[omaha] Static vs media files in django

[Steve Young]

*  * never use supplied names for file names*

do you have an alternative for this?  I think I remember using Django's
file upload feature a while back and it gave a long un-descriptive name.
 The initial upload I will do of about 1000 images, then additional images
will be added by users and myself.


Steve


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>wrote:

> How many images are you thinking?
> Some Generalizations:
>   * The fewer folders the better.
>   * never use supplied names for file names
>   * keep images out of a database unless the DB is designed for it
> specifically(most are not)
>   * your categories will fall woefully short, I'd recommend a folksonomy
> over a taxonomy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy
>
> more specific but still incomplete:
>  * an image table
>  * each image file named by the _id of the instance
>  * store image type in the table
>  * store uploaded by
>  * store uploaded when
>  * a category/tag table
>  * an m-n relationship between image and category/tag (many to many)
>
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Steve Young <wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Thanks.  How about organizing the files - eventually they will be tagged
> to
> > make it simple for users to find images and add them to new cards.
>  Should
> > I put all the images in one folder or categorize them with sub-folders?
> > Or even put the images in a database?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <
> jeffh at dundeemt.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > If you don't not need to distinguish between the images you supply and
> > user
> > > upload images then yes.
> > > caveat: If some subset of the images are not for cards but for the site
> > in
> > > general, I'd put that subset in static.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Steve Young <
> wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Using Django 1.7 building a flashcard app.  Currently I have about
> 1000
> > > > images - one per card, and images can be used on multiple cards.
>  Later
> > > on
> > > > users may be able to upload images also.  Django seems to have 2
> basic
> > > ways
> > > > to serve static files - Static and Media.  From what I gather static
> is
> > > for
> > > > css, logos, and other admin created files, and media is for user
> > uploaded
> > > > content.?
> > > >
> > > > I am thinking Media is the way to go?  If you have any other
> > suggestions
> > > on
> > > > handling images please chime in.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
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