UploadPlugin

Attach multiple files to a topic in one go

This plugin provides a more flexible interface to upload one or more files to a topic. Using standard means, only one file can be uploaded at the same time. In comparison this plugin allows to upload multiple files with one transaction and optionally using an asynchronous request. the needed REST interface to

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Examples

You type:

%UPLOADFORM%

You get (if installed):

Syntax

%UPLOADFORM{
  ajax="on|off"
  comment="on|off"
  target="on|off"
  multiple="on|off"
  embed="on|off"
}%

The comment, target, multiple and embed parameters toggle different features of the upload form:

ajax - switch on/off asynchronous operation mode; defaults to off
comment - switch on/off the comment field for uploads
target - switch on/off the target field; defaults to current topic
multiple - switch on/off multi-file upload
embed - switching this to on will omit the outer form markup; that's useful to embed the upload form into a larger form, that the upload is part of
onsuccess - function to be called after a sucessful upload; aditionally, the javascript event sucess.uploader is fired on success
onerror - function to be called after a failed upload; the javascript event error.uploader is fired when an error occurs

Installation Instructions

You do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server.

Open configure, and open the "Extensions" section. Use "Find More Extensions" to get a list of available extensions. Select "Install".

If you have any problems, or if the extension isn't available in configure, then you can still install manually from the command-line. See http://foswiki.org/Support/ManuallyInstallingExtensions for more help.