[Digikam-users] Folder structure

[Jonas Norlander]

2009/1/28 Chris G <cl at isbd.net>:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:26:18PM -0500, Brendan wrote:
>> On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Chris G wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:09AM +0100, Allan Dreyer Andersen wrote:
>> > > Hey all
>> > >
>> > > I'm a new user of Digikam (and DSLR for that matter too) and found it
>> > > very easy to use but sure there still much to learn :-)
>> > >
>> > > I'm wondering, how do you organize your pictures on a folder level? Do
>> > > you use dates and handle everything within Digikam or do you create a
>> > > folder for every event and handle the rest inside Digikam.
>> >
>> > It surely depends on *you* and how you want things to look. :-)
>> >
>> > Personally I have my pictures arranged in a hierarchy of decades,
>> > years etc.  E.g. I have:-
>> >
>> > pictures
>> >     1980s
>> >         1980
>> >             Aug - Arrive in Oman
>> >             Dec - Barbecue at Qawr Yenkit 4th Dec
>> >             Dec - Boxing Day at RaH
>> >             Dec - Christmas day at RaH
>> >             Feb - Chester Zoo
>> >             Feb - Pettypool Wood
>> >             Jan - Barnet and Hertford
>> >             June - Irish holiday
>> >             March - Zelma's christening
>> >             Nov - National day, 18th November
>> >             Nov - Qurm Heights house on Ben's Birthday
>> >             Nov - RAH beach, parties, etc.
>> >             Oct - Desert trips, RAH, etc.
>> >             Oct - Khawr Yenqit
>> >             Oct - Ras al Hadd "Turtle Beach"
>> >         1981
>> >             ...
>> >             ...
>> >             ...
>> >     1990s
>> >         1990
>> >             ...
>> >             ...
>> >
>> >
>> > The only problem with this (which you can see above) is that Digikam
>> > arranges the folders alphabetically just like the default ls sort does
>> > (which is how I got the above list).  I have a patched version of
>> > Digikam which arranges folders in date order (that's the Digikam date
>> > for the folder) so if I set the date in the folder properties in
>> > digikam I get the folders with month names in the right order.
>>
>> This could be solved by naming in ISO format: 20080901 - Trip to Susan's.
>>
> Yes, I know, but it's not very beautiful nor is is very non-computer
> user friendly.

When I importing from my camera choosing creat album as ISO format,
digikam create them like YYYY-MM-DD.


> There's a bug raised for it - Bug 156186.
>
>> This is the way I do it, and it works.
>>
> I can't really have all my albums at the same level, far too many for
> convenience so my year split up makes sense.
>
> Then one is left with either the redundant full YYYYMMDD format or MMDD
> which is far from easy to 'read' quickly.  The eye and mind understand
> 'May' much more quickly than '05' - my mind does anyway!  :-)
>
> --
> Chris Green

My folder layout looks like this.

Pictures
    Photos
        2007
            2007-01-01
            2007-01-10 - My Birthday
            ...
        2008
        2009
    ...
    Wallpapers


/ Jonas