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File Upload Plug-in 01.xx.xx
I'm working on this to get it smoothed over for the current release.

It will have all the features discussed in the Custom Mods forum, and I've changed the angle slightly so it will accept one of any file to attach -- image or other, and will do size checking if you load the Image::Size module from CPAN.

This makes it perfect for a logo or for a single file attachment like a downloaded file. It should be able to figure out what it's dealing with, but I may have to put another config option in just to make sure.

The slow go is that I have to sort of work on all 3 file/upload/image programs at the same time to keep them in sync, and the bigger two need a _lot_ more work to make them consumer ready. But it means the baby 01.xx.xx version has somewhat more capability, and will nestle easily into the hooks of the bigger brothers if you decide to upgrade.

Target date for the 01.xx.xx version is this week, the 02.xx.xx version is about 2 weeks, and the photo-gallery/image upload is probably early next month for an alpha/+ release.

Postcards plug-in (yes!! I almost have it a plug in!!) will be available within two weeks. This will attach to a links site, and not require another license.

The postcards site mod, will be released probably about the time of the photo/gallery mod (they are sort of dependent on each other) and it will require a separate license as it makes major changes to the links database structures, and is tuned for links-as-images not as urls.

Any questions, post here.

Thanks.

PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://LinkSQL.com/FAQ


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I'm getting sidetracked again, but here are some thoughts, please comment:

1) Logo/Upload -- allows a user to upload their logo/graphic with each link, but some override/automatic options can be enabled.

2) Option to allow a user to upload an image to their profile, and set a "default: Use Image" flag so that when they upload a link, their standard image will be used unless they un-check the box, or upload another image instead.

3) The image is stored in the User record, in a separate directory. that means less traffic and storage space needed if the same image is linked to from the same location, and exists only once.

4) The option to use external image linking, but I've explained why that's a bad idea before. What happens, is sites go down, they go out or are unavailable. It slows your page loading, and gives broken images, giving you a bad look. this is one if the major negatives of the affiliate programs and such -- you may have a fast server, and you are now serving images off a very, very slow one. Since "external linking" is just a url field, I'll try to add it in, but pretty much anyone can do that themselves! It's the uploading/management of images that is the tricky part -- but one that pays off in quality look and feel. (Think about what happens here when a user's images don't serve.. a [x] appears and is really ugly!!)

Comments!!!




PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://LinkSQL.com/FAQ


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I see all the usefulless of the first 3. They don't apply to me - i am in it for the big one at the end but for a paid listing site or logo linking site it looks really great.

4) for me is more imporant i have to say:

Why? bascially, my dedicated server is well expensive on bandwidth ($5/GB) so what i would really love is to be able to have all the cgi on one site and then the images on one or more than one other site. There are good virtual hosting companies that give you 30GB for $19.95 This is quite significant for me, if i do a screen shot library the just get very very popular. I know someone doing one whose bandwidth is about 150GB/month and he is only doing one tv show!.

What i would really love is someway for your plugin to FTP into another server and be able to manage the images there somehow. I wouldn't expect it to do this for images uploaded to the site by users, that is fine but the ones i upload (when you get the directory walking going.. essential for me when i upload 10,000 images or so) then having it walk down somewhere would be very very useful i have to say.

Anyway this is something not really for the first plugin but for later, but i just know how useful it would be for me to be able to store the images on one server but the cgi/mysql on another.

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Re: File Upload Plug-in 01.xx.xx In reply to
umm... one more thing.. you scared me a little... the photo gallery will not require another license will it??? i sincerely hope not or i am in trouble!

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I'm hoping the photo-gallery mod will co-exist with the rest of the stuff, with a little bloating of the Links records. The various scripts should be able to figure out if the link is a graphic or not -- either by a flag, or by being in the "gallery" category.

Probably, like the postcards version, there will be the add-on, with as much functioniong as fits, and then the separate licensed version with the stuff that doesn't.

This, of course, only until GT comes up with some authorized way to increase the number of "links" databases per site so each category can have different data in it.

I'm not trying to bust their licensing.



PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://LinkSQL.com/FAQ


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yeah the more than one link table per database would be good, either that or a heavy heavy discount on another installation of links SQL on the SAME server using the SAME domain.

I am glad it is going to be a plugin, there is no way i can afford another links sql license for a while!

p.s. pugdog, out of interest how many licenses do you have? you seem to spawn a new one every few months !

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oh yeah one more thing:

is it going to be possible to use the image upload and the gallery at the same time.

My plan you see is to have my links directory with just one of the top category as /Images.

this would then be the image directory.

But i would also like to use the image upload for logos for the other sections if at all possible.

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did we ever find out how we can do different templates for different categories? ie a different template for /Images ? this is pretty essential really unless we use a huge <if> command with a field flagging if the link is an image one.

i am sure you know how this is going to work better than i do though!

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>>> . pugdog, out of interest how many licenses do you have? you seem to spawn a new one every few months !


Well, you guys keep spawning new questions not able to be worked on the existing intallations! It's a balance/counter balance sort of thing.

PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://LinkSQL.com/FAQ