Shortly after 2.1 was officially released last year, there were several efforts in progress to modify the attachments feature. I have one running on a test install (still using 2.0 in production), but memory being what it is (or isn't), not comfortable trying to replicate it on client forum. Antechinus did a more extensive rewrite, and there were a couple others. Question is, were any of the variants packaged as mods?
I don't believe so
Frankly, I've lost interest. At the time the 2.1 attachments system was full of bugs, and I don't actually have a use for an SMF forum at the moment anyway. The only sites I'm using happen to be running phpBB, which is not my first preference but, hey ho, that's what they use.
Anyone is obviously welcome to rip and to modify any code I have posted here. You might even be able to get me to answers some questions, if there are any.
Could try the possibly new UI for attachments
@Sir Osis of Liver Maybe you'd have suggestions too.
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/pull/7676
That's interesting. It was my understanding that there would be no significant changes in attachments in 2.1, no matter how awful it was. Is that code packaged for download?
No, it's a PR waiting to be merged for 2.1.4
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on January 24, 2023, 04:11:15 PMIt was my understanding that there would be no significant changes in attachments in 2.1.
@shawnb61 decided otherwise.
Good call. Looking forward to seeing it in 2.1.4.
As a rule, changes to the default theme's files are avoided in patch releases because they carry a high risk of breaking any existing custom themes. But in this case I was able to figure out a way to maintain backward compatibility. If I hadn't been able to do that, this probably would have had to wait until 2.2.