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I have a towns entry with a matrix field: townAlbums.

This matrix field has just one block type: photoAlbum.

This one block type has two basic text fields (the important one being albumName and one asset field for uploading images to the gallery: albumPhotos.

I want the Default Upload Location for this matrix subfield albumPhotos to be dynamic, taking both the parent entry slug (slug of the town entry) and the name of the album: albumName. I'm not sure how to accomplish this.

Desired url:

http://sitename.com/uploads/towns/town-slug/album-name/filename.jpg

What should I be entering for my Default Upload Location?

Thanks!

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If your desired URL is:

http://sitename.com/uploads/towns/town-slug/album-name/filename.jpg

The the "Upload Location" for the setup you described would be something like:

towns/{owner.slug}/{albumName}/

I'm assuming towns is just hard-coded since you're referencing town-slug in the next segment.

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  • This did create the right directory structure, but the uploaded photos end up getting saved in the root uploads/ directory, not the towns/town-slug/album-name/ path it successfully created.
    – Steven Thate
    Commented Feb 8, 2018 at 14:32
  • Weird... something else must be going on. Tested locally and it worked.
    – Brad Bell ♦
    Commented Feb 8, 2018 at 21:11
  • Not sure what has changed since. Maybe something in one of the recent Craft updates?? In any case, I just tried your suggestion again and can confirm it's working on my end now. Thanks!!
    – Steven Thate
    Commented Mar 18, 2018 at 1:54

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