Photo / Media naming ( eliminating the dashes in filenames)

kisii · October 7th, 2008, 11:41 AM

I have always wondered why uploaded files get renamed with photopost to include dashes where there are spaces. Is there way I can get eliminate this and at the same time get rid of dashes in my filenames / titles/photo names? This makes searching a breeze because you will always find a file that you are looking for without having to know if you need the dashes or not> For instance i want my lies to be name sin the format of

p square-get squared

instead of

p_square-_get_squared.

Is there a database script that I can run to fix pre-existing files? How can I get disable this completely in photopost?

Chuck S · October 7th, 2008, 07:05 PM

There is no script for prior files.

You can attempt to change your fixfilenames function in pp-inc.php but the files are named like that to ensure compatibility with all browsers as some browsers dont like filenames with spaces. The code you can see below the lines that do the replacement but modify at your own risk as this is an unsupported action.

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kisii · October 7th, 2008, 07:20 PM

So if I remove that piece of code, I should have the real file names be displayed when uploading? Thanks for your guidance.

Chuck S · October 7th, 2008, 07:25 PM

If you remove those last two lines noted you might but as noted this is not something we support or assist with.

kisii · October 7th, 2008, 07:32 PM

I appreciate...thanks!

kisii · October 14th, 2008, 10:44 AM

Hey chuck...or anyone for that matter...

there is now way to write a database query that will look at a certain category (cat), then go to the row title row (title) and replace all underscores that exist in it with a space? Im clueless when it come to databases but in my head i really think it possible. Reason why I am really trying to get rid of the underscores in filenames is that even Google would not display a search result of a certain media or photo unless you also include the annoying underscore character!! Your assistance will be highly appreciated!!

Chuck S · October 14th, 2008, 06:51 PM

No sorry no such script exists and you would need to write up some such script to do functionality that does not exist in the script.

kisii · November 15th, 2008, 01:07 PM

Chuck..i tried this edit on the file but there is no change. The file names still show up with dashes. Any further direction on this please?

Chuck S · November 15th, 2008, 01:21 PM

If you remove the two replace lines in the function above any future files will not have underscores but a space. Do realize that some browsers have issues with files and spaces which is why we do it in the first place.

Chuck S · November 15th, 2008, 01:21 PM

Also this will not strip out underscores in files people upload.

skidpics · November 15th, 2008, 07:47 PM

Might check a thread I had in discussion also..

Long file name keywords

Chuck S · November 15th, 2008, 09:34 PM

yeah all depends on what he is trying to do but its not going to change files already uploaded.

kisii · November 16th, 2008, 11:08 AM

Thats exactly what I was trying to do ..just remove the dashes for spaces for any more files that I uploaded but that did not happen when I got rid of the underscores. I have tested it with Firefox, IE and Opera and haven't found an issue with it at all. What browser or versions are incompatible with files without the underscores? Im looking at filenames and not keywords...Thanks

Chuck S · November 16th, 2008, 01:58 PM

My suggestion is not going to get rid of an underscore if its present in a filename. What my suggestion of removing those two lines will do is if you upload a file with spaces our program will not replace the space with an underscore like noted in the default program.

kisii · November 18th, 2008, 11:12 AM

chuck that's exactly what I am trying to accomplish. The files that I am uploading do not have the underscores, they have spaces but PP adds the underscores even with the lines of code removed.

Chuck S · November 18th, 2008, 11:25 AM

Well your fixfilenames function should look like this

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kisii · November 18th, 2008, 04:30 PM

That seemed to work. the line that was different that I had to remove ( not initially included in your first instruction ) was as below:

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So i commented it out and it works just fine now on one file that I have uploaded. thanks Chuck

Chuck S · November 18th, 2008, 04:59 PM

have a good evening

kisii · June 26th, 2011, 09:40 AM

HI Chuck,

why does removing the dashes where the multimedia file name has spaces break the multimedia thumbnail generation? In other words, if this modification i implemented ( where i have opted to do away with dashes), multimedia thumbnails are not generated.

Chuck S · June 26th, 2011, 10:41 AM

well removing dashes and allowing spaces in filenames will say for instance break images in IE browser which is why our filename renaming works like it does. I suppose ffmpeg has similar constraints in there program but I really can not answer as I did not write ffmpeg and am not part of that programs development team.

I know using our program as it is written unhacked will work.