popof
Member
Posted 3 years ago
I have a family album in a folder on my PC. All the pictures start with the year and are in the format 1962johns_birthday_party.jpg
As WAG generates the album, it removes the first digits in the filename, which becomes johns_birthday_party.jpg
However the original filename is preserved in the title and alt attribute (since I don't bother creating separate titles and alt attributes).
Can this bug be fixed somehow?
Mark
Administrator
Posted 3 years ago
Leading numbers are actually stripped off of the filenames on purpose. This is to keep the filenames compatible with as many webservers and server-side scripts as possible, though I admit that very few setups require these precautions nowadays.
Since compatability issues are becoming more and more rare with respect to filenames, a future version will almost certainly have an option to keep the original filenames. It's a popular request.
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popof
Member
Posted 3 years ago
Thanks for the reply. If I rename all my files to something like x1962johns_birthday_party.jpg , will the "1962" be preserved? And if yes, do you know of a program that can rename all my files in bulk (I have about 1,500 pictures!)?
Mark
Administrator
Posted 3 years ago
Yes, that should work. 
popof
Member
Posted 3 years ago
Thanks. I used 1-4a rename to rename all files and it worked faultlessly.