How to move, copy or rename albums or images without loosing title, descriptions, tags etc.? May 21, 2011 / Updated: Apr 13, 2012
First you need eto understand that Zenphoto is file system based. It recognizes albums and images on discovery. What is not found there anymore is considered gone. What is found new is considered new.
- Images
- Info embeded via image meta data (EXIF/XMP):
This is the way we recommend. On uploading Zenphoto will read this data and add it to the database. If you you now move, copy or rename image files via FTP the data will travel with the images as it is embeded in them. However the images will be recognized as new even if their data travels with them. - Info added to the database on the backend:
If you have not embeded the data in the images and move, copy or rename them via FTP the data will be lost. If you want to avoid this you have to use the tools for "move, copy, rename" you find on right side on each image's entry on the backend edit pages. Then the data of the database is moved as well.
- Info embeded via image meta data (EXIF/XMP):
- Albums
On the file system albums are just folders. Folders can't have meta data so on moving, copying or renaming a folder all of the info entered to the database on the backend will be lost. This counts of course also to its images except you have embeded their info. If you want to avoid this you have to use the tools for "move, copy, rename" you find on right side on each album's entry on the backend edit pages. Then the data of the database is moved as well.
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