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I am trying to find a way to let my client easily attach a file (say, a DOC, PDF) to a content page.
Its a technical site and he needs to post schematic diagrams in PDF, so people can download to see more details of the product. I saw that Drupal have a field when posting a new article "Attach new file:", than I can attach a file the way I said. There is something like that in CMSMS? Or maybe some way to use FileManager combined with something, because the way that works now, in a bit counterproductive and complicated for the average user. Something like the way we post images in catalage would be great. Or a a dropdown where we can chose the previous uploaded docs in FileManager.

I am using CMSMS in many sites; I voted for it in Packt’s Overall; I am spreading the word, convincing people to use it. But is getting very difficult to receive some help in the last days. I had two or three question that nobody answered, without solution. Of course, I know that I am not the only one in need of help and everybody is very busy, but I just would like to say that I am I bit frustrated. Even to say: "what you want, cant be done, try another CMS". Of course, I am exaggerating, but I prefer that answer than none.

Thank you for that great system,

adding an image, or a file to a content page in a nice convenient dropdown so that it can be templated on the front end is currently not a simple feat, though you can create a link to a file or an image with the wysiwyg editor.

If you would allow the user to type the name of the file, then it could be done with a one line content block.  But currently only content blocks can provide a gui on the edit content page.

Version 2.0 will have 'block types' so that we'll be able to have a 'file' and/or an 'image' block type, but we're not there yet.

Thank you calguy. I already thought about the one line content, but is very susceptible to mistakes.
I didnt know was so complicated to implement the dropdown solution. A am using Elijah solution to post images in news and I thought something like that, but for docs:
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 901.0.html

The wysiwyg editor (I am using FCK in this installation, TinyMCE didn't work, I asked for help, nobody help) only allow to upload images, and I need DOCs and PDFs.

Ok, I am still trying to find I better solution for that. If someone had implemented something similar, please, share with me.

I upgraded News to 2.6 and now we have the handy possibility to Add Field Definition and then upload files and images using a field and make a template to show it. This is exactly what we need in articles and what I mean when I open this topic. Will we have something like that in CMSMS 2.0?

block types will be possible in CMS 2.0, so it will just be dependant upon wether or not somebody implements a 'file' block