add the files in that directory, and not the files in any subdirectories. This is potentially dangerous if you have files in subdirectories as they may be deleted!

At this time, select the directory you want in the dropdown. You will now set the basic information to assist other organizers in sorting the files later.