File management specifically PDF
I am fairly new to Drupal and am trying to figure out the best way to manage attached files I have.
I have a lot of PDF files that I will be attaching to different types of content. What I was thinking is to create a content type called something like pdf_attachment and give each one a title and maybe even a brief description or eliminate the body field all together. Then if I understand the node reference module correctly I would use that to add them to certain pieces of content.
The other thing is with some pieces of content I would have to add some 50 attachments to. At Least one for each state. So my thought here was if they were a seperate node I could use taxonomy.
I could be way off base here.
I was also looking at Web File Manager and was wondering if anyone had any feedback on that. I am going to install it now and give it a shot now. I would like to be able to set permissions for files.
Well any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have had a hell of a time finding good documentation as far as handling files.
Thanks in advance.
Tom
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What you describe is exactly how I manage my files attachments-- works nicely.
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Thanks it's nice to know my
Thanks it's nice to know my brain is still working.
mine may not be...
...can you describe further?
I too am looking for a way to manage files.
My users will be uploading, among other things, lots of PDFs.
They also want to be able to browse files already uploaded, for instance, to get hyperlinks to use in other postings.
I was going to create a content type called Publication, with some fields, & with the PDF as a file attachment.
Not sure what to do after that - WebFM provides a nice file view but
a) doesn't seem to be connected to this or to know about any files uploaded via the 'regular' CCK module
b) has glitches; possibly doesn't play well with IMCE.
-- the URL WebFM creates in its own file browser looks like /mysite/webfm_send/1 (or send/2, etc.)
-- the URL IMCE creates for WebFM files seems glitchy - worked for one file but not another
-- IMCE doesn't seem to provide a way to change the description of a file; apparently you have to do this in the text editor (which my users will not want or be able to do)
Surely (?) there must be a way to browse already uploaded files, and upload files with friendly 'names' ?
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You would use the http://drupal.org/project/views module to make various listings of files or other nodes.
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So, we must custom-build
So, we must custom-build tables of contents? Seems straightforward and yet cumbersome.
But maybe I'm confusing what I (and the editors) need with what the end users need (they don't need to look at file listings).
Anyway for now, I've managed to get TinyTinyMCE (yes, two tinies) to see IMCE, and this serves as a file browser.
thanks for the reply