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  • CodeMaster2008 151 posts 184 karma points
    Mar 30, 2011 @ 02:44
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    Hoe to create media from a custom upload control

    Hi;

    I'm creating this custom upload control which I will be using on a custom image gallery/albums.
    Handle the file system (create folder, thumbnail, upload...) is not a problem.

    To better explain what I'm trying to achive here is a brief explanation of how it's going to work:

    A) Each gallery is a sub-node under the "Galleries" node.
    B) A gallery node contains Name, Description and an upload control to allow the user to upload images.
    C) Each gallery has sub-nodes which are images. Images must have names and description.

    What I need to know is how to programatically achieve this:

    1) Since the upload control is being fired on a gallery node, I need to retrieve this node information so I can associate the uploaded images with this gallery.
    2) I also need to create the media(images) programatically.

    I appreciate any help on this.
    Thanks in advance;

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6182 posts 24284 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Jan 26, 2012 @ 12:36
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    Hi everyone,

    We need exactly control ))

    Custom gallery, maybe you could help ?

    Thanks,

    Alex

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  • Jeroen Breuer 4909 posts 12266 karma points MVP 5x admin c-trib
    Jan 26, 2012 @ 12:43
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    With DAMP you can use custom media types. Which will give you full control over what fields a media item has. Watch this video for a demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkcObL7CMvQ

    Jeroen

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  • Yarik Goldvarg 35 posts 84 karma points
    Jan 26, 2012 @ 13:39
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    Try this to upload images.

     public bool Upload(System.Web.HttpPostedFile file)
        {
            string fullFilePath;
            string filename = file.FileName;
            string mediaPath = "";
            //Get Root Id
            Node root = new Node(-1);
            //UmbracoEnsuredPage.CurrentUser
            var media = Media.MakeNew(file.FileName, MediaType.GetByAlias("Image"), new User(0), root.Id);
            //Create folder
            string storagePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("/media/" + media.Id);
            System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(storagePath);
            fullFilePath = storagePath + "\\" + file.FileName;
            file.SaveAs(fullFilePath);
             media.getProperty("umbracoBytes").Value = file.ContentLength;

            // Save extension
            string orgExt = ((string)filename.Substring(filename.LastIndexOf(".") + 1, filename.Length - filename.LastIndexOf(".") - 1));
            orgExt = orgExt.ToLower();
            string ext = orgExt.ToLower();
            try
            {
                media.getProperty("umbracoExtension").Value = ext;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                LogManager.Error(ex);
            }
          
            mediaPath = "/media/" + media.Id.ToString() + "/" + file.FileName;
            media.getProperty("umbracoFile").Value = mediaPath;
            media.XmlGenerate(new XmlDocument());
            return true;
        }
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  • Jeroen Breuer 4909 posts 12266 karma points MVP 5x admin c-trib
    Jan 26, 2012 @ 13:44
    Jeroen Breuer
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    More examples how it's done in DAMP :p.

    In this example you see how the upload datatype is used on a custom page. That way everything will work the same as with the normal uploader.
    BtnCreate_Click method in here: http://damp.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/81602#1765786

    In this example you see how I create media if no upload datatype/control is available.
    CreateMedia method in here: http://damp.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/81602#1967018

    Jeroen

     

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6182 posts 24284 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Jan 26, 2012 @ 13:54
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    We create big site, with thousands of nodes and galleries, and I think don't use media, for reducing loading of umbraco.

    Maybe mannually create some file structure of images, and cotrol for umbraco admin part for managing images.

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  • Jeroen Breuer 4909 posts 12266 karma points MVP 5x admin c-trib
    Jan 26, 2012 @ 13:57
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    Hmm maybe Umedial is something for you. Most info is dutch but this might help: http://www.slideshare.net/axendo/umedial-umbraco-media-library

    http://www.axendo.nl/nieuws/axendo-presenteert-nieuw-product-umedial

    Jeroen

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