[HappyPike]

Originally Posted by CyberRanger

sorry, no eta

I agree this needs to be reworked. But I don't think user id is the way to go. Unlike normal vb attachments which tend to be spread among a lot of different users, the downloads files are often uploaded by a small number (or just one) admin.

Instead, I'll probably change it to either a random folder selection (say 1-9 with subfolders of 1-9 below each of those) or category id.

Thanks for the reply, CyberRanger.

It really depends on the sites (ex. number of users) and how the addon is used. On my site (which is a fan site for a computer game), my members create and upload most files and there are hundreds or even more than 1000 uploaders.

BTW the File Upload Center addon here creates a folder for each member. I think it works out pretty well.

If you don't go by user ID, then I suggest using year and month for upload folders. For example,

2007/1/ for January 2007
2007/10/ for October 2007
2008/3/ for March 2008

This way we have 1 folder per month, which is reasonable and more scalable than a fixed number of folders or a single folder.