1 Overview
Name / Info | Flash Uploader | Flash Fallback Uploader | WebDAV | PHP Legacy Uploader | Aloha gcnfileupload plugin |
Multifile Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Backend Technology | REST API | REST API | WebDAV | PHP | REST API |
Frontend Technology | Flash | Javascript | WebDAV | Static HTML | Javascript |
FUM Support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Upload Limit | 250 MB | – | – | – | – |
2 Flash Uploader
The Flash Uploader requires Flash. The Flash Fallback Uploader will be used if flash is not provided by the browser.
Feature:
$FEATURE["multifileupload"] = true;
The fallback uploader can be enforced by enabling the following feature:
$FEATURE["alwaysfileuploadfallback"] = true;
3 FUM (File Uploader Manipulator)
The FUM is a user-API which allows intercepting the file upload process. This enables a custom implementation to modify the upload data or check it and reject the upload. Possible applications are video conversion and virus checks.
4 General Gentics Content.Node Settings
$MAX_FILESIZE = "64M";
For information about the upload limit
5 Allowed characters
a-z A-Z 0-9 _ , . - ( ) [ ] { } $
All other characters shall be replaced with _ automatically.
Characters replaced automatically:
ö = oe Ö = Oe ü = ue Ü = Ue ä = ae Ä = Ae ß = ss
The total character limit for a filename is 64 characters. Any longer filename will be trimmed to the maximum length of 64 characters.
6 Default Upload Folders
It is possible to define default upload folders for images and files (separately) per node in the node properties dialog.
The default upload folders will be used
- When a user creates a new image/file out of the tagfill dialog (when filling a part of type URL (File) or URL (image).
- When a user uploads a new image/file using Aloha Editor (while setting a link).
The default upload folders will not be used
- When a user uploads files/images in the tagfill dialog using a part of type Folder (Upload).
- When a user creates a new image/file in the backend after selecting a specific folder and clicking on New|Image or New|File in the main menu.