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Drupal 7 Media

You're reading from   Drupal 7 Media Integrate, implement, and extend rich media resources such as images, videos, and audio on your Drupal 7 website with this book and ebook

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849516082
Length 260 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Liran Tal Liran Tal
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Multiple file uploads


We've been using the Media module as a very integral part of building our rich media content website, and while it does provide a rich user experience, it has its shortcomings, and it's not a full blown solution.

We will examine how to add multiple files upload support across a Drupal website, thus providing better user experience for site builders as well as the site's user audience.

Multiple file uploads for site administrators

When we are mostly dealing with user experience and functionality, it's easy to forget the fact that you, the site builder and administrator, are a user too and should also benefit from better experience.

As site administrators we are able to upload media by navigating to Content | Files (/admin/content/file) and adding files to our site's media library, but clicking on the Add file link would only allow us to upload files one by one.

To resolve that, we can make use of the plupload library and its Drupal integration module. For the library, surf...

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