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  • crono 58 posts 129 karma points
    Feb 24, 2015 @ 15:10
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    Media in content section

    My employer would like to store all images for a gallery (hundreds - potentially thousands) in the content section, but I think it might not be the best practice.

    Basically, he wants the imageuploader to create content nodes instead of media nodes. Is this even possible with the standard imageuploader, or would it require a custom module to work?

    Also, would there be any performance disadvantages in storing media in the content section?

    Thanks in advance.

  • Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 10x admin c-trib
    Feb 24, 2015 @ 15:19
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    Hi Crono

    That's a terrible idea! :)

    I don't see any advantages doing it like this. Content and media will get cluttered and it would require you to create your own Media document types etc. etc. etc. instead of just using the functionality that you get out of the box - What is the reason that your boss wants to do this?

    /Jan

  • crono 58 posts 129 karma points
    Feb 24, 2015 @ 15:37
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    Thanks for the reply Jan,

    Yep, it's a terrible idea - and the reason why he wants it is, I guess, to have everything in one place.

    It's not just a one page gallery - besides images, there are categories and folders.

    My initial solution creates a content node whenever a category or folder is created, and adds a reference to the media node that created it - so when I go to the url of the content node, I know where to grab the media from.

    If that is a terrible idea too, please let me know ;)

  • Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 10x admin c-trib
    Feb 24, 2015 @ 15:50
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    Hi Crono

    Yeah, well it does not make sense to want to have everything in one place. When using the Media Picker it's quite easy to navigate the media section and find whatever image one needs.

    I think your approach sounds fine since you're just automating what would have otherwise been a manual task :)

    /Jan

  • crono 58 posts 129 karma points
    Feb 24, 2015 @ 15:53
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    Hej Jan,

    Thank you for your input - I'll try to convince him ;)

    Have a great day.

  • Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 10x admin c-trib
    Feb 24, 2015 @ 15:56
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    Hi Crono

    Thanks you - Fingers crossed that you'll get him convinced :)

    /Jan

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