By karger on
There seem to be at least three different modules supporting file uploads: upload.module, attachment.module (+filemanager.module) and filestore2.module (+ fscache). I'm building a low-usage (scaling not an issue) low tech (extremely naive users) drupal site, and wonder which of these options is recommended in terms of ease of use (for end users), debugging/maintenance (for me), and future-proofing (eg, which has the most active development)?
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re filemanager
i have the above mentioned modules running. upload.module seems to work ok, its biggest drawback, however, is that it wants to upload everything into the same directory, so it's not practical for sites where you want users uploading stuff on a regular basis.
filemanager doesn't work for me at all. and it doesn't come with sufficient external documentation to debug. the module itself is not long (500+ lines) and seems well documented, so i may end up poking through it. but i generally expect stuff to work out of the box and if it doesn't, i toss it.
the attachment module, does seem to work too.
that probably doesn't answer your question about what to use, but that's my experience ;)
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Upload.module is in core and will be maintained (essentially) forever, and works fine for doing attachment-style file uploads.
Filestore2 + fscache has a node type for binary files, which lets you do directory-style displays of files, as well as apply node concepts like taxonomy, comments, etc.