Although you will not have noticed it yet because of the permissions we have currently set here on XenForo.com, there has been work behind the scenes on the attachment system for 1.1...
Really nice to see attachments in the PM system, thanks for adding this. This is one of the single most useful features as anyone who has tried to send a PM to someone with a PDF file for example, will know. It makes life SO much easier especially if you regularly send PDFs to members (in my case, invoices for advertising).
Am thinking it would be nice if a user could also view their own attachments, so that they could delete themselves or re attach to other posts, conversations?
This might be a stupid question, but what the hell. I'll ask it anyway. If you click into the attachment image for a private conversation would you be able to view the whole conversation or just that post.
Am thinking it would be nice if a user could also view their own attachments, so that they could delete themselves or re attach to other posts, conversations?
I agree. Biggest thing for me is the ability to reuse the attachments elsewhere. This would then mean less duplication on the server from our point of view, and I would guess in a good many cases remove the need for a gallery if done in this way. My suggestion would be:
User Popup to show and select a previously used attachment to use in a new post
A new tab within every users profile showing their attachments, filterable by type.
This takes the user gallery idea one step further. It allows more filetypes and doesnt detach it from the community because these files have actually come from content within the community itself.
Am thinking it would be nice if a user could also view their own attachments, so that they could delete themselves or re attach to other posts, conversations?
I did not liked this much, depending of the Forum people in some use the Upload system, in others they barely use it. But it would be helpfull for have a better view of the files hosted on the forum.
Feature request for forum members' use:
"Search Attachments" tab option in http://xenforo.com/community/search/ with an "Attached by Member:" type-in box.
Very nice, this is a great tool. I'd like to have the attachment permissions expand so guests can see images but not files to be downloaded. I upload all my images through posts for news and would like guest to see these but have a problem with them being able to download without registering.