Many Files to Upload, Will backend be more efficient

[gcplau]

We are using Joomla 1.5 and Phoca Download 1.3.8 (LAMP Server, Php 5.2, Apache 2.x+, MySql 5.1)

Needing help in guiding how to upload hundreds of files efficiently, thinking of doing this backend.

Requirement:
need to input Name (File Title); Date (User Pub Date); and select respective PDF file.

Doing one by one is pretty time consuming.

#1 appreciate guiding a speedy way (we are novice, hope guidance is foolproof), either front end or back end is fine; but guess backend is faster?

#2 after all is done, is there a particular file that will be saved in the Joomla site that record these information? (What if I create such file and put it there...based on a known directory of where the files are and named? will it be the same as uploading it one by one or batch?)

THANKS IN ADVANCE
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[SonRiab]

I am not sure what you really want. To upload the files I would use a FTP program or something similar. If you only want to display the filename plus the date it would be easier and faster to use another download extension. If you want to provide more informations then you could use Phoca Download (PD). Here is the documentation which should be helpful in this case: https://www.phoca.cz/documentation/categ ... -component
If you are not familiar with Joomla at all please use your preferred search engine to get some tutorials/howtos, etc. By the way: If you create a new site please think about using the newer Joomla Version (2.5) although I have no idea if Phoca Download is working correctly with it at this time. But if you have no deadline you can give it a try and if it is not working I am sure Jan is releasing a working version as soon as possible. Back to topic: If you really want to use PD, there is no speedy way to add them. You have to create each entry one by one. To display them in frontend you have to add a menu entry using one of the types PD is providing!

[gcplau]

SonRiab, thanks for your reply. I guess we put the title wrong. We did upload files using FTP. I am referring to an efficient way for making\listing hundreds of "entries". We are using PD, each entry requires input of doc title, file location, date of entry (or date of the link file)...etc. [what we mean for each "entry", is to upload a PDF file to the joomla site, give it a name and date; so that viewers can see the listed file, and click to download it. we have close to a thousand of these single PDF to be handled one by one. Looking for efficient way.

[SonRiab]

Hmm in this case I would write a shell script which iterates threw the directory and put the informations into the database directly. Then you only need to modify the title in backend. By the way: In the Joomla 1.7 Version you have the ability to "Multiple add" files to a category! If you leave the title and alias emtpy the filename is used!

[gcplau]

SonRiab, tks for the reply, due to time limitations, we managed to use some off-the-shelf script maker to do the job. Tks for your advice so far.