Upload folder location

[dlr]

Is it possible to upload files to a folder other than “images”? I’d like to have them go to a folder on another hard drive on the web server. Also, could they be uploaded to a NAS drive (mapped or not)?

Thanks

[dlr]

OK… I’ve partially solved my problem!

I created a root folder on my 2nd hard drive, the one that has plenty of space. There are 4 sub-folders within that folder.

In IIS, I created a virtial directory, pointing to the new root folder.

I modified the mod_easyfileuploader.xml file and replaced ‘directory=”images”‘ with ‘directory=”rootfolder”‘. I also changed the default folder entry to one of the sub-folders. I went into the module settings and the default sub-folder was there. Opening the dropdown showed the 3 other folders. So, the upload location seemd to be set!

Now, I go to the article and upload a file, with a successful upload message. It is supposed to go into the default sub-folder within the root folder but instead, a folder is created in “images” with the name of the sub-folder and it contains the uploaded file.

I have restarted IIS via IIS Manager and services… Any idea why it won’t take into account the root folder?

Thanks

[Michael Gilkes]

@dlr. that was cool of you to make those modifications, especially setting up the virtual directory. You may have to edit the helper.php file a bit. I don’t have access to my code right now, since I am out of town and out of the office, but I think I might have hard coded the images folder in the helper.php file. Have a look, and see if you can figure it out. I try to make my code as self explanatory as possible. If you can’t sort it out, I’ll be happy to help you on Monday when I get back.

[dlr]

Thanks Michael…

I changed the folder location in the helper.php file from “images” to “rootfolder” and that did the trick!

Now, that also means that I can’t use this module in any other article, except to upload files to that same “rootfolder”. It’s not a problem to create as many virtual directories as necessary and it would be great if a future version of your module had a way to allow selecting a destination rootfolder depending on:

– the article

– the module position (loadposition)

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