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New Extension: nGen File Field for FieldFrame

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Fred Boyle's avatar
Fred Boyle
73 posts
16 years ago
Fred Boyle's avatar Fred Boyle

nGen File Field is a field type for the FieldFrame framework by Brandon Kelly. It adds a custom field type allowing you to upload files from the Publish/Edit interface, and also functions as part of the FF Matrix. This extension is useful for creating galleries, download libraries, and much more.

Download v1.0 + Documentation: http://www.ngenworks.com/software/ee/ngen-file-field/

SUPPORT: Can now be found at http://help.ngenworks.com.

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AJP's avatar
AJP
311 posts
16 years ago
AJP's avatar AJP

Best. News. Evar! Can’t wait to play with this one.

Who needs Entry Gallery, or File anymore. Mini-galleries, portfolios, menus, FTW!

Thank you!

       
Casey Reid's avatar
Casey Reid
82 posts
16 years ago
Casey Reid's avatar Casey Reid

Great work Fred. Just installed and everything looks to be working great. As AJP alluded to, there are going to be so many uses for this type of File Field. Thanks a ton!

       
Nathan Pitman's avatar
Nathan Pitman
531 posts
16 years ago
Nathan Pitman's avatar Nathan Pitman

Genius, genius, genius… 😊

EDIT: And I should add… combine this with the imgsizer plug-in and you’ve got an instant gallery.

Interested to know if associated files are deleted when entries are deleted…, no one’s ever sussed that one yet…

       
Jonathan McGaha's avatar
Jonathan McGaha
11 posts
16 years ago
Jonathan McGaha's avatar Jonathan McGaha

Two hours ago I set up 6 different fields to provide what I needed. After I saw this extension I deleted the 6 fields and made 1 FF Matrix with the Upload field type. It’s working perfectly so far.

Thanks!

       
Mark Bowen's avatar
Mark Bowen
12,637 posts
16 years ago
Mark Bowen's avatar Mark Bowen

Just saw this on Twitter thanks to Brandon.

Tried it out and it worked first time, absolutely fantastic. This is one of those items that will be going on my must install with every site I make!! 😊

You’ve made me a very happy man indeed with this one!

Thanks for releasing this one.

Just one question if I may? Does this obey the rules set out in the File Upload Preferences settings as in only allowing file types that are allowed and making sure that security checks are carried out too?

Best wishes,

Mark

       
Brandon Kelly's avatar
Brandon Kelly
257 posts
16 years ago
Brandon Kelly's avatar Brandon Kelly

Thanks again for posting this, Fred!

Over the weekend I installed nGen File on my site, and it’s been working perfectly. (screenshot)

       
iain's avatar
iain
317 posts
16 years ago
iain's avatar iain

OH… MY….

The holy grail!

       
bobh's avatar
bobh
145 posts
16 years ago
bobh's avatar bobh

Oh man, this is pure gold. I can’t think of a project NOT to use this in. Thanks guys!

       
Carter Digital's avatar
Carter Digital
18 posts
16 years ago
Carter Digital's avatar Carter Digital

Awesome, can’t wait to test it out. Will this work with a WYSIWYG too?

       
imagehat's avatar
imagehat
68 posts
16 years ago
imagehat's avatar imagehat

Have to add my “Awesome, thanks!” for this.

Are there any plans to allow for resize upon upload? I agree that using the imgsizer plugin is perfect for template usage, but for the original image clients have a way of upload 3MB digital images, so an option to nip that in the bud would make this even um, perfect-er.

       
Sean C. Smith's avatar
Sean C. Smith
3,818 posts
16 years ago
Sean C. Smith's avatar Sean C. Smith

I’m not sure I see how this can be helpful to make galleries. Could someone enlighten me. I’ll be right back after a cup of coffee to stimulate the brain.

       
AJP's avatar
AJP
311 posts
16 years ago
AJP's avatar AJP

@imagehat, just use the imgsizer plugin to reisize those images as you’d need.

@createsean, the possibilities are endless. A small gallery in a portfolio of projects. Multiple images, separate captions, all sortable by client. A restaurant menu, with images per line item (with price, sale price, description, “on sale” checkbox, is_visible, checkbox, etc. And so many more.

       
Ryan Faubion's avatar
Ryan Faubion
81 posts
16 years ago
Ryan Faubion's avatar Ryan Faubion

man, i am just too new to comprehend this one. i went to read about FieldFrame and still have no idea what that extension let alone this one is for.

i’ll revisit this after i have some coffee in the morning. 😉

       
Matt Weinberg's avatar
Matt Weinberg
489 posts
16 years ago
Matt Weinberg's avatar Matt Weinberg
I’m not sure I see how this can be helpful to make galleries. Could someone enlighten me. I’ll be right back after a cup of coffee to stimulate the brain.

Just setup an FF Matrix with two columns– file, and textarea. You choose a file and then give it a caption. Instant gallery that you can add to, rearrange, etc… at will.

Using a plugin like imgsizer you can also generate your thumbnails on the fly.

       
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