Have you ever faced that you upload a single media file to Sitecore and it gets created in multiple languages? This is not strange but expected behavior in Sitecore. Let's see how.
Check Media.UploadAsVersionableByDefault setting in your web.config. If it is false, then uploaded media item will be created in all those languages which exist under /sitecore/system/languages. This media item will use unversioned template /sitecore/templates/System/Media/Unversioned/File template, so the Blob(Media) and its common details would be shared across all language versions. See below image.
This option is really helpful when you want to use common media files across multiple languages content pages as the media is shaerd across all languages.
Where, if you have this setting as true, then each media item will be generated in default language only. This media item will use versioned template /sitecore/templates/System/Media/Versioned/File template, so the Blob(Media) and its all details would be distinct across languages. See below image.
This option is really helpful when you want to use different media files for different language content pages.
We can choose whether we need versioned or unversioned media. While doing Upload File (Advanced), Sitecore asks to select Make Uploaded Media Items Versionable checkbox. If the checkbox is selected, it will create versioned media, otherwise will create unversioned media items. See below image:
You want to upload media items in Sitecore with your selected languages only? Refer my new post: Upload sitecore media items in selected languages.
Check Media.UploadAsVersionableByDefault setting in your web.config. If it is false, then uploaded media item will be created in all those languages which exist under /sitecore/system/languages. This media item will use unversioned template /sitecore/templates/System/Media/Unversioned/File template, so the Blob(Media) and its common details would be shared across all language versions. See below image.
This option is really helpful when you want to use common media files across multiple languages content pages as the media is shaerd across all languages.
Where, if you have this setting as true, then each media item will be generated in default language only. This media item will use versioned template /sitecore/templates/System/Media/Versioned/File template, so the Blob(Media) and its all details would be distinct across languages. See below image.
This option is really helpful when you want to use different media files for different language content pages.
We can choose whether we need versioned or unversioned media. While doing Upload File (Advanced), Sitecore asks to select Make Uploaded Media Items Versionable checkbox. If the checkbox is selected, it will create versioned media, otherwise will create unversioned media items. See below image:
You want to upload media items in Sitecore with your selected languages only? Refer my new post: Upload sitecore media items in selected languages.
Nice Article Yogesh.. Well Presented..
ReplyDeleteThank You Pradeep for reading this blog and for your comment!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pradeep.. I had the exact question you answered!
ReplyDeleteI have another question. Can you get sitecore to upload in a language of your choosing or will it always upload in the default language, meaning the author has to then create a language version is the language of choice and then re-upload?
Hello Brian, here is my new post, which explains how to upload media in selected languages.
Deletehttp://sitecoreblog.patelyogesh.in/2013/09/sitecore-upload-media-selected-language.html
Thanks Brian for reading this blog.
ReplyDeleteFor your question, "YES" it is quite possible to upload media in chosen languages for both versioned and unversioned media items. Author does not need to create versions everytime. I would explain better in a post rather in comment, so I will update you once I post it.
nice finding yogesh !!!
ReplyDeleteI am currently working with a client with 60 languages and I am using a sync feature for importing images from FTP service into Sitecore media library.
ReplyDeleteAs Sitecore creates versions for each image as you describe, the system is heavily loaded when importing images as to this architecture, and I find the upload of images in this case to be extremely slow. I am now working on a workaround, as the client now wants to shift from 1 to 10 images of any given product.
Have you had any experience with lots of languages and performance?
Anders, as per my experience, Sitecore media upload is really slower when multiple media files are uploaded simultaneously or back to back. Our environment also having 50+ languages and we face the same. So, we create media item only in English language and use separate instance for uploading files. Refer: http://sitecoreblog.patelyogesh.in/2013/09/sitecore-upload-media-selected-language.html
DeleteI think you are storing media files in Sitecore Database. In you case, file-based media would be a great workaround for you while doing sync so Sitecore will be free from DB interaction and make uploading faster. Later on you can schedule file-based media files to move in Sitecore DB in OOH. I am sure this will help you.
Hi Anders. We have faced a similar issues when using a large amount of languages. If you do not need to have versioned media items there is a simple workaround you can set in Sitecore Config. I described it here:
Deletehttp://sitecoreblog.marklowe.ch/2014/03/multi-language-challenges/#Issue1
This is a really nice trick Mark, Bingo!
DeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteI understand that changing the Media.UploadAsVersionableByDefault setting in your web.config, you can decide whether using a versioned or unversioned template for ALL the files.
I was wondering if you can change this setting for a single file type. I mean, I want pdfs or docs to be versioned, but not images or audio.
I found this setting at web.config:
application/pdf
false
system/media/unversioned/pdf
system/media/versioned/pdf
but cannot see how to change it for a concrete file type. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance!
Sergi
Hi Sergi,
DeleteI understand your need. The setting you mentioned will not help you.
The only option remains for you is to customize below processor in pipeline:
If you are familiar with playing with pipelines and processors, you can visit my another post: http://sitecoreblog.patelyogesh.in/2013/09/sitecore-upload-media-selected-language.html where I have customized this processor. I know that will not serve your purpose, but at same place you can choose to use either versioned or unversioned template.
If you still stuck somewhere let me know.
And yes, thanks you reading and commenting here. :)
In the post, you can expand code write on Point#7. Here, below line you can customize as per your need.
DeleteVersioned = args.Versioned, // or use Unversioned
Nice blog Yogesh! It helped me fix my issue where media item creation was taking lot of time due to options.versioned set to false. We have 80+ language in system which caused a big delay.
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