What is "Categories from IPTC: "

[EricKonieczny]

on the Upload page and the drop down box, what does this do.


what does each drop down selection mean?

I guess I am in the dark on this settings



my EE database is working good, but I am unsure of this setting?

[Pekka]

If it finds categories in photo's IPTC data, it adds photos to existing EE categories and if the categories in IPTC are not yet in EE it adds them to EE and then assigns photo to them.

FYI: there are couple of bugs in that specific code, all are fixed in sooncoming version.

Here is the detailed explanation:

Selections explained:

If image has main category SPO and subcategories 'javeling', 'golf' and 'tennis':

do not add new categories

(no function)

add subcategories only ....

EE builds category names

javeling
golf
tennis

and adds them to EE (if they do not exist already) and assigns them to the uploaded photo.

add main category (CAT) only

EE builds category name

SPO

and adds it to EE (if they do not exist already) and assigns it to the uploaded photo.

add all separately

EE builds category names

SPO
javeling
golf
tennis

and adds them to EE (if they do not exist already) and assigns them to the uploaded photo.

as 'subcategory (CAT)'

EE builds category names

javeling (SPO)
golf (SPO)
tennis (SPO)

and adds them to EE (if they do not exist already) and assigns them to the uploaded photo.

as 'CAT: subcategory'

EE builds category names

SPO: javeling
SPO: golf
SPO: tennis

and adds them to EE (if they do not exist already) and assigns them to the uploaded photo.

as 'CAT | subcategory'

EE builds category names

SPO | javeling
SPO | golf
SPO | tennis

and adds them to EE (if they do not exist already) and assigns them to the uploaded photo.