silviapestalozzi, what browser are you using?  the extension ‘shouldn’t’ interfere with the default EE upload, and I’ve just tested it in firefox/ie, both of which functioned as I would expect.

jtnt, updating this to work in IE is at the top of my list.

mark,
thank You for all that great work on improving EE!
I’m using firefox 2 on osX: I’m using it as a single image field and as long as I keep loading images from my local source, all works fine. But if I delete an Image from the file field, hit publish and afterwards choose another image from the server via the EE upload popup (URL button) and publish again, i’m getting a 404 “Url not found”. Maybe it can’t deal with the (filedir_x) supplied by EE?
Thing is: the upload part of “File” is real easy for the less computer savy user, but as soon as they change their mind and want another image which is already uploaded it gets complicated.
You know, that Files Extention of yours almost had it all covered, selecting with thumbnails feedback, add a choose/upload button and you have a great little file selector.

thanks,
Silvia

silvia, i’m not getting that 404 error, what field are you placing the chosen file into?  what URL is coming up as a 404?  the /system/index.php url?

Mark, fantastic job on this extension. Made my day when i found it.

- T. Payton

Mark Huot - 03 December 2006 05:12 PM

I’ve updated the extension to 1.1.0.  It fixes just a few small bugs where incomplete URL’s were being added to the template where no image was uploaded.  Also if you’re using this extension in the SAEF you’ll have to modify your mod.weblog_standalone.php file within the /system/modules/weblog/ folder.  Find the following line:

$data = array(
'hidden_fields' => $hidden_fields,
'action'        => $RET,
'id'            => 'entryform',
); 

and add this line

'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data' 

so it looks something like this

$data = array(
'hidden_fields' => $hidden_fields,
'action'        => $RET,
'id'            => 'entryform',
'enctype'        => 'multipart/form-data'
); 

So I made these mods for using with SAEF, however, my form is still only just showing the field label without a text field entry, or better yet a browse button. Do you have to hard code the field in the form or should the entry form loop of custom fields pick it up? I tried to add an “if file” to the entry form logic but no avail:

Any thoughts?

- T. Payton

tpayton, because of the way the saef is implemented you’ll have to hardcode the form field.  I think the way other people have done it is to just copy-paste the field’s source from the control panel… maybe someone else can chime in on how they managed to implement this?

I get this error in the Control Panel (CP Home › Admin › Weblog Administration › Field Groups › Custom Fields) when the first field in the group is a ‘File’:

If I change the type to ‘text’, or if the File field isn’t the first one, no notice is given.  Can anyone confirm this?

(File extension 110, EE 1.5.2 build 20070126)

try this: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/38843/#181791

Check. Thanks, Mark.

One issue and one question

Only the last file is uploaded even though I have put multiple files in the entry. I can go back and edit and it will add one more new one (if I enter 3 in the edit form, again only the last of the 3 is added to whatever is already there).

And a question:

How do you show all multiple files in a template?  If I just put {my_file_field) it only gives the first one?

Thanks!

check here for the syntax: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/38997/#181203 and as for your problems uploading multiple files, what browser and OS are you using?  I’ll have to debug that I haven’t seen it before.

Mark I’m on OS X (10.4.8) using FF, although I’ve tried in Safari as well as XP IE 6.  Hmmm - I just tried updating an entry again that has one file already, and it wouldn’t upload any new ones at all - just keeps the one existing one.

I’m guessing it’s probably a conflict with another extension I have loaded? I’m using these extensions:

Custom Fields in EE Tags
Disable pMachine News Feed
File
Geo Coordinates
Multi Text

I have a geo coord field, a file field and a multi-text field all in this entry form.  Could that be an issue?

Mark - once again I should have kept digging before posting my issue.  Turns out I was hitting file size limits on the files I was trying to upload. I think error reporting would be a good idea on this extension!

Sorry for crying wolf…

Hi,

I’ve had the ‘file’ extension running on a few sites recently with no problems, but with this particular site I’m working on I keep getting an error at the top of any entry page where i’ve previously uploaded a file:

I’ve cleared caches and have upgraded to EE Core 1.5.2 (Build: 20070126) (I was previously EE Core 1.5.0)

I’ve tried deleting whole entries and starting again, but still the same error.  No problem when first opening the entry (before uploading a file) and no problem further if I don’t actually upload anything, only once returning to edit the entry containing an uploaded file.

The files get uploaded using the extension no problem at all, just the weird error at top of page.  I’ve done a search of the forums but only find solutions to clear the cache, which I’ve done.

Any help very much appreciated, many thanks!

PS: I’m using File 1.0.7

hum…file 1.0.7 is rather old.  this should be fixed in the version at the top of the thread.

Ah! I presumed the one on your site would be up-to-date. Thanks very much Mark : )

Dave

Hi Mark, i really like this extension. Is there any chance I can set multiple file/single file upload per weblog?

hum…not currently, but it’s something to think about for the future.  If you’re into hacking your own version you’d want to place some code at the top of the publish() function.  Something to this effect:

Then when setting your file field, before saving, switch it to a text area and set the rows to 1 if you want multiple uploads or anything else if you don’t.  Oh, and don’t forget to switch it back to a file field before saving.