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By frater a.s. on
Hi
I need to create a site and i need some advice
The site is to be used to move large files around, normally i use the FTP, function that come with my site, in the control panel.
but i want to step it up a level and create a site whereby users can login and download and add their files using more of a drag and drop type funcunality, instead of needing FTP software.
I though the fileserver module is was i needed http://drupal.org/project/fileserver, but im not so sure.
any idea if there is a module that can do what i want?
Comments
File management modules
Hi,
There are a couple of modules that might do what you want:
Web File Manager - http://drupal.org/project/webfm
DataBase File Manager - http://drupal.org/project/dbfm
Both have pretty intuitive (if your users get the hang of right-clicking) interfaces.
The main difference, as the name suggests, is that DBFM stores the files as binary data in the database. This allows for very fine per-file access permissions and it can also track file revisions, but does mean your MySQL backups might get a bit large.