Attachments No Popup & Auto Upload
 

This hack was created on a custom job that I am doing for a third party and they gave me permission to release it to the community. It requires several template REPLACEMENTS, but most are minor and should not affect your forums layout. To be prudent BACKUP YOUR TEMPLATES before installing this hack.

This hack is a use at your own risk mod!

What does it do?

As part of the custom job, the client requested a way to make the upload attachments part not require a popup window. Currently, when you upload attachments to threads, you click the manage attachments button and a popup appears and you upload your attachments.

This modification will keep the uploads on the same page (no popup).

Auto uploading is also a feature. When a user browses to the file and selects it, the file is automatically uploaded so the user does not have to click the upload button. I don't know about you guys, but there has been a few times I forget to hit that stupid upload button.

Will this work for your forum?

Well, I have no idea, and honestly it really is not my concern. This should work for a new installation of a Vbulletin forum. It could be possible that you have mod'd your templates to the point where this mod may adversely affect your layout and function.

As for support, don't come begging to me if you cannot get this to work. Most people who pay for scripting never let custom work like this out to the public free of charge. Consider how much you paid for this before you complain if it doesn't work for you.

I will support this as I can, but I am very busy lately so don't hold your breath for replies.

Very cool! I'll try this out tomorrow.

Nice idea ! :D

Not too crazy about the iframe, but nice idea.

Well, Iframes just made it easier and gave it an almost AJAX quality. It isn't like Vbulletin doesn't ever use them. In fact, viewing the source chart of this reply page shows:

cool - I like it - just wondering why there are still "upload" buttons, though. (Also -shouldn't this mod be a template modification since it modifies templates?)

Thanks!

Perhaps for those that don't have javascript enabled.
It should be controlled by a conditional though.

PS: vBulletin uses iframes where it can't do otherwise (in this case, the WYSIWYG editor). This mod doesn't need iframes, an iframe was put there just to cut dev time...

I left the upload button in just in case someones security settings or some other browser setting stopped the auto upload for some reason. Sure, you could take it out if you wanted to.

As for the iframe, it was either that or AJAX, and honestly that really seemed overkill.

I dunno - I think ajax would be cool :D

I believe the reason vbulletin users the pop up is if the upload times out, you will not loose your thread/post. Just a note to users who are not aware of that reason. Other then that, very nice work. I would love for the upload part to be ajax based by default ^^

So then wouldn't that be a plus for the iframe, since the attachments aren't actually loading on the page, but in the frame...If the attachment failed then they won't lose the post...Right?

just what i was looking for m8 :P thx alot.

Looks awesome man, thanks.

Why are people making a deal over the iframe?? Is SEO a huge concern on a private vBulletin page? =p

If someone was using an ancient browser that didn't support iFrames, well, then they probably wouldn't be able to look at the rest of my site, either. ;)

Nice hack, I'll look into this. **bookmarked**

here are the template edits/replacements (assuming that the indicated templates are unmodified) in Template Modification System (TMS) XML format, so anyone that has TMS installed simply needs to upload this XML and the template edits are taken care of for you.

Yeah, it isn't like your ranking is going to change at all if the upload page is in an IFRAME.

I feel the same way about Javascript. If a user does not have Javascript enabled, their experience on the web it going to be dull just about everywhere they go.

how can we get this to work with your virus scan? I got it to work with the zip file but for some reason the virus scan mod is not working. (using 3.6.8 BTW)

Not sure if this will work with the virus scan.. Should, but I haven't dealt with that plugin in some time..

jafo you are a pimp!

I tried it and get this error after uploading:

and oddly enough, line 49 of newattachment.php is:

(I am not a guest - I am an admin)

:confused:

My guess is first, you have wordwrap on, on your editor. Turn it off so you get the proper line number.

Second, the error is point towards eval'd code, not the source code.

Third, your server does not allow the system command. If you are the server administrator, you will need to edit your php.ini file to allow it. It needs to be able to execute the f-prot program so it can check for viruses..

thanks for the reply - I do not have word wrap on. Any idea on what I should add to the php.ini file to get f-prot working? sorry to hijack your thread here - if you wanna take it to PM I can do that.

I think the popup offers timeout protection whereas embeded would not. It might work well with iFrame though, I will give it a try and see :)

Great idea btw

hmm.. I wonder if someone can take this mod and turn it into something using this..

http://swfupload.mammon.se/

That would be awesome.. id pay for a mod like that ^ :)

I would use the current one it if it wasn't an iframe..

In your php.ini file you should see a line that looks something like:

disable_functions = system, exec, passthru, proc_open, shell_exec,
popen

Want to take system out of there...

Jafo, I'm having a little trouble getting this work work smoothly.

First, I have a highslide mod on, i'm running 3.6.8, and I just installed your edit. I changed the upload template a little (removed the table with the acceptable extensions because I feel it just takes up too much space).

The problems that I'm having now are:

If I click the paperclip nothing happens, except the browser says "error on page" in the bottom left. No biggie - but it'd be nice if clicking the paperclip jumped the page down to where the new upload section is?

Second one is the real issue. Uploaded attachments do nothing when you click on them... and they say "attached images" unlike my previously attached ones that say "attached thumbnails". Can I get a little help as to what I need to change so that my highslide works again?

Thanks

This may be due to your template modifications. Can't confirm it with the default template..

Great idea and I like the mod, I just hope it isnt completly unsupported because I got following error message in my browser:

window.opener has no properties
[Break on this error] if (typeof window.opener.vB_Attachments != 'undefined')
newattachment.php (line 462)

Uploading works well but I want get this error away of my newreply page. Someone can help?

I don't know how this is possible, but I tried to remove this and it won't completely go away.

If anyone tries to upload anything, it does the auto-upload deal... but doesn't save it.
How can I get rid of the auto-upload completely?

this hack working for me

but i always get error message after page loaded : Done, but with errors on page

i am using standart internet explorer 6 and windows xp sp2

please share if you know how to fix this, i cant find what's wrong, i am edited from default original template

cool hack...

installed

hi

do you dont get any errors on it????

like Done, but with errors on page

I got a problem
After install this hack,I can not use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/04/2.gif,attach tag

3.7.1?

when i try to upload the plugin i get this error:

This file appears to be a Plugin, not a Product. Please use the Plugin Manager to add this file.

Any chance of this mod being updated so that it works on 4.1.12?

I am appalled how ugly the new Attachments Manager looks in the vB 4 series.

Dear Jafo

newattachment template requires this