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[Request] Multiple attachments at once !!!
Kindred:
die.... I never said it would do any HARM in the core... I said it would probably be faster and better to request it as a mod at this time.
See... this is how we sometimes evaluate features which may or may not be desirable to add to the core product. If they are popular as mods, then there is a good chance that it is worth adding them to the core.... if not, then it is clear that they are minimally used features and are better left as mods.
THINK about it... if we added every single "oh that would be neat" feature request, then suddenly we have code which is 200 time bigger than it needs to be with all sorts of potential for conflict and errors within the base code - all for features that less than 1% of the admins actually even use. That's called BLOAT.
I am not saying that your request is unreasonable nor that this feature WOULD be bloat... but consider the fact that sometimes a mod is the best way to evaluate the usefulness of an enhancement or feature.
die2mrw007:
--- Quote from: Kindred on March 17, 2012, 07:26:42 AM ---die.... I never said it would do any HARM in the core... I said it would probably be faster and better to request it as a mod at this time.
See... this is how we sometimes evaluate features which may or may not be desirable to add to the core product. If they are popular as mods, then there is a good chance that it is worth adding them to the core.... if not, then it is clear that they are minimally used features and are better left as mods.
THINK about it... if we added every single "oh that would be neat" feature request, then suddenly we have code which is 200 time bigger than it needs to be with all sorts of potential for conflict and errors within the base code - all for features that less than 1% of the admins actually even use. That's called BLOAT.
I am not saying that your request is unreasonable nor that this feature WOULD be bloat... but consider the fact that sometimes a mod is the best way to evaluate the usefulness of an enhancement or feature.
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I see...thanks for the explanation Kindred :)
I do agree with you.
BTW, you said, someone accepted this request to work upon...who is that developer ? and can we expect it to arrive in SMF mods section ?
I did posted this in mods request thread too...but there wasnt anyone interested to work upon this. Sad :(
niko:
Probably easiest way to do this in SMF 1.1 and SMF 2.0 is to simple add "multiple" attribute to attachment inputs on Post.template.php of every theme.
It works since it upload exactly the same way as it would when you selected files in different boxes.
No flash required but Internet Explorer isn't supported (can only select one file, so it doesn't break). Also it lets you select more attachments than allowed.
die2mrw007:
--- Quote from: emanuele on March 17, 2012, 05:38:27 AM ---BTW, I have to thank you all for this feature request because while I was trying to implement a multi-upload using uploadify I discovered a rather nasty bug in SMF that Spuds fixed! :D
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ooh, I do see Spuds as an active developer in SMF. Great work buddy :)
die2mrw007:
--- Quote from: niko on March 17, 2012, 07:49:18 AM ---Probably easiest way to do this in SMF 1.1 and SMF 2.0 is to simple add "multiple" attribute to attachment inputs on Post.template.php of every theme.
It works since it upload exactly the same way as it would when you selected files in different boxes.
No flash required but Internet Explorer isn't supported (can only select one file, so it doesn't break). Also it lets you select more attachments than allowed.
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Internet Explorer is used only to download Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other browsers nowadays ;D
LOL, very rare percentage uses IE :P
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