File Storage / Attachment Management

[chromdome35]

Forum URL: modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/

Are there any tools besides the very basic interface for managing the forums attachments?  I am looking for sorting and filtering functionality.  

Can I access the storage via FTP?

I recently installed the Awards Plug in and I would like to create a sub folder for holding all of the associated award images but I do not see a way to do this?  Our forum has upgraded our storage plan to the 1200mb option.

Thanks!

[Kami]

Mar 24, 2024 6:41:42 GMT -8 chromdome35 said:

Forum URL: modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/

Are there any tools besides the very basic interface for managing the forums attachments?  I am looking for sorting and filtering functionality.  

Can I access the storage via FTP?

I recently installed the Awards Plug in and I would like to create a sub folder for holding all of the associated award images but I do not see a way to do this?  Our forum has upgraded our storage plan to the 1200mb option.

Thanks!

No, and no, are the simple answers.

To be more long-winded, the file attachment system isn't intended to be used as an image host. It's really more akin to sending an attachment by email, tho many people use it as a way to bypass using an image host for in-post images for ease.

If you want to use images for a plugin, I recommend creating a new theme (disabling it from being selected by users in their setting) and then uploading all of the images in the image section of the theme's settings. You can then use the LINK button to reveal the image URL and use that in the plugin — don't worry, preventing users from selecting this theme for use will not impact their ability to see the images when using the  link URL. However, this method does not allow you to filter and sort anything.

The next method would be to use an image host; just be careful, as many image hosts specify in their TOS that you cannot use their service as a content delivery network (CDN) which means you can't use them to host images that will be frequently loaded multiple times per page like theme images, website images, or similar. I believe imgbb still allows this use case, but avoid imgur. Not super sure what other solutions there may be lately.

Hope that helps!

[chromdome35]

Thank you for the guidance, much appreciated!

[Kami]

Mar 24, 2024 8:02:35 GMT -8 chromdome35 said:

Thank you for the guidance, much appreciated!

of course, anytime!