How to make a new top-level album?

I don't really understand what the OP wants.

I made just now this:

mkdir ~/test-digikam
mkdir ~/test-digikam/album1
mkdir ~/test-digikam/album2

copy some photos in each album (1 & 2)

launch digikam 0.10

configure the digikam database to be in test-digikam/album1

can open the photos of album1

configure digikam database to be in album2

can open photos in album2

each database is separated as it was with old digikam. slightly longer.

I wonder if the OP noticed the configure database menu (at the bottom
of the setting, configure collections windows

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[John D Choate]

On Friday 13 November 2009 09:45:43 sean darcy wrote:

> digikam-1.0.0.-rc6. I have one album created: /opt/camera/summer-2009.
> Under that album I can access all sub-folders.
>
> Now I want to create a new folder : /opt/camera/fall-2009. I can create
> it as a sub-folder in summer-2009, but I can't create it as a top-level
> folder. When I highlight "My Albums" the option to create a new folder
> is grayed out.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> sean
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Yeah, why should it be labeled "My Albums" (plural) when only 1 can be created at the top level?
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[Chris Green]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 09:26:05PM +0100, jdd-gmane wrote:

> I don't really understand what the OP wants.
>
> I made just now this:
>
> mkdir ~/test-digikam
> mkdir ~/test-digikam/album1
> mkdir ~/test-digikam/album2
>
> copy some photos in each album (1 & 2)
>
> launch digikam 0.10
>
> configure the digikam database to be in test-digikam/album1
>
> can open the photos of album1
>
> configure digikam database to be in album2
>
> can open photos in album2
>
> each database is separated as it was with old digikam. slightly longer.
>
> I wonder if the OP noticed the configure database menu (at the bottom
> of the setting, configure collections windows
>

Well what I want (not sure about the OP) is to be able to do what you
describe above but, when I open album1 I want album2 to be completely
invisible.  As it stands I'm presented with both album1 and album2
under "My Albums".

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[Chris Green]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 02:41:27PM -0600, John D Choate wrote:

> On Friday 13 November 2009 09:45:43 sean darcy wrote:
> > digikam-1.0.0.-rc6. I have one album created: /opt/camera/summer-2009.
> > Under that album I can access all sub-folders.
> >
> > Now I want to create a new folder : /opt/camera/fall-2009. I can create
> > it as a sub-folder in summer-2009, but I can't create it as a top-level
> > folder. When I highlight "My Albums" the option to create a new folder
> > is grayed out.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > sean
> >
>
> Yeah, why should it be labeled "My Albums" (plural) when only 1 can be created at the top level?

More to the point what does the "My Albums" level add at all, it's
pointless.

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Le 16/11/2009 21:43, Chris G a écrit :

> Well what I want (not sure about the OP) is to be able to do what you
> describe above but, when I open album1 I want album2 to be completely
> invisible.  As it stands I'm presented with both album1 and album2
> under "My Albums".
>
if you look at my mail, you will see that each database is alone, with
the other album not visible

you must change the database, not only the album

like this:

http://www.cijoint.fr/cjlink.php?file=cj200911/cijsxRtzOy.png

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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:00:56PM +0100, jdd-gmane wrote:

> Le 16/11/2009 21:43, Chris G a écrit :
>
> > Well what I want (not sure about the OP) is to be able to do what you
> > describe above but, when I open album1 I want album2 to be completely
> > invisible.  As it stands I'm presented with both album1 and album2
> > under "My Albums".
> >
> if you look at my mail, you will see that each database is alone, with
> the other album not visible
>
> you must change the database, not only the album
>
> like this:
>
> http://www.cijoint.fr/cjlink.php?file=cj200911/cijsxRtzOy.png
>

If I do that then *everything* disappears!

I added a new collection and changed the database location as well,
then shut down and restarted digikam.  It came up with *no* albums
visible at all and with the top level (under My Albums) called
'digikam', I've never called anything digikam.

Gong back to Collections in configuration doesn't offer me anything
else, for a naive user you have effectively lost everything.  To
restore things I had to enter the location of my 'old' database
manually.


I'll try and explain (yet again) what I, and I believe some other
people, want.

I want an easy way to switch digikam from one collection to another
such that when it's running you can't see *any part* of the other
collections.  The switch could be done by a command line parameter or
by a configuration setting.

At present the options in the Collections settings are just plain
confusing IMHO.

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Le 17/11/2009 11:04, Chris G a écrit :

> I added a new collection and changed the database location as well,
> then shut down and restarted digikam.  It came up with *no* albums
> visible at all and with the top level (under My Albums) called
> 'digikam', I've never called anything digikam.

you have ti do this the other way round, first create the database,
then add the album

> I want an easy way to switch digikam from one collection to another
> such that when it's running you can't see *any part* of the other
> collections.

why is that so important at first, may be if you explain that we may
found a better solution

problem with multiple databases is that the indexes also change
(quality and tags, I don't think they can be stored in exifs - but I
didn't try)

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[Brano]

On 11/17/2009 07:18 AM, jdd-gmane wrote:

> Le 17/11/2009 11:04, Chris G a écrit :
>
>    
>> I added a new collection and changed the database location as well,
>> then shut down and restarted digikam.  It came up with *no* albums
>> visible at all and with the top level (under My Albums) called
>> 'digikam', I've never called anything digikam.
>>      
> you have ti do this the other way round, first create the database,
> then add the album
>
>    
>> I want an easy way to switch digikam from one collection to another
>> such that when it's running you can't see *any part* of the other
>> collections.
>>      
> why is that so important at first, may be if you explain that we may
> found a better solution
>
> problem with multiple databases is that the indexes also change
> (quality and tags, I don't think they can be stored in exifs - but I
> didn't try)
>
> jdd
>
>    

Ratings and tags can be stored in exif. Check settings, it's somewhere
there.
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Le 17/11/2009 14:05, Brano a écrit :

> Ratings and tags can be stored in exif. Check settings, it's somewhere
> there.
you are right, it works, very goods - I just tried

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