Good day,

This phpBB3 Tutorial is about everything related to Attachments.

It will go into the Attachment settings, permissions, and any other options out there. Just follow the tutorial Step-by-Step and you'll know everything there is to know!

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[1] Go to your Board Index.

[2] Click on Administration Control Panel (ACP) link at the bottom of your Board Index, Re-Authenticate Yourself and click on Proceed to the ACP.

[3] Make sure you're using the Advanced Admin Panel, which can be selected in the upper right corner of the ACP.

[4] Head over to the Posting tab, here you will find the Attachments menu on the left side.

[5] Click on Attachment Settings (these are the same settings you can set in General tab » Board Configuration » Attachment Settings) and set everything to your liking.

[x] Everything in the Attachment Settings is pretty self-explanatory. Do note that there is a 5MiB maximum file size limit, this can not be changed by setting it to '0'. If you upgrade to Premium Service this limit is raied to 10MB per attachment.

[6] Now let's have a look in the Attachment Settings, subsection Image category settings, as these might be a little more complicated.


[x] Display images inline:
If set to No image attachments will show as a link.

This will either show the image attached as an actual image or have a link to the a pop up that shows the image then.

[x] Create thumbnail:
Create a thumbnail in all possible situations.

A thumbnail is a smaller, preview image, which you can click to enlarge it.

[x] Maximum thumbnail width in pixel:
A generated thumbnail will not exceed the width set here.

This sets the maximum width of the thumbnail.

[x] Minimum thumbnail file size:
Do not create a thumbnail for images smaller than this.

[x] Maximum image dimensions:
Maximum size of image attachments. Set both values to 0px by 0px to disable dimension checking.

[x] Image link dimensions:
Display image attachment as an inline text link if image is larger than this. To disable this behaviour, set the values to 0px by 0px.

If the image is larger than the height and width defined in here, it will be displayed as a link, which will take you to a pop up showing the image. The first value is the width, the second value is the height.

[7] Now go to the Manage Extensions. In here you can add or delete any extension. Most of them are already in there, so have a thorough look through it before adding them. You can also change the category they are in.


[8] Next up is the Manage Extensions Groups. In here you can create, delete or edit the categories. We will leave the deleting and creating aside, as it is pretty clear. Besides that, you should not really need it nor touch it. Now the editing part is important, because in there you are able to allow extensions groups to be used in certain or all forums. First you will have to tick the 'Allowed' box and then you can also select the forums you want. You can also define which extensions from the group you want your users to be able to use. The other options are pretty self-explanatory again.

[9] Now it is time for the Orphaned Attachments. Here you are able to see orphaned files. This happens mostly if users are attaching files but not submitting the post. You are able to delete the files or attach them to existing posts. Attaching to posts requires a valid post ID, you have to determine this ID by yourself. This will assign the already uploaded attachment to the post you entered. This pretty much explains it all. It are attachments that do not have a post to which it belongs and thus orphaned. You can find the Post ID by going to the post, and before the actual Post Title (every post on a forum has a title, by default it is RE: Topic Title) there is a small image, hovering over it will show the link of that post, which has the post ID in it, you can also click the image and the actual link will show up in your URL Bar. It is the ID behind the p=, or behind the #p. For example either: p=12345 or #p12345. Then 12345 is the post ID.

[10] Now you know everything there is to know about Attachment Settings. Next up are the Permissions.

[11] Head over to the Permissions tab.

[12] Now we've got Global Permissions and Forum-based Permissions. It's for you to choose how you set it up, I am just showing what permissions regarding attachments there are. Where you have to choose for yourself, I am going to leave it as a ".." to indicate you have to make this choice yourself. The "Select type:" part is from the drop down box, where you can swap between different permission sets.

Global Permissions » .. » Select user/group » Select type: User Permissions » Advanced Permissions » Posting » Can attach files
Global Permissions » .. » Select user/group » Select type: User Permissions » Advanced Permissions » Private Messages » Can attach files in private messages
Global Permissions » .. » Select user/group » Select type: Admin Permissions » Advanced Permissions » Posting » Can alter attachment related settings

Forum Based Permissions » .. » Select forum/group » Select type: Forum Permissions » Advanced Permissions » Content » Can attach files

[13] Now you know everything there is to know about Attachments in general!

I hope this tutorial helped you out. If you have any tips, thoughts, addons or questions, feel free to post. Do note that you're best off posting your support questions in the Support Forum.

Regards,

thanks for the tutorial, hopefully you can help me with image problem im having. we are a photography print on demand forum and want to put sample images up ( maximum 1mb ) which is fine. however when you click image it opens up full size which we dont want, is there a way to either not have the image clickable and open in a new window or limit it to say max 480px when you click the thumbnail

Hello,

The only solution that comes to mind when hearing your problem, is resizing the image yourself and and post it like that, either in the [img]-tag or as an attachment, but you will have to resize it yourself. Because if you either use the normal Image Attachment Settings or the mod called 'Image Resizer', they resize the image for you but the image remains clickable to see it full size. This can not be changed. This is just how a thumbnail works, a thumbnail is a 'small preview', on which you can click to enlarge it.

So I am afraid there is not real way around it then resizing it yourself and then uploading it.

Regards,

ok thanks i thought the reizer resticted the option of the clickable full size image and not just the thumbnail.. ok thanks for prompt reposnse back to drawing board.. i guess theres no way to make the thumbnail non clickable either and as its a reisized full image even then people can still grab it.. oh welll will have to set some permissions up for it.

Hello,

Yeah, what you want to achieve is a MOD, but you have to be on Advanced Hosting for that, you can do something like a Watermark on all images on your forum, that is something you're looking for right?

Here: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1929915

Regards,

This is just how a thumbnail works, a thumbnail is a 'small preview', on which you can click to enlarge it.