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Olzik

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Some Comments - 2008/04/10 22:37 First of all thank you for an excellent download repository module. This is the best I have ever seen.

Just a few points that would be a benefit I believe to many people.

1. Add the following file formats to the upload lists: (odt, odc, odp, odg). These are the file formats of OpenOffice and I am sure that many people would appreciate it to be there by default. Especially since we operate in a FOSS environment.

2. If there is only one container (as it will be on my web site could it be made possible to go from the menu directly to the list of files, please. It would make it so much easier for such an application. I realised that many only have one container since they specialize on what they offer for download.

3. Would it be possible to suppress the display of the icon for upload entirely when the user has no right to upload, please. It would be better thatn to say "Submit denied - admin only." it would make for a cleaner interface.

4. Next and here I migth speak from total ignorance but I don't use RSS feeds at all. (I might be behind the moon, but so it is.) Would it be possible to have the option of suppressing the display of the RSS feed icon and text, please. There are for example two RSS icons on the file list display. If it can not be omitted could it be reduced to one only, please

5. Finally since I don't have many files I offer for download would it be possible to make it a user choice to switch of the search repository icon and text, please. Again it would just be nice to have less on the screen.

Now in closing let me say I am not demanding, it is such a great component already. Because of that I have made these comments. I have great respect for those who develop these components. I realy appreciate it. Thanks a million again for such a good job. Really it is so stable, so easy to use, so easy to understand and so well behaved. Again many thanks.

Post edited by: mjung, at: 2008/04/10 21:38
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admin

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Re:Some Comments - 2008/04/11 15:45 Good points, and thanks for your kind comments.

1. Agreed - I've changed the code ready for the next release.

2. This can be quite easily achieved by making a small alternation to c-classes/remository_select_Controller.php. Alter the code starting from around line 19 so that it reads:
Code:

      function select($func) {         $interface =& remositoryInterface::getInstance();         require_once ($this->admin->v_classes_path.'remositoryFileListHTML.php');         if ('select' == $func AND $this->idparm) {             $container $this->createContainer ();             if (!$this->repository->See_Containers_no_download AND !$container->isDownloadable($this->remUser)) {                 echo "<span class='remositorymessage'>"._DOWN_RESTRICTED_WARN.'</span>';                    return;             }         }         else $container =& new remositoryContainer();         if ('select' == $func$subfolders $container->getVisibleChildren($this->remUser);         else $subfolders = array();         if ('select' == $func AND $this->idparm == AND count($subfolders) == 0) {             echo "<span class='remositorymessage'>"._DOWN_NO_VISITOR_CATS.'</span>';             return;         }         if (!$this->idparm AND == count($subfolders)) {             $container $subfolders[0];             $subfolders $container->getVisibleChildren($this->remUser);         }         if ($container->windowtitle$interface->SetPageTitle($container->windowtitle);         elseif ($container->name$interface->SetPageTitle($container->name);         $page remositoryRepository::getParam($_REQUEST'page'1);


and Remository will go straight into the top level container if it is the only one.

3-5. You're quite right that extra flexibility would be good - my only real concern is that the configuration interface gets too complicated
Martin Brampton aka Counterpoint
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roland76

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Re:Some Comments - 2008/04/13 19:34 Hello,

thanks for the new versions!!

I think 3-5 would be good to implement.

You can make an extra tab in backend "Forntend view" with this options enabled/disable RSS, Submit, Search .

Best wishes Roland
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