[Pmwiki-users] Re: pmwiki-0.4.15 released with upload capability
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at sci.tamucc.edu
Fri Apr 18 18:00:05 CDT 2003
Argggh. I just realized that I forgot to mention that the instructions
for configuring the upload.php script are available from
http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/UploadsAdmin
Sorry about that.
Pm
On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> I've just released pmwiki-0.4.15, which provides a strong start towards
> some good upload capabilities for PmWiki. Many thanks to those of you
> who have been providing testing and feedback for this feature on the
> pmichaud.com site (http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/Experimental/Uploads).
>
> Although I'm surprisingly pleased with the way the upload feature has
> turned out thus far, I think it's still somewhat "under development".
> As many of you know, I'm generally wary about file upload capabilities
> because they contains some tricky security and administration concerns.
> I'm not entirely comfortable with any solution I've been able to come up
> with, including the one released here. However, I've decided that the
> best strategy at this point will be to release "something", let others
> play with it, and rapidly adapt to feedback, suggestions, and
> problems that others identify with the upload script.
>
> So, I'm expecting that there will be a number of updates in the next week
> or so as people get experience with the implementation and setup, Know
> up front that there may be a few false starts (including this release).
> But any comments, suggestions, and criticisms that people can provide
> will help it evolve and stabilize quickly.
>
> Also, I'll note that I think there's a huge amount of flexibility
> built in to the upload.php script. Documenting the configuration
> possibilities just for uploads is going to be a fairly major task.
> Some examples:
> * uploaded files can be organized per-group, per-page, per-site, or
> according to some other administrator-defined criteria
> * maximum upload file sizes can be controlled on a per-type basis
> * administrators can specify additional verification rules or
> processing to be performed before accepting or storing uploaded files
> * uploaded files can be accessed from within wiki pages in a variety of ways
>
> Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing how well this feature works. Thanks
> again to everyone who is helping with PmWiki development.
>
> Pm
>
>
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