[Zope-CMF] Uploading many files

[Scott]

I'd like to avoid using ttw to add metadata, as my server is under
powered - P133.  It takes several seconds to update anything.  I have
seen references to accessing properties via FTP, but have not found any
more than just references - no details on how to do this.  

My ideal is to have a file with something like:

id: 01.jpg
title: First Image
description: blah blah
subject: subject

id: 02.jpg
etc...

and run an import.  Any help on this would be appreciated.  RTFM would
be acceptable if it's clear somewhere.  I haven't found it yet.  yet...

Thanks - Scott

Tres Seaver wrote:
> 
> Scott wrote:
> 
> > What's the best way to upload many files at once?  I have about one
> > hundred images I'd like to add as portal images, complete with title,
> > subject, etc.  Would it be to use ftp to dump the images and then some
> > DTML to convert them from Images to Portal Images, or is there a better
> > way?  Perhaps a python script?   I know very little DTML or python, so
> > if anyone has some code snippets to do this, I would be appreciative.
> 
> For sites created under the latest CMF release, FTP / WebDAV / HTTP PUT
> of images into a PortalFolder will result in the creation of Portal Image
> objects;  you would still need to go in and set Title and other metadata.
> 
> Existing CMF Sites can take advantage of this feature by updating to the
> CMF 1.1beta release (or CVS head) and creating a ContentTypeRegistry object
> in the CMFSite;  then adding a "MIME-type" predicate which maps all
> "image/*"
> types onto Portal Image.
> 
> Tres.
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