Collaborate to Create the FileField Sources Module [#434982]

Hi Clemens, I'm the maintainer of FileField and ImageField. The ability to reference remote files is a common feature request, and I've made an attempt to implement this and several other "reference files from x" features in a new module called "filefield_sources". You can download it and see what I've got so far in this issue #119539: FileField Sources: Remote files / Reference existing files. It can not only download files from remote locations, but it works with every FileField automatically on the site, and allows the reuse of files that have already been uploaded in other places on the site.

I've been considering putting it into contrib as a new project, but I'm short on the time to adequately maintain the module. I was wondering if you'd be interested in helping maintain the project (and let Remote File quietly retire), so we can reduce duplicated efforts. Remote File has some requirement for Link module, which FileField Sources doesn't take into account, so I'm not sure if that would prevent FileField Sources from fulfilling the purpose you have for this module.

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Comment #1

clemens.tolboom

Dutch

Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺

commented 22 May 2009 at 08:20

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I'm totally positive in reducing modules ... my 4 month project is now (almost) finished so I have more time to work on this.

Comment #2

quicksketch

he/him

commented 22 May 2009 at 16:25

Awesome, thanks clemens.tolboom. The project is now up: http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources

Just post an issue to the queue there. I wouldn't mind splitting maintainership at all for that module if you're interested. Thanks!

Comment #3

clemens.tolboom

Dutch

Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺

commented 22 May 2009 at 20:16

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quicksketch

» clemens.tolboom

Comment #4

Krummrey commented 25 May 2009 at 11:15

The main difference is that FileField Sources doesn't store the original source (URL).
For me, that doesn't make a difference.
Having the ease of use of FileField Source and the stored URL of the original source from Remote File would make it a round solution.

Comment #5

pkej commented 29 July 2010 at 15:19

If you use the ImageField Extended module, you can add a field, like the desc, alt, title fields, called "url". When the user pastes the url into FileField Sources, he/she can (hopefully) paste it into URL as well.

Then you can use something like Custom Formatters to create formats which takes your ImageField Extended field into account. And finally you can use linodef to show everything inside your textarea which uses Input Filters.

Comment #6

chriscalip commented 17 November 2010 at 22:50

Just to put in my support for this module NOT to collaborate with filefield sources. Filefield sources refuses to budge in an api to programmatically create nodes with remote fields. We are better off having an alternative module.

Comment #7

clemens.tolboom

Dutch

Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺

commented 12 June 2011 at 11:19

I decide to abandon this module in favour of http://drupal.org/project/filefield_sources module which provides a very similar feature to this module. I'm using that module within my D7 projects.

One of the 7 principles of the Drupal project is collaboration. Would you consider merging your project into that one and collaborating with its authors?

Otherwise, it would be great if you could document what makes this module different so that people can make a good decision about which one to use.