Notice: CMSB v2.02 Beta: Signup & Feedback thread

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for the feedback!

For security reasons the web browser limits our file system access, so we need to use a Java or Flash component to do multi-file uploads. We've already tried a few and we're currently using this one http://www.uploadify.com/

So we'll see what's possible and send an update to the beta list when we have something to show.

Interesting.

It looks like uploadify supports fileExt, queueSizeLimit and sizeLimit already. I tried their demo and it does make it much more convenient.

Dave: While I agree that multiple file uploads would definitely simplify life, I also think that managing those files is also very important. Therefore the ability to manage the files on your server is extremely important.

Maybe an application like MCImageManager (plugin & standalone mode) and/or MCFilemanager would do the trick.

Anyway, my two cents worth!

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions! Image library and management features are on our development list, but not slated for this particular release.

Also, if you need this for a current project I may be able to offer some workarounds or you could even integrate MCImageManager or MCFilemanger (I think I read someone else in the forum may have done that?).

We decide on new version features by a combination of:
- What lots of people are repeatedly asking for
- What we need for custom projects we're doing
- What won't take too long to develop (for 1-2 month release cycles)
- What people have hired us to add

I'll make an extra note of your request. Can you let me know what features in particular you want a file/image manager to have?

Thanks!

Dave: Actually, I'm the one who posted that I had integrated MCImageManager with CMSB/TinyMCE. Everything works great, except that I have yet to be able to configure sessionAuthenticator.

Right now, you have to enter a separate username/password every time you want to select an image on the server.

Anyway, the biggest issue my clients have with CMSB is the image management. If you already have the image you want to add to a specific record on your server, you cannot use it. You basically have to re-upload it (gets renamed to xxxx-01.jpg). This is a pain and is wasteful of disk space, especially with images.

MCImageManager allows you to pick a previously uploaded image if you are using TinyMCE. I am working on also installing it in standalone mode so that I can use it outside of TinyMCE.

I think that outside of images, files (pdf, doc, xls, etc) are also an issue, but not as much as images.

You can see an example of the image issue on this page (http://www.51aircadets.ca/snrcadets_e.php)

Thanx Dave!

Ok, thanks for the details. I'll give this some thought as to how we might do it.

For the example issue on the url you posted I'm wondering if there are any work-around that would better serve you in the meantime.

Is there only one badge per records? What about a section for badges? And a pulldown that lets you select from the uploaded badge images.

And for a shared image library. Would you want to the user to be able to select from images they've previously uploaded, or images anyone had uploaded, or either depending on the site? And would it be uploads from the same section, or any section?

Well, on this site I am using MCImageManager, so its not a major issue at this time. Unfortunately, the same image can be used for more than one record.

A section for badges would be an interesting idea with a pulldown. How would that work?

As for a shared image library, its basically per website. I use only one sub-directory, usually /images, with the standard "thumbxx" sub-directories. Seems to work well so far!

>A section for badges would be an interesting idea with a pulldown. How would that work?

You could a create a section called "badges" with an upload field and upload some badges to it.

Then in another section add a "list" field called "badgeUrl" with "Get options from MySQL (Advanced)" and this MySQL query:

SELECT urlPath
FROM `<?php echo $TABLE_PREFIX ?>uploads`
WHERE tableName = 'badges'

Then you could display the badge with <img src="<?php echo $record['badgeUrl'] ?>" />

Obviously, it doesn't give you all the benefits of a full shared image library system but it may serve as a work-around.

I did this for someone else as well and we were able to add some javascript code to show an image preview when you selected the image on the edit page.

Hope that helps!