Attachments 
- Yes
INSTALLATION IS SIMPLE: Use the Joomla installer with the single installation zip file. The component and all plugins are installed in a single step. Attachments uses the Joomla "upgrade" capability and can be installed over previous versions of Attachments.
There are two versions of Attachments:
* Version 2.x for Joomla 1.5
-- The 2.x versions will NOT work on Joomla 1.6 and later
-- See demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCbRbfJ9io&hd=1
-- DOWNLOAD: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments/frs/
-- FORUMS: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments/forum/
* Version 3.x for Joomla 1.7/2.5+
-- Version 3.0.5 fixed to work with Joomla 2.5.10
-- The 3.x versions will NOT work on Joomla 1.5
-- See demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzOVNfYJIo&hd=1
-- DOWNLOAD: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments3/frs/
-- FORUMS: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments3/forum/
If you would like to subscribe to an email list for announcements about the Attachments extension, please visit: http://jmcameron.net/attachments/email-list.html
Releases 2.2+ and 3.0+ give you several ways to add, edit, and delete your attachments on the front end, back end, and in article editors on the front and back ends (including during article creation). There are many options to control who can see attachments. When you add or edit attachments, page updates are done quickly without full page reloads.
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.
NEW! Attachments 3.x for Joomla 1.7/2.5+
Attachments 3 includes many new features:
--- Improved permissions system give very flexible control on who can add, edit, or change the state of attachments.
--- All attachments can be assigned to any access level. The improved ability to create access levels in Joomla 1.7+ means that you can control access to attachments to specific groups of people in a powerful way.
--- Improved ability to control which pages attachments are visible on.
--- Supports the new Joomla extension update system for simplified updates.
One minor thing is that certain file extensions give more than one icon is displayed against the attachment which can make the output a bit "messy". As a future, perhaps allow editor to choose if more than one icon displayed or not. Otherwise a great little extension.
The display of multiple icons is not a problem with the Attachments extension itself. It is due to other extensions that add icons to the display images such as the multithumb plugin.
This capability is clearly needed for Joomla's core, and I can't imagine a better solution than to just adopt this. Drupal had a decent article file attachment capability years ago; I'm not sure about Wordpress. The lack of the ability to attach files to articles in Joomla's core was, for me, its biggest weakness.
Cameron has done a tight coding job on the front and back ends, documented it beautifully, and by all accounts his support is top-notch (I haven't needed it yet, but I haven't yet used all Version 2.0's new functionality.) He even has a Mailman mailing list for new developments and news.
The existence of this extension makes my site work, especially with Version 2. I haven't yet seen a commercial package of any type that beats this for quality.
I couldn't recommend it more highly and give Cameron my compliments and thanks.
I want to be able to attach files to an article but have the link appear at a set place in the page outside the article zone, not according to how long the article is.
The new release of Attachments 2.0, supports positioning the attachments at the beginning, end, or in a custom position within the article (by inserting a special token). If you want the attachments to appear elsewhere on the page (like a module), then I'm not sure this is the right extension for your purposes. The goal of Attachments is to associate attachments directly with an article or other type of content element.
I have one suggestion.
It would be nice to have the option to add the download link inside the article. Maybe some keyword like {attch 4} to show attachment 4 of that article inside the article.
Attachments 2.0 (just released) allows you to do exactly this! Enjoy!
- is there a way to upload an entire directory?
- if each user has a folder for his files, then how to accommodate this?
-Vijay
Hi Vijay,
>> - is there a way to upload an entire directory?
No. Sorry.
>> If each user has a folder for his files, then how to accommodate this?
Not sure what you are asking or what you want to do here. Currently all attachment files are grouped together in one directory. The filenames are prefixed with numbers to avoid conflicts. In the new version of Attachments (probably coming in April), the files for each article will appear in a separate directory and retain their original filenames.
-Jonathan
but i have question
is there a chance to display the attachments in contact us page (com_contact)?
thank you
Balaji
Hi Balaji,
In version 1.3.4 this is not possible. Fortunately, the next version (probably coming in April), this will be possible, although it will require writing some PHP code.
-Jonathan
I have a question:
Is there any possibility to paginate the attached files in an article,so for example i want at first to view only 10 of them and then the other files in second page,so to paginate them?
Thanks! This is a good idea. The current code does not support this. Not sure when I might get to this, but I'll add it to my list of things to consider. -Jonathan
I was looking for a way to integrate files in a website I was doing for a business society with registered users. They needed a way to put up confidential information like lists, minutes of meetings, etc., and this is exactly what they needed, and beautifully and elegantly done. Aesthetics meets good code.
Thank you so very much! Good work!
Please support me, thanks so much
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.
