THERE. ;) http://instiki.org/show/FileUploads
using the instiki syntax [[file name here.jpg:pic]] Thanks for the developers for putting in this cool feature in 0.11. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eldon Nelson eldon_nelson :at: ieee :dot: org On 6/2/06, Tom Cloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I keep thinking about replies like this one - is this material now on > instiki.org? It really should be, don't you think? Why reply THERE, by > adding to the documentation, and the directing readers of this list to the > relevant page? Let's build the documentation base. > > Tom C. > > On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:07:44 -0700, Meindert Meindertsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > > I didn't know how to upload either, until I found out by accident > > today. Lucky me. So here's a recipe. > > > > Let's say your wiki is called "mywiki" and you want to upload an image > > "myFig.png". Create this (temporary) hyperlink in your wiki page: <a > > href="http:/mywiki/files/myFig.png">upload this</a> (or in Textile: > > "upload this":http:/mywiki/files/myFig.png). After submitting the > > page, click on the new link. If any myFig.png graphics comes up in > > your browser: bad luck, this file already exists on the server -- try > > another name. But when you're more fortunate, you'll get the upload > > page you longed for. Fill in the form (the original filename doen't > > have to be "myFig.png"), and your file will be transferred to the > > server -- actually to public/mywiki/files/ -- as myFig.png. Now you > > can remove the hyperlink from your wiki page and replace it by > > something like <img src="/mywiki/files/myFig.png" /> (in Textile: > > !/mywiki/files/myFig.png!), or whatever you want. > > > > There is a restriction. The destination *has* to be the mywiki/files/ > > folder. Any other location (like images/, > > mywiki/files/someSubdirectory/ or mywiki/somePeerdirectory/) won't > > invoke the upload page. > > > > This worked for me on Windows 2000 + Ruby 1.8.4 + Instiki 0.11.0 + > > WEBrick, and I guess it will work for anyone using Instiki 0.11.0. > > > > Meindert Meindertsma. > > > > Quoting "Lucas, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> I am setting up several wikis to try to help collect some HOWTO info for > >> our staff, and love the simplicity and speed of Instiki, it is a great > >> product, my first foray into playing with a RoR app. > >> > >> However, no matter how I try to search and read the documentation on > >> file uploads in Instiki, I can't get this feature working. > >> > >> I set the file limit in the Web Settings to 1 GB to test without > >> limitations. > >> > >> I followed the small example on FileUploads page on instiki.org by > >> placing the location of the file I want uploaded in brackets. > >> > >> I have Instiki running on a local webserver, proxied to the outside > >> world via Apache. I've tried to point the upload files link to a file > >> straight off my local machine to see if it uploads to the web server but > >> that doesn't work. Does Instiki have a file upload module somewhere, do > >> i have to give permissions to the /files dir? (I am running Apache > >> webserver on a Windows Server box, with Ruby 1.84 installed). > >> > >> I even ftp'd a file to the /files subdir and still can't get a clean > >> link. When I ftp the file directly, then add [[filename.pdf:file]] the > >> result is a highlighted link for a page that doesn't exist, but if I > >> click the question mark to create it, then the PDF in the /files dir > >> opens. Have I missed some config setting somewhere. I know instiki.org > >> has the FileUpload page on the TODO list, but I'm getting frustrated not > >> being able to sort it out on my own. Everything else with this > >> application is so simple and straightforward, I'm sure I'm staring at > >> the solution but just haven't grokked. it. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -Mike > >> Michael Lucas > >> Web Manager > >> MVRPC > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Instiki-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/instiki-users > > > > -- > > ================================================ > Tom Cloyd, MS MA, LMHC > Private practice Psychotherapist > Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 > << TC.BestMindHealth.com / BestMindHealth.com >> > << [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > ================================================ > _______________________________________________ > Instiki-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/instiki-users > _______________________________________________ Instiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/instiki-users
