[Request] Multiple attachments at once !!!

[hackrishna]

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.

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

I wish i knew to make/parse mods Sad
I have the flash uploader scripts and files, but unaware of combining it with SMF 

[hackrishna]

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.

ummm .... Need to try this out ...

Internet Explorer is used only to download Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other browsers nowadays
LOL, very rare percentage uses IE

hahahaha roflol ... true! 

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Actually, not true. IE is still very largely used.

[hackrishna]

Actually, not true. IE is still very largely used.

It is very largely used, no doubts, but lacks many things. I found it uncomfortable managing forum using IE

I heard IE 10 is good ....

[Nitesh Kunnath]

Actually, not true. IE is still very largely used.

Reason for this is: Windows is widely used worldwide. As its the default inbuilt browser, large percentage even today dont know to explore internet more than their default values. I mean, they still adjust with IE even if it isnt working good for them for the fact that they either dont know to install other apps in computer or maybe they think, IE is provided by Microsoft and maybe its the best for security (which isnt true). IE has many drawbacks of security simply because hackers target IE the most knowing the fact its the default browser set for Windows.

[hackrishna]

Reason for this is: Windows is widely used worldwide. As its the default inbuilt browser, large percentage even today dont know to explore internet more than their default values. I mean, they still adjust with IE even if it isnt working good for them for the fact that they either dont know to install other apps in computer or maybe they think, IE is provided by Microsoft and maybe its the best for security (which isnt true). IE has many drawbacks of security simply because hackers target IE the most knowing the fact its the default browser set for Windows.

Now that's true 

[jinniman]

I would like to know how to add multiple attachments in one go too.

Does anyone have an example of how the code looks like so I can do something similar for my themes.

Best regards

[Kindred]

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.

[Nitesh Kunnath]

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.

Can you explain more on this ? I am little confused over this infact... I couldnt figure out what exactly needs to be done here....

[niko]

in Post.template.php find

type="file"

and replace with

type="file" multiple="multiple"

Its there two times.

[IchBin™]

Actually, not true. IE is still very largely used.

I think you missed the tongue smiley in the post you responded too?

It probably is true that IE is used more to download other browsers as no other browser is installed in order to actually download another browser.

[jinniman]

in Post.template.php find

type="file"

and replace with

type="file" multiple="multiple"

Its there two times.

Many thanks this worked.

I would imagine it would be really straight forward to make a mod to do this automatically?

Best regards

[Nitesh Kunnath]

in Post.template.php find

type="file"

and replace with

type="file" multiple="multiple"

Its there two times.

thanks buddy

[hackrishna]

in Post.template.php find

type="file"

and replace with

type="file" multiple="multiple"

Its there two times.

thanks buddy

Does that work in SMF 2.0.2 ??

[niko]

in Post.template.php find

type="file"

and replace with

type="file" multiple="multiple"

Its there two times.

thanks buddy

Does that work in SMF 2.0.2 ??

Yes. 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 should all work

[Nitesh Kunnath]

in Post.template.php find

type="file"

and replace with

type="file" multiple="multiple"

Its there two times.

thanks buddy

Does that work in SMF 2.0.2 ??

yup, it do work fine

[hackrishna]

in post.template.php .. i didn't find those 

It's something like this

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<input type="file" size="60" name="attachment[]" id="attachment\' + current_attachment + \'" class="input_file" />

[Nitesh Kunnath]

in post.template.php .. i didn't find those 

It's something like this

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<input type="file" size="60" name="attachment[]" id="attachment\' + current_attachment + \'" class="input_file" />

yup instead of type="file"
change it to type="file" multiple="multiple"

Exactly like this:

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<input type="file" multiple="multiple" size="60" name="attachment[]" id="attachment\' + current_attachment + \'" class="input_file" />

[hackrishna]

in post.template.php .. i didn't find those 

It's something like this

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<input type="file" size="60" name="attachment[]" id="attachment\' + current_attachment + \'" class="input_file" />

yup instead of type="file"
change it to type="file" multiple="multiple"

lol ok

In all places

[Nitesh Kunnath]

in post.template.php .. i didn't find those 

It's something like this

Code Select Expand

<input type="file" size="60" name="attachment[]" id="attachment\' + current_attachment + \'" class="input_file" />

yup instead of type="file"
change it to type="file" multiple="multiple"

lol ok

In all places

there are two places in total
check it...use "find" function of Notepad editor