Use filename as title on files

[Smate Jason]

Hey,

I've looked around a bit, but I couldn't find a concrete answer to use the filename of files as the resource title. The topics I've found are from 2012.

Use case:
I want to upload 1000 files, the filenames of these files represent what they are. I wish to use the filename as the title of the resource. I do not want to use a custom title that's applied on all 1000 resources, or edit each resource one by one.

Why do I want this?

• So all titles represent what the resource is, without having to edit each resource to do this.
• So the mass bulk replacement can replace with the title, as long as the filename is exactly the same.

Preferred solution:

• Solution 1: When the 'title' field is left empty, files will use the filename as title.
• Solution 2: A checkbox, with label stating: 'Use filename as title'.

Non-preferred solutions:
Solutions that alter the core code of ResourceSpace in any way, as this will break when updating ResourceSpace.

I'm not sure if this is already possible in ResourceSpace but I can't find a lot of information in either the documentation or this place. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance!

[Matthew Patulski]

Hello Smate,

There options to set this up in default.config.php. Search for 

'merge_filename_with_title'

Copy over  the settings to your config.php file and edit to implement for your needs.

Cheers,

Matt

[afatac]

Looking for the solution too - use filename as title.

merge_filename_with_title does not work with the upload_then_edit mode.

Can anyone help?