Hey folks,
Just wondering if any of you have successfully integrated an AJAX-style file uploader with ExpressionEngine?
Without dissing Solspace’s excellent File Upload module, I’ve tested it out and while it’s an improvement for the front end, the EE-like behaviour of the popup window is still a little… constraining. Maybe a bit too clumsy for users. While an EE user might know what they’re doing, browsers seem to confound the behaviour of the uploader with default anti-popup measures, like opening in a new tab in place of opening the popup.
I’ve begun investigating AJAX-based file uploaders, some of which are pretty cool, like FileChucker. But it seems to me what most lack, out of the box, is a final step that would place the file reference in a form such as an SAEF. Seems to me to be kind of an oversight, as the power of tying an upload to a weblog entry so easily would be amazing. So many uses for visitors come to mind, like annotating uploads, a community-driven music blog, fan galleries for rock band websites, etc… and the file reference HTML that the AJAX uploader would place could be kept away from the user by making the field hidden (through input=hidden or CSS).
So again, wondering if any of you have done this successfully with an off-the-shelf uploader? Any leads for an uploader that drops the uploaded file reference in a field out of the box, or is easily made to do so?
Thanks!