Hi All,
I'm still very happy to provide my ever growing collection of schematics and service manuals for free download to the diy community
www.audio-circuit.dk
However it has become a very time consuming project to keep the free download list updated, so I was hoping that some in the diy community has more knowledge to Joomla webpages than I have.
Is there a Plugin/Extension to Joomla 1.5.6 where all files in a specific folder (in this case the folder containing schematics and service manuals) will be listed on a page and from where they can be downloaded directly by a visitor. Is there a Plugin/Extension where I just have to upload the files to a folder, and then they are Public without me having to place a "link" to each file. All my schematics and service manuals are PDFs.
Any help appreciated, as I want still be able to offer this service for the community.
Thanks in advance
I'm still very happy to provide my ever growing collection of schematics and service manuals for free download to the diy community
www.audio-circuit.dk
However it has become a very time consuming project to keep the free download list updated, so I was hoping that some in the diy community has more knowledge to Joomla webpages than I have.
Is there a Plugin/Extension to Joomla 1.5.6 where all files in a specific folder (in this case the folder containing schematics and service manuals) will be listed on a page and from where they can be downloaded directly by a visitor. Is there a Plugin/Extension where I just have to upload the files to a folder, and then they are Public without me having to place a "link" to each file. All my schematics and service manuals are PDFs.
Any help appreciated, as I want still be able to offer this service for the community.
Thanks in advance
Hi Jan,
My solution for you is not Joomla! based. I like Joomla! to and it would be nice if there was one that would pop right into your site perfectly. There might be but I dont know of it. Here is a good one for your needs though.
pafiledb
This is easy to implement and easy to figure out how to use. A few hours and you will know all you need to know. Users will have an easy time as well. I like the ability to nest files and folders and the option for a log in as well as the fact that it keeps track of how many times its downloaded, passwords, great file descriptions, ability to let others be administrators with limited rights.
Check it out I think its fantastic.
Uriah
My solution for you is not Joomla! based. I like Joomla! to and it would be nice if there was one that would pop right into your site perfectly. There might be but I dont know of it. Here is a good one for your needs though.
pafiledb
This is easy to implement and easy to figure out how to use. A few hours and you will know all you need to know. Users will have an easy time as well. I like the ability to nest files and folders and the option for a log in as well as the fact that it keeps track of how many times its downloaded, passwords, great file descriptions, ability to let others be administrators with limited rights.
Check it out
I think its fantastic.Uriah
I use GoDaddy for hosting. It automatically installs for me from their applications page. I cant find it anywhere on the net now. Seems like a problem with hackers may have put the pafiledb project on hold or maybe just completely done.
I found this
http://owl.anytimecomm.com/
If you go to 'demo owl' and then choose 'lite' you will see a page with a folder in it. Click the folder, it opens, it has a pdf in it. So you could have multiple folders even with folders inside them to keep things organized and concise. Then people could drill down to the schematic they want, or whatever file you are hosting, and download it.
http://owl.anytimecomm.com/demo-owl/demo-owl-ul.html
It looks more complicated than pafiledb to be sure and I have not used it but it seems that on www.sourceforge.org it is a VERY popular PHP Document Manager, which is what I think you probably want. As long as you can generate MySQL databases or your host will install it for you if its not already there. Usually these programs when installed will generate the MySQL databases themselves and its generally pretty easy. I dont know with this one. Let me take a quick check for Joomla! stuff that might fit the bill.
Uriah
I found this
http://owl.anytimecomm.com/
If you go to 'demo owl' and then choose 'lite' you will see a page with a folder in it. Click the folder, it opens, it has a pdf in it. So you could have multiple folders even with folders inside them to keep things organized and concise. Then people could drill down to the schematic they want, or whatever file you are hosting, and download it.
http://owl.anytimecomm.com/demo-owl/demo-owl-ul.html
It looks more complicated than pafiledb to be sure and I have not used it but it seems that on www.sourceforge.org it is a VERY popular PHP Document Manager, which is what I think you probably want. As long as you can generate MySQL databases or your host will install it for you if its not already there. Usually these programs when installed will generate the MySQL databases themselves and its generally pretty easy. I dont know with this one. Let me take a quick check for Joomla! stuff that might fit the bill.
