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I built my site but now i am a bit frustated. I don't have any media support on it for my users. So only i and some trusted people will be able to put media (pictures, videos, pdf files, zip files...) in nodes. Other will just be able to comment. :(
I am investigating now the BBcode module for use with hotlink pictures but i see there is no thumbnail support for it. So probbably i will not alow img hotlinking images for users with bbcode too. Today pictures on the internet are just too big (milion inch wide screen LCD's). And my page will be maximum width 1024px.
I am thinking of making file repository totaly independent from Drupal for users to post their stuff and to link from comments. That is pain in the ass for users i know but i can't think of a better way.
Any final suggestion how to solve problems with users:
- attaching files in comments (zip, pdf, txt...)
- and hotlinking images
- posting youtube videos...?
I went and looked all modules for drupal 6 and used google. I couldn't find answer for media support. Everything is ment for admins and trusted peoples to use to build site content. But none for users to use in comments. Some looks promissing but aren't supported any more or are in dev state.
One module evan did something to my database. So i get a lot of "red" now. But is a test content so it doesn't matter. But it makes you think evan more what to use twice!
I use basic things: core forum, core tracker, BUeditor(for most users probabbly only BBcode tags), BBcode, poll, comment module, contact form.
And that gives me everything i need. So core baically has all i need. I can do enything i want on this platform. But media support for my users in comments equals 0 for now. :(
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duplicate of: http://drupal.org/node/351858
No is not.
This topic is general topic for media support. That doesn't just tuch the question of attachements but:
-hotlinking images
-thumbnail support for hotlink images and server upload option
-attaching all types of files to comments not just nodes
-being able to give ussers safely support for hotlinkig videos
-upload support for videos for users in comments
....
So in general media support topic. I have this "media support" only for me and trusted people now on my new built site. I can do anything i want. My users don't have any of these.
So i general i was hoping for some more guidelines i might miss or i interpreted wrong. I went and looked all modules for 6.0. A lot are in dev state or unsupported. Others are preaty much focused on content building of the site. To make process of site building easy.
So in the end i opened up these topic to get the finall opinions if i missed something. Beacose for now the site is build and ready to put online. But my users don't have much support for media. They can put plain links to other places hosting images or videos for example in comments. And that is all.
So i am thinking of maybee using file reprository for them. Independent. But that is not really user friendly and doesn't really solve the isuess i stated. Beacose from comments (that are the basic structure of ALL the discussion on the site) there still can be only links to somewhere else not acual media content! :(
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There is an entire category dedicated to media type modules in the downloads area = http://drupal.org/project/Modules
however, again you state you want these to work with comments. which is IMHO is a duplicate of the thread linked. Even if you remove the word attachments and insert "images", "videos" and the link. My suggestion here is to investigate input formats and filters. Whereby you may be able to create what you seek.
You did not miss anything. Simply put comments aren't nodes, they are simply comments that are attached to nodes. Therefore you can't do some of the same things you can with comments as you can with nodes.
You've been given a method to turn comments into nodes but you've decided you don't want to go in that direction and you've stated you don't want to work with -dev modules. Which rules out both methods already outlined for you in the other thread.
I dropped that link here so others willing to help you can read the "entire" discussion since it seems to me it is now stretched across two seperate forum posts. This also tries to eliminate you getting the same answers ; )
I looked all modules not
I looked all modules not yust media. ALL for drupal 6. And i used google extensive.
So bottom line there just isn't a solution. I know i am not able to do the modlules my self. Maybee in the future.
And if these is duplicated topic or not the answer then stays the same.
No media for my users. And thats a d*mn shame. I was wery enthusiastic when i started working with Drupal. I made the platform i wanted to use in 20 days. That is fastest ever i built. Not yust use defoult templates and stuff. But custom made. But as i stated bitter taste in the end is here.
I just hope my users won't eat me alive when they will found out there is just text and linking to outside pictures, videos and files planed for them. :(
Maybee next year i will say...
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not in comments without turning comments into nodes.