Though I have hacked in the code for a link title it would be nice to have it in the official release.

Second useful feature would be a doc type icon automatically place beside the download link, that way we would know before hand what we are downloading.

Finally I would like to see a browse interface available from the edit.create form of any node from which I could choose one or more downloads from the inline file folder.

I think once these are done we would have a module that solves the majority of upload/attachment problems.

Thanks for this excellent start!!

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Kieg Khan commented

With reference to the browse button in node/edit, I am using fckeditor and it has a nice little browser. The one thing I like about disknode is that you can replace an existing file. Unfortunately, all the other upload modules (such as fckeditor or the file attachment option) create another copy of the same file, so trying to keep a current version is a bit more time consuming because you have to delete the old file then re-attach it.

File management is an area I would certainly like to see more development on, but if disknode gets delete, rename and copy, then it would be an ideal tool.

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sijuwi commented

Yes I've used fckeditor and its quite good and it does work for the body text. As a browser in the edit/node page it works in the textarea fields. It would be much better to have a browser seperate from other fields, that way downloads could displayed independently with their own styling

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elmuerte commented

An upcoming version of disknode will use a 'theme' function to create the links. This way you can customize the generated links from your .theme
An other feature in the upcomming release is the ability to attach more than one file to a node. Because of this, or at least the way I implemented it, it won't be easy to add a link title to the editor. On the other hand, because of the theme function it would be easier to change this behavior without needing to hack the original code.

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sijuwi commented

Any plans to hook the file browser interface into other nodes, or alternatively, a way to choose from an organised list of disknode nodes and attach the choice or choices?

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elmuerte commented

current disknode is it's own node type and therefor doesn't have the ability to add it's functionality to other node types. For the time being this is not a feature that is being pursuited.

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elmuerte commented
Assigned: Unassigned » elmuerte
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

the current CVS code (which will be in a package within 24 hours) contains support for disknode functionality in all node types

Currently this is experimental. Some things don't work, or don't work well. If you find bugs please open new issues.