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