How To: Dropbox plugin

The Dropbox plugin allows Omeka users to ‘batch upload’ a large quantity of files at one time, creating unique items in the archive for each file. Additionally, it allows you to associate numerous files with pre-existing items in edit mode.

Dropbox Plugin Installation

1. Upload and Activate the dropbox plugin (see Installing_a_Plugin)
2. Make /files/ folder located in the Dropbox plugin writeable (see making folders writeable)

Using the Dropbox plugin

Once activated, the dropbox plugin creates a secondary tab on the admin panel below archive, named batch add. This simply means the plugin allows you to create a batch of items at once, rather than one at a time on the items add page.

After following the instructions and properly making the /files/ folder writeable, FTP files to that folder. The list of files that appears on the batch upload screen are files inside the /files/ folder, excluding filenames that are proceeded with a period.

Select the files to batch add, apply metadata and tags to all the items, and click ‘upload files/items.’ Items are named based upon the names of files added, but can be modified through the items edit page.