[pmwiki-users] Images--Uploads Content Management
Sivakatirswami
katir at hindu.org
Tue Mar 8 13:45:25 CST 2005
Hans wrote:
"Any uploads are by default in a subdirectory of $Group, so for
instance photos of authors in author's pages may be in
.../uploads/Profiles/...[snip] but will be structured according to the
wiki groups. Maybe this is good enough."
Yes indeed this *is* good enough... in fact, perfect. So, it goes back
to the original wiki point: one's strongest organization tool is the
decision process of rational naming of groups and pages. Uploaded
images will then follow this architecture... wonderful! I'll have
something for you to see in a few days.
Thanks!
Sivakatirswami
On Mar 7, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Hans wrote:
> well I am not a withered and wise wiki sage, but I chime in anyway:
> you enable uploads in config.php with something like this:
>
> $EnableUpload = 1;
> $DefaultPasswords['upload'] = crypt('mysecret');
> $UploadMaxSize = 100000;
> $UploadUrlFmt = 'http://www.mysite.com/somepath/uploads';
>
>
> With this uploads are enabled, but a password is required.
> File sizes are restricted to a maximum 100Kb.
> All uploads go into subdirectories of the uploads directory specified
> in $UploadUrlFmt, which could be anywhere on your site. it does not
> need to be a subdirectory of the pmwiki installation. Any uploads are
> by default in a subdirectory of $Group, so for instance photos of
> authors in author's pages may be in .../uploads/Profiles/ (this is the
> default, but you could specify a different name for profiles), and
> photos for a specific project, which is in wiki group "Nepalspecial"
> will be in .../uploads/Nepalspecial/. so you see uploading images and
> other files will not clutter up one directory, but will be structured
> according to the wiki groups. Maybe this is good enough.
> But I think a page specific upload file structure is also possible.
> Then within the wiki page you can use Attach:myphoto.jpg and a few
> other ways to link the uploaded image into the text. So the authors do
> not be bothered at all with the file path to the image.
>
> hope this helps.
>
> Best,
> ~Hans
>
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