Umbraco Media doesnt show the files that are directly copied into ~media folder
Hi,
When I use FTP to upload files into the “~/media” folder, I
can’t see them in the Admin->Media tab.
Is there any way to make Umbraco’s media for ftp friendly?
I know I can use MediaUploader, but I need to find a way to
directly ftp media files and manage them in the Admin->Media tab or insert
them in TinMCE rich text editor.
You might have problems doing that because each file needs to have the a corresponding stub created in the database with details like title and location.
The numbers correspond to the nodeId which the media is assigned to hold the associated data mentioned above.
If you are using images directly in a template master page i would suggest you store those images separately and have a folder somewhere within the webroot where you can control the path rather than using the media library. The media library is meant more for content purposes.
Agreed - your media section should only store "content" images - images that can be picked by your content editors - you shouldn't need to know the path of these since you get them from your macros/templates/etc based on the picked media id.
Any images used by your css, templates, etc, should be stored on disk outside the media section, such as in /images/ or /assets/
Umbraco Media doesnt show the files that are directly copied into ~media folder
Hi,
When I use FTP to upload files into the “~/media” folder, I can’t see them in the Admin->Media tab.
Is there any way to make Umbraco’s media for ftp friendly?
I know I can use MediaUploader, but I need to find a way to directly ftp media files and manage them in the Admin->Media tab or insert them in TinMCE rich text editor.
Thank you,
You might have problems doing that because each file needs to have the a corresponding stub created in the database with details like title and location.
Hi Allan
As tentonipete points out you can't ftp the files into the media folder and then access them through Umbraco.
Is there any particular reason why you need to use FTP instead of DMU to handle this?
/Jan
Hi Jan,
URL predictability is the main reason.
DMU put Medias in random folder number. That becomes even more challenging when you need to have a url to a media in a template master pages.
Do you know of any project that provides this feature?
Thank you,
The numbers correspond to the nodeId which the media is assigned to hold the associated data mentioned above.
If you are using images directly in a template master page i would suggest you store those images separately and have a folder somewhere within the webroot where you can control the path rather than using the media library. The media library is meant more for content purposes.
Agreed - your media section should only store "content" images - images that can be picked by your content editors - you shouldn't need to know the path of these since you get them from your macros/templates/etc based on the picked media id.
Any images used by your css, templates, etc, should be stored on disk outside the media section, such as in /images/ or /assets/
-Tom
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