I had a customer who did something I thought a bit strange, but perhaps it makes sense for you. You apparently also have the FileField module.

This customer had a content type (I know you said you didn't want one, but bear with me) that was only for doing uploads. They would use this type, which specified a directory, to upload a few files (or even one), and copy the files path as it gets displayed, wherever they needed the actual file included. That content type was never displayed anywhere, it was only for uploads so they could know the path.

With this technique, they don't need any fancy access control because the system already gives them role-based access to create, etc. They didn't need any other special directory control or settings, because that's built into FileField. And they certainly didn't need the dreaded FTP access. And with a nicely worded title, they could easily find it again if they needed to refresh their mind about what the file path was. And it prevented them from uploading the same file every time they needed to use it.

As I said, I thought it a bit silly when I encountered it, but thinking about your request, it seems that it really was a pretty good solution to their needs. And maybe yours.

Nancy  Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

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From: Wipe_Out

I want to create a page that will allow particular roles to simply upload a .pdf file to a configured directory on the server.. I have content_access installed so access control shouldn't be a problem..

What I am not sure how to do is create the field on the page for the upload and tell it where to save the file..

I have the plupload module loaded

IMHO, the most simple and easiest way to do this is to use a content type with 1 file upload field. You can specify in the CCK field settings which directory the file will go. You can even use http://drupal.org/project/auto_nodetitle to remove the need to add a node title. Then you give those roles permission to create a node of that type.

Setup time: approximately 5 minutes.

Michelle

On 10/5/2011 2:25 AM, Wipe_Out wrote:

Hi,

I am far from the worlds greatest programmer so not at all sure how to do this..

I want to create a page that will allow particular roles to simply upload a .pdf file to a configured directory on the server.. I have content_access installed so access control shouldn't be a problem..

What I am not sure how to do is create the field on the page for the upload and tell it where to save the file..

I have the plupload module loaded for use with the media module to create a gallery.. So since this is there already the ultimate would be to use this in a page but have the uploaded files go where I want them rather than the default Drupal files directory.. If this is quite complicated though I would be happy with a simple field that I can choose a file and hit upload..

I don't really need a content type for this because I only need the one page so really just looking for a way to put code directly into a page without breaking something badly.. :)

Code examples most appreciated.. :)

TIA