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By dauphine13 on
I am trying to set-up a software beta site and need to have anywhere from 5-10MB files to 2-3GB files posted on a daily basis.
I looked around but can't seem to find any posts about files this large.
Is there a solution/ module that would help?
is there a possibility to link into an ftp site, where uploading may go much quicker and I just link in a text link and attach to the location on the ftp?
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Short of editing your
Short of editing your php.ini file to adjust upload_max_filesize to 3gb, ( I personally think this may be a very bad idea ) have a look at http://drupal.org/project/drupal_ftp. It may or may not solve your problem directly, but perhaps if you use a cck field/custom code you could allow ftp to get the file uploaded and still link it to the node.
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I saw the php.ini edit in
I saw the php.ini edit in another post and think that is part of the solution ofcourse.
So I may be using incorrect terminology as well. I am really new to Drupal and am more of a designer then a coder. I know what I want, which will replace an aging EZ publish system.( and we really don't want to go with the current EZ publish system) It has just been tough researching the Modules to find the exact functionality I need. well actually IU found some of it, this file upload/download feature is critical though.
On the simplest form, it needs to have users that belong to groups and within these groups they can access group specific content. This content can just be a list of files to download. I'd like release notes and other "properties" attached as well, but thats icing on the cake.
Thanks for the lead on the drupal_ftp project, unfortunately it is in Development still...
I don't think drupal cares
I don't think drupal cares about the size of your uploads. Once you configure php to handle the size of your files appropriately, you should be ok with the core upload module. You can create a content type for your uploads and add whatever fields you want to hold metadata for them (including release notes). You may want to look at the http://drupal.org/project/filefield module also.
Another option might be the release management system used here on d.o.: http://drupal.org/project/project which integrates with various software versioning systems.
As for groups, there's basically two ways to do it. One would be to use the http://drupal.org/project/og series of modules. The other would be to use roles and taxonomy.
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Thanks!
I loaded up the OG modules, but will look at others mentioned as well.
I am glad to hear this should be the case, as I was getting a bit concerned.
Thank you!