I’ve spent some time the past few weeks changing out the locations of a great many images here on Xadara, moving them from sub-folders on the site into the main WordPress image gallery.
This is, of course, something you would think I would have just done anyway – it’s how most people run WordPress based sites, but for me it was a bit annoying to think that I’d have images I’d only really use once filling my image gallery.
I felt that making individual folders elsewhere on the site account to host these images would be the better option, but between it creating a “mixed” security environment on HTTPS pages and the annoyance of having to upload to and manage a separate set of folders. Even with WordPress making multiple copies of each image (quite the annoying quirk of how it does resizing,) isn’t as bad in the long run for how often I upload new images, really – a 4 for one ratio, usually, and in the long run only a few entries a week at most should have new images, so it may well all balance out. Right?
My concern is, understandably, keeping file usage on the server in check. I don’t want to flood it with files and run into a possible issue with my web host. While this would take literally hundreds of thousands of files one has to question too how much WordPress can really handle. It’s likely a better situation than I think but still, with my luck on things…
Still, while the idea of uploading to separate folders to keep things organized outside of the main gallery made sense, in the end it made more work for me than it was worth. Such is the digital life, at times.
I know this one was a bit rambly. I’m not feeling so great but wanted to write something. Thoughts of a website admin is about the best you can class this one.
More to come, as always, now that I’ve made my workflow a bit more sance.