By jbaldo on

Hi All,

I have spent a good portion of my day researching drupal file management capabilities (through modules), and I haven't yet identified a concrete solution, so I thought I'd ask for your advice.

What I'm trying to do: Upload files. Browse a SUBSET of those files in an organized fashion depending on what node you're viewing.

Example: I have multiple nodes, each which display information about a project, and I'd like a user to be able to go to a project, view all related files, and contribute their own. There may be 3 files or 300 files for a project, so I need a directory structure available rather than just a standard list view.

Most Promising Looking Modules:
FileFramework
Filebrowser

FileFramework looks very powerful, but does it provide a browser viewable to users?
Filebrowser clearly does this, but can it take arguments so the directory path can be chosen dynamically? (like an argument or reference used in a view?)

Thanks for any suggestions.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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WorldFallz commented

3 or 300 I use the standard filefield and views modules for this. I created a content type for "document" that has a nodereference field for referring to the node to which the file 'belongs'. Then I just use standard views with a relationship to create a block of related documents that display on the appropriate content type. I try to stay as much as possible within core, cck, and views-- there's no risk to end up with an upsupported solution that way.

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jbaldo commented

Thanks for the tip WorldFallz.

I hadn't thought of organizing it that way.