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Hi, I’m working on a project turning a big photo gallery to EE.

There is a concern about the file upload path. In File Manager I can only define one static path for file upload. I can imagine there will be tons of photos uploaded to this path. It will be harder to manage and the site performance may be affected.

I wonder if there is a solution to create and setup sub folders automatically when uploading, either by year/month, or by member id(better).

I researched on the forum and the web, but only found some methods:
1.http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/dm-eeck
The add-on could separate uploads by year/month, but looks a bit overkill if I only want this function only and don’t need CK editor.
2.http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/upload-rights
Allow sub folders, but need manual setting.

Is there any other solution? Can anybody shed some light?

Thanks!

Just found dm-eeck is not suitable for the case.

Just found this post and still no luck.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6285890/expressionengine-saef-file-upload-to-specific-directoy

Isn’t there any solution to allow specifying upload folders dynamically, but not the only static one in control panel?

Aha, I figured it out!

For year-month dynamic path, just create such fields say 2011-12,2012-1 in file fields and such folders in server. Then, in member upload template, call these fields by a embeded code.(http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/155465/).

If making year-month is too busy, maybe organizing by year is okay.

Not fully dynamic but it should get things done.

Why am I so smart:)

Nice lateral thinking 😊 There is also an addon called Assets which does sub-folders but would not be dynamic as such. Feel free to start a new thread if you have any more questions.