Allow uploads to selected channels

[sydawn]

Hello

Does anyone know how to make the uploader only upload to specific channels only?

regards

[sydawn]

Its ok I managed to do it....

[mikesw15]

Can you tell me how you have done it please

[grynmoors]

Yes, if someone should have the same question, then they too will be able to know how to do it. It's important, folks, to post your solutions for others. Thanks! :)

[sydawn]

Well alot of people go solo here and I hear my voice echoing at times!! anyhows.

- I used the online version of the site. logged in, went to upload, saved that as a complete webpage.

- Went into an HTML editor, took the channels I needed, redesigned the look.

- Went to upload.tpl, removed the lines pertaining to the upload loop, replaced that with my predefined channel coding.

So it looks like this:



Works great.

I will edit this post with coding later today if anyone needs the format. You need to know your html but ultimately it`s not that bad. :D

[grynmoors]

Actually your idea is rather interesting and it might spark an idea for a project. I wonder if you'd be so kind to post the code.

I'm running with the idea of a "Contest" channel and have it so that people will only upload their contest entries to this channel (but not have the channel listed on the "channels" page [if it's possible to have hidden channels...I'll be doing a forum search to see if it can be done]) and have people vote for their favorite. Not sure yet how I'm going to work that out, but it's on the drawing board.

[sydawn]

Hello

Yes that can easily be done. Whats more is that the other channels still exist. What you could do is have even 2 separate upload pages (put one on a link in the add page function) and then have one of the pages have that link only, and the other page the other uploads and label the contest link exactly that "contest uploads"

<TR>
                                <TD vAlign=top width="223"><INPUT type=checkbox value=30 
                                name=chlist[]>Kingdom Hearts 2
<INPUT 
                                type=checkbox value=59 name=chlist[]>Anime / 
                                Manga
<INPUT 
                                type=checkbox value=75 name=chlist[]>Combo 
                                Videos
<INPUT type=checkbox value=79 
                                name=chlist[]>Resident evil 4 - Lorax 
                                footage
<INPUT type=checkbox value=6 
                                name=chlist[]>Music Videos
<INPUT 
                                type=checkbox value=4 name=chlist[]>Member 
                                Videos
</TD>
                                <td valign="top" width="284"><INPUT type=checkbox value=25 
                                name=chlist[]>Nartimate Accel
<INPUT 
                                type=checkbox value=27 name=chlist[]>King of 
                                Fighters Regulation A
<INPUT type=checkbox value=34 
                                name=chlist[]>Devil May Cry 4
<INPUT 
                                type=checkbox value=62 name=chlist[]>Virtua 
                                Fighter 5
<INPUT type=checkbox value=57 
                                name=chlist[]>Tekken 5 / 5 DR
<INPUT type=checkbox value=42 
                                name=chlist[]>Dead or Alive 4
</td>
                                                                    </TR>

As you can see, each channel has a code, so find the channels you want and insert them in the coding. Also not that my above coding is a two column list.

http://www.thehandvseye.com/upload.JPG

The actual site has 57 channels. By the way, have a look at my HEAVILY MODIFIED SITE

http://www.thehandvseye.com

I did all the mods, so if you need help on custom coding let me know.

Ciao

[grynmoors]

Wow your site is awesome.

Here's what I want to do. I want to have a channel called "Contest Entries". If I create the channel in the ACP (and I would have to do that so that it gets into the database) it will appear on the channels page. How do I keep it from appearing on the channels page? That's the part that has me stumped. I think my idea is a hair different than what you showed here, but VERY useful (I'll probably apply it in one way or another)...I think I'll start another thread or maybe make it a feature request.

[sydawn]

Hello

I answered this question and what i said will work. How will people upload to contest entries?

[grynmoors]

They will upload to the contest entries by using the method you posted. I just don't want the channel to appear on the channels list (which is a bit different than uploading to a selected channels).