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FirstByteMedia
Member Usergroup: Customer Joined: Feb 04, 2006 Total Topics: 8 Total Posts: 22 |
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Hi Paul, Would it be possible to have a bulk attachement feature as default for the attachment option. I have members on my site that are uploading a bunch images with their links and have mentioned the feature. regards Rod -------------------------------- |
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Paul
developer  Usergroup: Administrator Joined: Dec 20, 2001 Location: Diamond Springs, California Total Topics: 65 Total Posts: 7614 |
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Define bulk. Like uploading a zip file containing desired attachments? |
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FirstByteMedia
Member Usergroup: Customer Joined: Feb 04, 2006 Total Topics: 8 Total Posts: 22 |
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Hi Paul, more like selecting multiple files to be uploaded in one go. Though being able to upload a zip file and have the script extract the contents could cover it. Not sure which is easier to develop though. -------------------------------- |
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Paul
developer Usergroup: Administrator Joined: Dec 20, 2001 Location: Diamond Springs, California Total Topics: 65 Total Posts: 7614 |
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Selecting multiple files at once in a selector isn't supported by any web browser. The only way to do it is a java applet, which is extremely clunky, and I don't know java anyway. |
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FirstByteMedia
Member Usergroup: Customer Joined: Feb 04, 2006 Total Topics: 8 Total Posts: 22 |
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Hi Paul, I was searching around to find an example, I found this on a demo site ( http://www.zemgy.com/ ) where your given the option to add another "attachment field" for additional uploads. It's fiddly but does get the job done. another one (http://www.arwscripts.com/demos/filehost/index-multi-upload.html) which uses a flash app for the multiple uploads -------------------------------- |
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Paul
developer Usergroup: Administrator Joined: Dec 20, 2001 Location: Diamond Springs, California Total Topics: 65 Total Posts: 7614 |
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Well the extra "slots" is certainly doable, but that's not actually selecting multiple at once, you still have to go and find each file. Along those lines, how about http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/mu...-file-upload/#tab-Examples ? Edited by Paul on 05/25/09 - 10:54 AM |
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FirstByteMedia
Member Usergroup: Customer Joined: Feb 04, 2006 Total Topics: 8 Total Posts: 22 |
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Nice. I tested the attachment feature on wsn and fyneworks script to see how long it would take to select a file etc. The Fyneworks is considerably faster as there's no need to click on the "attach" button. I also just want to revisit the uploading a zip file option, is this a possiblity as well? uploading a .zip or .rar file which then would be extracted on the server? -------------------------------- |
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Paul
developer Usergroup: Administrator Joined: Dec 20, 2001 Location: Diamond Springs, California Total Topics: 65 Total Posts: 7614 |
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The trouble may be that the submitting of the page takes a lot longer because it has to wait for all the attachments to upload at once, instead of one at a time. People may give up on waiting. In a perfect world a progress bar would fix that, but I believe that's not even possible until PHP 5.3. The .zip option I'd like to do, especially for WSN Gallery, but who knows if I'll ever find the time. |
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