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Attachments for content articles 
Version
1.3.4 (last update on Aug 28, 2008)
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Compatibility
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149
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257
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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185712
Date Added
24 September 2007
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Release 1.3.4 fixes problems with "Add Attachments" links and buttons displaying on pages generated by other extensions (such as JEvents). Release 1.3.3 includes a new search plugin (thanks to Paul McDermott!), a few improvements, and a several bug fixes. It also fixes a long-standing installation problem on hosting systems with versions of MySQL older than 4.1 (that did not directly support UTF-8). Attachments release 1.3.4 has been tested with Joomla! 1.5.6. An upgrade patch is available to upgrade from Attachments 1.3.3 to 1.3.4. (Note that an early version of this upgrade patch had problems; a new version has been posted.)
Other features include optional secure attachment file storage and downloading, options to control the display of the attachment descriptions, file sizes, and modifications dates. Three user-defined fields are available. Attachments can be completely managed through the component manager in the administrative back end. The 'add attachments button' plugin adds a button at the bottom of the article editor to simplify adding attachments while editing articles. The search plugin enables searching attachment filenames and descriptions.
The 'Attachments' extension does not work on any Joomla 1.0 releases.
NOTE: If you are upgrading from an earlier version and want to retain your existing attachments, please read the file UPGRADE.txt inside the main installation zip file before uninstalling the previous version!
If you plan to use this extension for sensitive files, use the 'Secure' mode. This provides secure storage of attachment files and prevents access by anyone without logging in.
This extension will prevent uploads of file types not allowed by the Media Manager in order to prevent attaching of potentially dangerous file types such as HTML and PHP. You can add additional types (such as zip) via the Media Manager settings in the "Site" tab under the "Global Configuration" item in the "Site" system menu in the administrative back end.
Language files are available in separate language packs and are not bundled with the main installation file. Translations are available 20 languages: Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian (formal and informal), Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Pol
byhadassah on January 20, 2010
One of the best and light-weight attachment to articles component.
I was wondering if there could be a feature to have a mix of public and private attachments on the same article? Right now, there's all or nothing.
Great work!
Hadassah
I was wondering if there could be a feature to have a mix of public and private attachments on the same article? Right now, there's all or nothing.
Great work!
Hadassah
byellereunion on January 7, 2010
Thank you very much, this is a very useful extension. It is exactly what a Joomla newbie like myself needed.
byngoclinhteen on December 25, 2009
What will we do to Attackment don't show in intro text of article? I'd like it only show after click "read more" button.
Please support me, thanks so much
Please support me, thanks so much
Owner's reply
You can do exactly want you want by using setting the option "Hide Attachments for" to "all_but_article_views". This option is near the bottom of the list of options. Access the Attacments options via the admin back end: Component > Attachments and click on the [Parameters] button in the toolbar. This is also explained in the help page.
byleandrosalvador on December 24, 2009
It's a very well done extension, which does what it try to do. It simplifies the life of Joomla article's publishers in that cases where the article would be better if referred to a file (attachment).
Got it up and running in record time. Amazing! Simple as ABC. Couldn't have asked for more.
bybusiness100club2 on December 18, 2009
I am amazing with this app. It is very easy to use and give you amount of tools and posibilities to upload files.
In short words, a perfect tool
In short words, a perfect tool
bymabras on December 13, 2009
Free (with registration), setup istructions are easy, it needs some minor settings to work, and then it just does what is says and it does it perfectly!
byrmarques on December 12, 2009
This component is perfect. It works great with Jreviews, since jreviews doesn't have an attachment tool of its own. I didn't find absolutely any problems installing or running the component. Thanks for creating this very useful tool!
byshaijugt on November 26, 2009
This is one of the most needed extension. It is such an ease to work with this. As others suggested, i think, this needs to be put along with the other core components.
byachintya on November 20, 2009
It is possible to change the look and feel of the table; font size, position of table etc. The CSS file is in the plugins folder... you can experiment with font sizes, table borders, colours etc.
byegp on November 13, 2009
I really love this extension. I use it all the time. I wish the display of attachments was a little "prettier" but I like it nonetheless. Highly recommended!
This extension is a MUST for pretty much any Joomla install.
EASY to install. Works immediately. No hickups what so ever.
I really can't believe this isn't part of the Joomla Core.
EASY to install. Works immediately. No hickups what so ever.
I really can't believe this isn't part of the Joomla Core.
byPascaloo on October 14, 2009
Good concept! Easy to add value to contents by uploading document that comes with (eg. pdf), and at any time. Easy also for simple readers to read or download the documents. Works fine.
byjuan.penagos on October 5, 2009
Amazing module. Support covers all needs.
byesvargasp on September 29, 2009
easy to install and setup, works smoothly.
bydavidosullivan on September 29, 2009
Like some others mentioned here I really think this should be in Joomla core.
Its great for adding attachments and offers users another way of adding content if they are scared about editing pages since they can simply attach word docs etc aswell.
It is dead easy to use and very user friendly from the front end which is in my opinion vital.
Just one word of warning: I almost gave up on this attachment after installing it on a local testing server as I received a number of errors relating to imageresize.php in the front end. I think these relate to not having imagemagik installed on my local server. When I installed it on 1and1 on a live site however everything worked fine and I discovered the 'edit' and 'delete' functionality in the front end which, because the images didn't show up on my local testing server, I did not realise were there.
So perhaps imageresize is not necessary for the icons and this might enhance compatibility across more servers.
Its great for adding attachments and offers users another way of adding content if they are scared about editing pages since they can simply attach word docs etc aswell.
It is dead easy to use and very user friendly from the front end which is in my opinion vital.
Just one word of warning: I almost gave up on this attachment after installing it on a local testing server as I received a number of errors relating to imageresize.php in the front end. I think these relate to not having imagemagik installed on my local server. When I installed it on 1and1 on a live site however everything worked fine and I discovered the 'edit' and 'delete' functionality in the front end which, because the images didn't show up on my local testing server, I did not realise were there.
So perhaps imageresize is not necessary for the icons and this might enhance compatibility across more servers.
bywenxin on September 23, 2009
Easy to download :) Easy to install :)
Should be a core component of Joomla!!!
Should be a core component of Joomla!!!
bymauixs on September 18, 2009
Very smart extension offer a simple way to manage attachments upload directly from the user side.
I'm wondering if it is possible to enable the Fulltext search in the attachment's contents. Actually is only supported the search for attachments filenames.
Very good job
I'm wondering if it is possible to enable the Fulltext search in the attachment's contents. Actually is only supported the search for attachments filenames.
Very good job
byvalentingrindeanu on September 3, 2009
Very nice componente, i was wondering only if it can be used for articles displayed with other components like JContentPlus? If YES what is to be done.
Thx, and keep up the good work guys
:)
Thx, and keep up the good work guys
:)
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