Reuse of already uploaded images on Event Submit Page?

[Oliver]

Hi,

on our website most of the events are being created by our users.
They upload the events and an according image via the Event Submit page:
http://www.treffpunkt-jazz.de/events/community/add

Unfortunately this blows up the media library with the same images (10 events of one band = 10 equal images in the media library).

Is there a way to let the user select an existing picture (maybe a pop-up-window with the media library?) instead of only the option to upload a local picture, e.g. by changing the php-code?

Best regards,
Oliver

[Brook]

Howdy Oliver,

It’s nice to see you again. That’s a good question, one we asked our dev team a while back.

There are two major reasons why the WP Media Uploader, that you see on the backend, is not available in the Community form:

a) Security. The Media Uploader UI “doesn’t really provide much room for filtering capabilities”. Basically it will end up revealing too much about your site’s private files to random users.

b) The media uploader depends so much on admin JS, templates, etc. It is only ever meant to be loaded on the backend.

There has been some interest in us building our own version of the Media Uploader for the front-end community form, but that will represent a sizeable investment in time. We need to see a decent amount of user demand for it to make sense to invest all of that time.

Would you mind suggesting this as a feature on UserVoice so we can gaude demand for it? I know you have made some great suggestions in the past that are proving popular. Your Band Manager for instance is something we have repeatedly noticed and are looking into. We are very interested in implementing a more flexible organizer system that allows you to feature the groups responsible for the event. So whether it’s a Band, a Speaker, or an Organizer you could add attach one or more of them to an event and reuse them plus see all the other events they are attached to. The goal of this would be to satisfy your feature request, and some other less popular ones that are equally specific to Artists, Guest Speakers, etc.

Let me know if you have any question. Cheers!

– Brook

[Oliver]

Hi Brook,

thanks for your feedback.
I thought about a) and b) as well, but found maybe already some solutions.

Have a look here – I created a feature request and included some links to php code, which can be used as a basis:
https://tribe.uservoice.com/forums/195723-feature-ideas/suggestions/5422565-band-management

Regarding the band management:
has the development already started or is it still under review?

Best regards,
Oliver

• This reply was modified 10 years, 7 months ago by Oliver.

[Brook]

You’re welcome! Thanks for sharing the idea on there. Your stackoverflow link would definitely help with some of the security concerns. We’ll keep an eye on that topic, it’s already getting extra votes.

Regarding the band management: has the development already started or is it still under review?

We still have a few even more popular ideas we are tackling first before we can focus on truly solving band management. We added the ability to select multiple organizers already. But this would just be the first step towards a solution. Currently you could use a third party additional fields plugin tied in with extra organizers to accomplish much of what you were asking for, albeit in a round-about way.

Thanks again! Let me know if you have any more question.

Cheers!

– Brook

[Oliver]

Thanks for the hint with the plugin / extra field idea.
But I’ll wait until the band management will be available 😉

Best,
Oliver

[Brook]

Sounds good. Thanks for getting back. Since is resolved I’m going to archive the topic. Don’t hesitate to reach out again should you need anything else.

• Brook

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