[rhyslbwParticipant Post count: 8]

the auto resize option is nice, but i would rather have one copy of the file in the library, then use the timthumb script to render thumbnails on the fly. What are you thoughts on integrating this into the pods environment?

http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/04/02/timthumb-php-script-released/

http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/

[chriscarvacheMember]

This seems cool – Doing something like this would also make the file uploader a lot more scalable. Multiple thumbnails could then be created and image quality would not be lost. It would take up more space on the server but, I think would be worth it.

[beatpandaMember]

Hi there! I know you guys are working hard on a file migration script, but I have a couple of problems- 1, I already tried to convert the converted text column into a doc column, and 2, I have a broken Pods installation on a production site that I need to fix today.

All I really need to do is understand how the pods_rel database works- I noticed that when I converted my text field over to a doc, all of my file associations remained intact in the wp_posts table, they’re just not linked via the pod relationships table.

I don’t quite understand the pod_rel table, because "pod_id" doesn’t actually correspond to any actual pod IDs in my database. So I’m kind of at a loss.

If you could get back to me at the email in my profile, that would just be wonderful. If you can’t, no problem; I’ll be working on this all day today whether I hear from you or not.

[coeurmechanteMember]

Hmmm. Tricky. I was calling images from a multiple pick, using a helper. I can call them using the {@logo.guid} shortcode, but in the helper, I had this:

<img class="sponsor" src="’.$val['logo'].’">

So… any idea what this needs to become? Would be mega helpful.

[kaiiserMember]

i have a similar problem like beatpanda and already converted the columns… hope that i get the changes worked in my template within the next days and i hope you document the changes and usage of the new code not only with shortcodes, but also with ‘real’ php.

two facts i really ‘hate’ about this change: i have tried to read about this, before updating, but there was nothing like a documentation in front. the other thing is, that i now have to upload everything into wp-uploads-folder and i would really like to keep stuff that i upload for blogging purpose and stuff i use for my portfolio seperated. i use the portfolio-folder as a permanently updated backup copy and therefore it has to be named and ordered exactly like on my raid… hope you see a chance to make this possible (again)!

thanks!

ps. please try to document your changes at the same moment you offer the update. thanks for listening to my request!

[nmacMember]

Just wondering if the script Scott referred to is on the near horizon??
Cheers
N.

[sc0ttkclarkKeymaster Post count: 813]

@nmac – I’m still working on this script, I’m hoping to have it ready by the time 1.7.8 is released in the next couple of weeks. WordCamp NYC has my tied down this week.

[keg444Member]

Hi,

I have a similar problem to some others.

I’d like to keep the PODs file upload separate to the Media Library. I am using a POD to create a Document Library. Hence the POD stores the file meta and I don’t want to clutter up the Media Library with documents that (in my case) conceptually don’t belong there!

So is there any way to specify the file upload directory?
Is there any way to upload without adding the file as an attachment?

I’d just like to upload the file to a specified directory and select it.

Thanks. (Great plugin by the way).

[logikal16Member]

@keg444 – Sorry, but the file column/uploader only works with WP attachments. The advantage is that if a file gets removed from the Media Library, it’ll automatically get removed from your Pod items too (auto-cleanup).

It’s possible to add a custom uploader as an Input Helper. An example would be to create a "text" column, add an Input Helper for it (which includes a custom-built uploader), then copy the file URL to the text field when the upload finishes.

[keg444Member]

Okay thanks for the tip.

[kaiiserMember]

@Scott: Due to the facts, that, on the one hand, a lot of people have the need to keep wp-media and custom-media separeted and, on the other hand, this was possible until pods 1.7.5, it would make sense to bring the "old" system back (too).

Q: Would it be possible to add the 1.7.5 uploader back and run both systems as different pod-types? Would prefer to see it back in … let´s say 1.7.8

[Mike Van WinkleMember]

I have about 200 documents that are no longer available. The link path information was not saved in the upgrade. Anyone else had this problem? Is there anyway to recover?

[Mike Van WinkleMember]

What’s interesting is that an image field that was also using the filetree picker saved the path information, but the ‘file’ field was converted to NULLs.

[logikal16Member]

@mpvanwinkle – The migration script (should have) converted all old file columns to txt columns… so the URLs would still be preserved. Did you happen to try converting those txt columns back to file columns?

[Mike Van WinkleMember]

Actually, yes, I think I did try a few days ago. Is that what did it? Blast!

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