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proeder
Junior Member
Australia
230 Posts |
 Posted - 08 June 2004 : 08:06:36
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Ok, finally I decided to release v2 of the atachment mod. I played around with some improvements, most of the ideas come from users who had implemented v1 and had some more or less issues about the fnctionality.
Things that need to be done so far:
- delete a post should also delete the attachment
- allow / deny attchments per forum
- display attchments as long as they are images
- ability to choose different location rather than in the forum directoy
- or: better store attachments as blob in the db?
- support for using components
My big question is; would it be better to store attachments in the database rather than in the filesystem? Seems aesier to track the use of files in different posts / might be better if access to the filesystem is not allowed...
I am still not sure, how many people don't have acces to the filesystem; some might at least not have the possibility to allow uploads anonymously.
What about uploading files as blob to mySQL, does anoone know if that's possible?
What upload components should be included? So far I am raedy to go with ASPUpload and DundasUpload, what do you have installed on your ISPs machines?
Any input is greatly appreciated; I would like to complete the attchment mod as good and as easy to install as possible. Soon. 
Btw: I am going to release it in english only, seems as the two versions were a bit cunfusing in the current release...
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Classicmotorcycling
Development Team Leader
Australia
2084 Posts |
Posted - 08 June 2004 : 16:17:35
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I personally would not place it as a blob for Access users, other wise their DB's would grow way to big. Maybe an option to choose between a blob and the filesystem in the Admin options.
A new one would be to allow users to choose if it is an attachment or inline for image files and in the Admin options the abiltity for the Admin to turn on or off the inline or give the users the function. So 3 options.
Also the Allow attachments in posts in the Admin options could also have User level to allow who can put attachments in posts: Administrator / Administrator & Moderator / All users. Something like that.
Just what I would like to see.
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David Greening |
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proeder
Junior Member
Australia
230 Posts |
Posted - 10 June 2004 : 20:27:52
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So what would you think abou that:
If a user decides to attach a file the following procedure is fired:
1. the file is uploaded to a personal folder
2. file information is stored in database (link, fileID, userID)
3. attachment property is added to topic as a new db field
This will prevent users from uploading more than one file per topic but I don't think that this will be an issue. |
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Classicmotorcycling
Development Team Leader
Australia
2084 Posts |
Posted - 14 June 2004 : 19:00:55
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I would suggest this...quote:
Originally posted by proeder
1. the file is uploaded to a personal folder
By the way, am I the only one giving you feedback on this? 
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
1318 Posts |
Posted - 14 June 2004 : 19:46:48
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| I know what i'm going to do, but that's just me. For my next release, all images posted in the forum will be uploaded, renamed, and go into individual folders organized by userID so I don't have any linking issues with strange usernames. Next all of these folders will have the appropriate "resized" folder and/or thumbnail folder. Upon a user loading a page with a certain page resolution, they will be presented with the properly resized image which will fit in thier browser, and link to the originally sized image. If a user with a different screen res. connects, and an image hasn't already been resized for that size, it will be resized on the fly, saved, and displayed. |
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daxl
Starting Member
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proeder
Junior Member
Australia
230 Posts |
Posted - 20 June 2004 : 08:45:52
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| Wow...! That's cool, wasn't aware of sth like that...! I will implement that as well. |
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Jamiekin
Starting Member
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Posted - 18 July 2004 : 13:12:07
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| html upload progress bars! |
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