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[SOLVED] Best way for unregistered users to upload photos

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:21 am
by Yogibear
Hi Everyone,

I am working on a travel site. I want to allow users to upload photos of their holidays to share with others in their group when their holiday is finished.

I would like there to be some moderation, so that only 'respectable' photos can be displayed.

I understand that I could use FEU to make this happen but I would rather avoid forcing users to login - I want to make it as easier and hassle-free as possible for the users to upload photos.

Ideally I would like to use something that works exactly like CGFeedback, but which also allows photos to be uploaded and moderated, and only published when the Moderator allows it.

I have looked at the Uploads module and also JQuery File Upload but it doesn't look like either of these will provide moderation.

So I am after some advice on what the best direction to go is:

Should I try adding to CGFeedback so it allows image uploads?

Or is there some way I can add moderation to Uploads or JQUery File Uploads?

Any thoughts or insight gratefully received.

Re: The best way to allow unregistered users to upload photo

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:14 pm
by Dr.CSS
I would look at News or CGBlog as they both allow front end submit, News may have this option removed now or in the future...

[SOLVED] Re: The best way to allow unregistered users to upl

Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 2:00 pm
by Yogibear
Thanks Dr.CSS. CGBlog didnt seem quite right for my needs.

I have decided to use Uploads and the way that I am enforcing some moderation is to create a 'Holding' category within the Uploads module - any file that is uploaded goes into that category (which is not displayed on the Front End). The admin then gets an email to tell them that a file has been uploaded. Then the admin can login to CMSMS and if the photo is OK, move the uploaded photo to the correct category which will then be displayed for that particular tour.