Why does Umbraco v.6 creates a new media folder everytime in the server side when uploading a new image file
Hello everyone,
I am trying to remove the existing image file from the media admin tool by using remove file checkbox. It does remove the file physically from the server. However, when I try to upload a new image file in the same media content it actually creates a new folder and saves it on there. So, every time when you remove the existing file and upload with a new file, it creates a new folder. I also compared with the Umbraco v.4 and it seems that in v.4, it does not create new folder. It simple uploads the file in the same folder location from where the old file was removed.
I was wondering if anyone knows, why Umbraco v.6 create a new folder every time when you remove files and then you try to upload it
That's just the way it is working - The folder name is the corresponding id to the id of the media node.
It should work like this
1: You create a media item (node) and give it a name - This node has an id
2: You then upload a file or image (depending on what node type you created - File/Image) - The file is then attached to the node
3: Then the folder is created on the server
4: If you remove the file from the node and then upload a new file then it should be placed in the same folder since the id has not changed because the node/item was not deleted
If you delete the node/item and then create a new node/item and attach the same media to it a new id will be created and a folder with a name corresponding to the item/media will be created as well for storing the file.
Does that make any sense? If what I have written above is not acting as described on v6 could you then please show a screendump of your media section in the backoffice and of the folder structure on your disk? Just so I can understand the issue better...:)
IIRC, it's not true that the folder name corresponds to the media node ID.
I think the folder is just the next available one on the file system. In fact, if two devs are running the Umbraco site on their computers against the database, I believe the media uploaded by each of them can appear in the same folders (on their corresponding file systems, of course, but this is assuming that the media would get merged up on later deployment).
Why does Umbraco v.6 creates a new media folder everytime in the server side when uploading a new image file
Hello everyone,
I am trying to remove the existing image file from the media admin tool by using remove file checkbox. It does remove the file physically from the server. However, when I try to upload a new image file in the same media content it actually creates a new folder and saves it on there. So, every time when you remove the existing file and upload with a new file, it creates a new folder. I also compared with the Umbraco v.4 and it seems that in v.4, it does not create new folder. It simple uploads the file in the same folder location from where the old file was removed.
I was wondering if anyone knows, why Umbraco v.6 create a new folder every time when you remove files and then you try to upload it
Thank you.
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That's just the way it is working - The folder name is the corresponding id to the id of the media node.
It should work like this
1: You create a media item (node) and give it a name - This node has an id 2: You then upload a file or image (depending on what node type you created - File/Image) - The file is then attached to the node 3: Then the folder is created on the server 4: If you remove the file from the node and then upload a new file then it should be placed in the same folder since the id has not changed because the node/item was not deleted
If you delete the node/item and then create a new node/item and attach the same media to it a new id will be created and a folder with a name corresponding to the item/media will be created as well for storing the file.
Does that make any sense? If what I have written above is not acting as described on v6 could you then please show a screendump of your media section in the backoffice and of the folder structure on your disk? Just so I can understand the issue better...:)
/Jan
Hi Jan,
IIRC, it's not true that the folder name corresponds to the media node ID.
I think the folder is just the next available one on the file system. In fact, if two devs are running the Umbraco site on their computers against the database, I believe the media uploaded by each of them can appear in the same folders (on their corresponding file systems, of course, but this is assuming that the media would get merged up on later deployment).
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