In the last chapter we analyzed methods to get data out of Plone. This chapter is all about getting data into Plone. Until now we only used the standard UI of Plone to upload our image, audio, and video content. The UI has two characteristics: The whole process is handled by the web browser (through the Web), and only one item is processed per operation. This is mainly because of the nature of the underlying protocol—HTTP. For large amounts of data, this can be very cumbersome. Let's imagine a huge picture gallery with dozens of pictures, which has to be uploaded for a site launch within a week. We need a better solution than calling the createObject
view again and again for uploading all of the pictures one by one.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Uploading multiple files in one go with the add-on products,
collective.uploadify
,PloneFlashUpload
, andatreal.massloader
Installing
atreal.massloader
on Mac OS XPushing data into Plone with FTP
Manipulating...