Uriah
Ah, some nice stuff for Joomla!
http://www.phoca.cz/download
basically this page is a usable demo of how the software would work if you were a visitor to your site. I like it. Bit flashy though.
This is also a bit flashy and I wish it were more compact. Maybe you can do that on the backend, or perhaps there are skins for it.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/7967/details
I like it though.
Nice as well as far as I can tell from the backend description. Not much info on what the end user will see.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/5021/details
This one.. Remository.. looks great. So far my favorite. Drilling down is really easy and when you get to the final folder there is easy to read descriptions of each file.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/83/details
Ah, this is nice. Basic. Easy. Concise. No Nonsense and no support as well. But the files are not taking up so much space on the page.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/686/details
This could be the easiest one. Just put folders and files on your server and show them to this Joomla! app and it will allow users to access those files. Might be easily hacked though, not sure.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/6125/details
Uriah
http://www.phoca.cz/download
basically this page is a usable demo of how the software would work if you were a visitor to your site. I like it. Bit flashy though.
This is also a bit flashy and I wish it were more compact. Maybe you can do that on the backend, or perhaps there are skins for it.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/7967/details
I like it though.
Nice as well as far as I can tell from the backend description. Not much info on what the end user will see.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/5021/details
This one.. Remository.. looks great. So far my favorite. Drilling down is really easy and when you get to the final folder there is easy to read descriptions of each file.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/83/details
Ah, this is nice. Basic. Easy. Concise. No Nonsense and no support as well. But the files are not taking up so much space on the page.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/686/details
This could be the easiest one. Just put folders and files on your server and show them to this Joomla! app and it will allow users to access those files. Might be easily hacked though, not sure.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-&-documentation/downloads/6125/details
Uriah
jx list files
Does anyone know the correct way to define this path?
I keep getting this:
Error: Directory path specified is not a directory: http://www.audio-circuit.dk/Schematics
Does anyone know the correct way to define this path?
I keep getting this:
Error: Directory path specified is not a directory: http://www.audio-circuit.dk/Schematics
You are now working on the server side of things so unless you are embedding a link your address will refer to files on the harddrive relative to the hard drive. So you might say Crograms/adobe/adobereader/help.pdf or something similar. Also you can assume that it will be already working within the directory it is installed in so you can for instance refer to a pdf that is in a folder named "amps" that is in a folder named "projects" that is in the Joomla! main folder. So you might say projects/amps/xx.pdf
Here is one question/answer that might help
http://www.jxdevelopment.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,68/func,view/catid,5/id,5588/
rograms/adobe/adobereader/help.pdf or something similar. Also you can assume that it will be already working within the directory it is installed in so you can for instance refer to a pdf that is in a folder named "amps" that is in a folder named "projects" that is in the Joomla! main folder. So you might say projects/amps/xx.pdfHere is one question/answer that might help
http://www.jxdevelopment.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,68/func,view/catid,5/id,5588/
Nice job Jan!
I was just checking out GoDaddy to see what pricing was. Its 4.99 a month for Linux Basic package and less if you sign for a contract. Their bandwidth limits are awesome. Mine allows 500GB transfer ! :O
SO you would be able to use Joomla! and pafiledb since they install it for you. Super helpful customer service to.
I look forward to your new file serving format!
Uriah
I was just checking out GoDaddy to see what pricing was. Its 4.99 a month for Linux Basic package and less if you sign for a contract. Their bandwidth limits are awesome. Mine allows 500GB transfer ! :O
SO you would be able to use Joomla! and pafiledb since they install it for you. Super helpful customer service to.
I look forward to your new file serving format!
Uriah
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