| file manager improvements [message #18102] |
Sat, 08 May 2004 07:02  |
lahoo
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Registered: April 2004
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This message is primarily intended for the developers but I would be glad if you, fellow user, would share your thoughts as well.
Managing forum files (themes, templates, translations, etc.) when running FUD under safe_mode is really inconvenient since I'm forced to use the iuilt-in file manager.
What are the plans for improving the file manager?
My WSP uses H-sphere for their product offering and control panel. H-sphere has a really nice web-based file manager. Unfortunatly I cannot use it to manage the directory where FUD is installed due to httpd ownership of all files and directories.
So, what I'd really like to see in the FUD file manager is:
- Download action for directories. Downloading a directory should put all the contents of that directory structure into an archive (.zip/.tar.gz/whatever) and send the archive file to the client.
- Archive file upload. Analogous with downloading whole directories. When the archive has been uploaded the user shall see a side-by-side comparison of the current contents on the server and that in the archive. Only parts (files/directories) of the archive contents selected will be overwritten. A diff function for files would be nice to have here.
- View action on files. For all files other than images send the contents as text/plain.
- Edit action for non-binary files. It would be of great convenience if given the possibility to edit the contents of a file by displaying it in a big <textarea> and then quickly posting it back.
- Diff - when diff is chosen for a text file the user shall be prompted for a file to upload and the result shall be a diff of the two files.
- Patch - when patch is chosen for a text file the user shall be prompted for a file to upload and the result shall be a preview of the patch file applied to the current file. Accepting this pacth result shall replace the file chosen.
- Easier replaceing of files. If I want to replace a file today I, at the top of the page, have to select which file to upload and what name it shall have once uploaded. It would be way much more convenient to also have a action "replace" for files. The user wanting to replace a file woud then locate the file in the list, click replace, get to a file uplad page and there select the file to upload. This behaviour is way more intuitive and user friendly than what's possible today. Maybe it would be nice to have a side-by-side preview and/or diff output prior to accepting the new file to replace the current one.
Please give me feedback on what you think of these suggestions.
The directory/archive download/upload feature would be really nice since it would allow safe_mode users to back up and restore all the forum files.
Maybe there's such file managers available under GPL out there. If so it would not require too much develompement efforts.
For another example containing some of the functionality above see http://webftp.php.maxg.info/
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