Private Attachments! (Attachments in Private Messages)

*drums*
This hack is now out of beta! Safe to use.

My latest and one of the more extensive hacks -- Private Attachments!
This huge (I ain't kidding, it's pretty big) hack will allow your members to send private messages with attachments in them, so they don't need to use e-mail for that.

Since this hack requires a large number of edits, this is how I recommend installing it:
(a) Run the queries.
(b) Edit all the files, offline.
(c) When you are done with (b) upload all the files at once.
(d) Perform the template edits.
If you do all actions in this order your users shouldn't notice you are installing the hack.

All feature requests (except for limiting this for usergroups -- if you want that do it yourself it's not hard but I'm tired of adding permissions to the dreaded usergroup.php) are welcome before this goes out of beta.

As always, have fun.

[Jawelin]

I know it shouldn't the right most path, but do you think it'll aware of the PPN's Attachment as files WONDERFUL hack ?


I didn't try to install this yet, but the other is too important to my board... so ...

Thanks forever, Chen

[afterlab]

Great idea.. I'll install it later tonight.

[Admin]

Thanks Xelation -- will release it tonight.

Jawelin, it should work except for probably some problems with attachment.php. You'll need to do changes there on your own to make sure you don't ruin anything.

[Jawelin]

Originally posted by FireFly
Jawelin, it should work except for probably some problems with attachment.php. You'll need to do changes there on your own to make sure you don't ruin anything.

Thnx, FF.
I'll pay attention when installing and let you know.
A question: these attachments are normally stored into DB (or outside, on the server dir with the above hack) and made available the same way those in post are, aren't they ?
This way, putting on the url row the exact attachment id I could download it even outside the PM, is it right ?

Thanks a lot for your hardest hack, as you said... :supwink:
Bye

[Admin]

No, attachment.php is edited so you can't access private attachments by just specifying their attachmentid.

[Tim Wheatley]

Firefly, heavily edited attachment.php here, I had to be careful - I was, and this works perfectly on my test board (which is exactly the same as my main board). :up:

[Jawelin]

The opposite question: if I wouldn't edit attachment.php almost at all, the same file could be accessible via a direct written url, but should your hack get working the same ?


Note: I have a lot of hacks installed on my attachment.php, so I'm considering would install this one getting some compromise ...

[Admin]

Jawelin -- if you don't edit attachment.php your users will just get an invalid attachment error.

[Jawelin]

Ok. I'll try to make a mixup...
Thnx

[Lucky]

Great hack.

I was one of the people many months ago reguesting this hack as well. hehehe

I would like to know how to limit usergroups so only users in the group can attach files, if anyone knows how please post as I could really use this.

I am wondering if anyone knows how to make this hack so that it shows up like firefly's attachment viewer.

Also, I am wondering about PPN's read others PM. Just wondering if the admin would be able to view these attachments.

Thanks.