Picture Delete and Remame Facility

[richlewt]

Hi
My client is using snippetmaster to maintain his stock for a motorcycle business. He basically uploads photos and edits description of his bikes.
The upload directory is not getting full of old photos. Is there anyway that a Delete/Rename facility could be added to the image Insert/Edit window with restrictions on the file types and directorys that this would function on.? This would mean he could do some basic maintenance.
Great piece of software.

[danno]

Yeah, I second that. I recently made the suggestion to Henri to add a quota system

http://www.snippetmaster.com/forums/index.php/topic,941.0.html

and he said he'd try to implement it in the next few weeks. I went ahead and purchased the Pro Version based on his statement and started building my sites around SnippetMaster. I must say, I am very impressed! But I, too, need users to be able to delete files they uploaded. No good having a quota if they can't manage that space. I hope Henri is including this in the quota system he is working on.

[admin]

I will definately try.  It might be very basic at first...    (ie: Not very fancy looking.)

What I'm thinking is just to add a red "x" beside each file that is listed when they are browing for images.  Then, they can click the red "x" if they want to delete the file. 

I would then, eventually, add more features to it.. such as ability to rename, mass delete, etc...  but for now, I just want to get out the basic functionality to do quota and delete.  Maybe also rename, but that one is a bit trickier since it requires more user interaction.

[richlewt]

Sounds good, I think that will be great to get me going. I hadnt noticed just how many redundant photos my client wasnt using anymore.

[admin]

Ok.. quick question for you guys.

I just finished the actual ability to delete files that are listed in the file browser.  (Works great!)

Now.. I am looking for how best to make this feature available within SnippetMaster.  (ie: Who should be able to use it.)

I definately will add a new option to the Upload Group setup area, like this:

Allow user to delete files in Upload Locations belonging to this Upload Group? [] yes  [] no

What I would like to know... is if you think each USER should be able to 'override' the setting in the Upload Group.  Or is that just too complicated and not really needed?

For example, let's say you have an Upload Group that has "delete" permissions DENIED.

So you could potentially then be able to still allow individual USERS (if they are specifically enabled) to delete files.. even though the delete function is disabled in the Upload Group.

Is that too complicated and confusing?  Would it just be better to ONLY have the "yes or no" option in the Upload Group?  (So if Upload Group option is NO, then nobody will be able to delete files, unless it's enabled in a different upload group, etc..)

Let me know what you think.

[danno]

I don't think it's necessary to assign if each USER should be able to 'override' the setting in the Upload Group. Just setting it at the group level would be fine. Perhaps it can be set so Power Users and above have delete rights? That way you could make one user a Power User to handle deleting of files if you didn't want all users to have this ability (set in group settings).

[admin]

Ahh.. that's a good idea.

I will make it so that Admin and Super users always have the ability to delete files.

For Power and Super users, the ability to delete files will be determined by the "yes/no" setting in their User Profile.  I think that is a better way (more flexible) to do it then putting this option in the Upload Group.  I can always add that as another option later.. but I can see more people wanting to turn this on/off on a "per person" basis, then on a "per upload group" basis.

How does that sound?

On a side note, do you think it's worth giving ability to rename files? I think I can do this with a javascript popup to ask for the new filename.  The permissions would be the same... always on for Power/Super users, and then determined by their user profile for the Power/Regular users.

Let me know.

[richlewt]

Hi
I would prefer just having the ability to assign simple delete status to a regular user. I have cut back most of the functionality for my regular user so that he cant mess up the pages but he does need to be able to delete images when they are no longer available. If I make him a super user etc I am giving him too much control. I want to keep the everything i.e. what folders he see's, what buttons he uses as simple as possible. Would it not be possible to set the delete function against a users name?


"On a side note, do you think it's worth giving ability to rename files? I think I can do this with a javascript popup to ask for the new filename.  The permissions would be the same... always on for Power/Super users, and then determined by their user profile for the Power/Regular users.

Let me know."

Why I requested filenaming was because he was taking default filenames created by his digital camera and uploading those i.e. DCM123434xx - does not mean much. I know you could rename prior to uploading but its nice having made the mistake to at least change the file name or delete it.

[danno]

Regular users should have an on/off setting for deleting files. Power and Super Users should always have the ability to delete files. If you are making a user a Power User that can edit all snippets it seems they should also have the ability to delete files. I think most people are setting up Regular Users and are only concerned about turning their ability to delete files on and off.

As far as renaming files, I don't think that is necessary if they can be given the ability to delete and upload again. Just my 2 cents.

You know, the more I think about this - why can't the delete option be tied to the upload setting? - ie. if you allow someone to upload then by default I would think you would want them to be able to delete as well. I'm not so sure there is even a need for an "allow to delete" setting.

[admin]

Regular users should have an on/off setting for deleting files. Power and Super Users should always have the ability to delete files. If you are making a user a Power User that can edit all snippets it seems they should also have the ability to delete files. I think most people are setting up Regular Users and are only concerned about turning their ability to delete files on and off.

I have no completed this functionality and it will be included in the new version I will release either tomorrow or Monday.

Admin & Super users can always delete and rename.
Power & Regular users can only delete and rename if the "file management" option is enabled for them.

If permission is enabled, then they can delete/rename files in any of their Upload Groups.

As far as renaming files, I don't think that is necessary if they can be given the ability to delete and upload again. Just my 2 cents.

You know, the more I think about this - why can't the delete option be tied to the upload setting? - ie. if you allow someone to upload then by default I would think you would want them to be able to delete as well. I'm not so sure there is even a need for an "allow to delete" setting.

The problem is that many users might be assigned to the same upload group... and not all of them should have ability to delete, etc.  There's lots of ways to manage the abilities, but I think it makes most sense to "tie it" with the User's profile.

Anyway... let me know what you guys think once the new version is released. 

[danno]

Sounds like a great setup. I'll post feedback once I test it out. How's the quota system coming? Am I able to limit total uploads for a user or group?

Sorry - I posted here before reading the other thread

http://www.snippetmaster.com/forums/index.php/topic,941.0.html

I see you are on top of things like usual. Thanks for the great support!!

[richlewt]

Thanks Henri for making the mods I requested. Tried it out last night and the rename/delete facility works a treat and is simple to use and set up. Great piece of software, well done.