Let's add docx, xslx, pptx and ppsx to the list of allowed file upload formats.

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stevethewebguy’s picture

I thinks that mabybe just be easier to allow .rar and .zip, so users could share some format that's not invented today 5 years from now when someone thinks it would be nice to add a different file formatster.

greggles’s picture

Project: Groups.drupal.org » Drupal.org site moderators
Version: 6.x-1.x-dev »
Component: Miscellaneous » Content moderation

@christefano - it has "odt ods odp" - why would you need anything else? ;)

@stevethewebguy - If we embraced another zipping format I'd really prefer .7z (Free and free and produces similarly small files). That said, I'm not a fan of compressed archive files on g.d.o since it would just be used to mask the actual contents. I'm also not a fan of .zip since it can be used to trick ie mime types.

For now I made g.d.o a copy of d.o's settings. We should try to be relatively consistent in the functionality we provide.

So, d.o webmaster team, what's our standard here?

christefano’s picture

Can we get some more eyes on this? I think it's unfortunate that Drupal.org doesn't support formats that have been used by the business world since 2007.

christefano’s picture

#937002: Unable to upload a document. has been marked as a duplicate.

tvn’s picture

Component: Content moderation » Site organization
dddave’s picture

Issue summary: View changes

Is there a good reason not to do it?

avpaderno’s picture

Title: add docx, xslx, pptx and ppsx to the list of allowed file upload formats » Add docx, xslx, pptx and ppsx to the list of allowed file upload formats
Component: Site organization » Other
Category: Support request » Task
greggles’s picture

Status: Active » Needs review

This makes sense to me to do. Since there's no patch I think it can/should be a status of "Needs review".

avpaderno’s picture

Project: Drupal.org site moderators » Drupal.org customizations
Version: » 7.x-3.x-dev
Component: Other » Code
Status: Needs review » Active

The allowed extensions are defined in features/drupalorg_content_types/drupalorg_content_types.features.field_instance.inc, which means that a patch is necessary, to add more file extensions.