Removing Part of the Title?

  • Resolved luke-williamson

    (@luke-williamson)


    8 years, 10 months ago

    Hi there,
    I’m trying to bulk edit over 600 images in the same format and what I’m trying to do is bulk edit the image titles.
    e.g.
    file name = wallpaper-file-name.jpg
    original title = Wall Paper File Name – 0

    I wish for the new bulk edited titles to become like ‘Wall Paper File Name’

    Now I wish to be able to bulk edit all my images and make them just show the title and remove the ‘- 0’ from it. Can you please show me the correct template code to use? This is what I’ve currently guessed with:
    template:[+title+]-‘- 0’
    All that does is change the whole title to ‘- 0’ though.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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  • Plugin Author David Lingren

    (@dglingren)

    Thanks for your question, which is a variation on some of the earlier topics in the support forum. Here is a recent topic along similar lines:

    set title to be filename + stripping characters

    As I noted in that topic, you cannot perform tasks like removing substrings from a field with Content Templates alone. However, it’s straightforward to use MLA’s mapping functions and a bit of PHP code to do whatever you need/want to with the content of fields like the title. You can find the complete source code for the topic’s solution in the /media-library-assistant/examples/mla-file-name-mapping-hooks-example.php.txt file.

    If your images have a suitable source for the Title you want in their metadata you might find this older topic of interest:

    Mapping file name

    I hope that gets you started on a solution that meets your needs. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding the above examples. I will be traveling until February 17 and will have limited Internet access until my return. Thanks for your understanding and your patience with any delay in responding to your updates, and thanks for your interest in the plugin.

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