Question

Hi all, I have a brand-new Twiki 4.1.2 that I hope will save me weeks of work but my first 2/3 of a day haven't shown me the path. Perhaps you can see it immediately!

In brief, here is what I want to do. Each page is a "problem" (it is actually a mathematical optimization instance, but the details don't matter). When someone (anywhere in the world) finds a solution, s/he edits the page to announce their solution. They upload a file (probably a couple of megabytes) that proves they have found such a solution. Because anyone can announce a solution, it must be very easy to post (so solutions that involve user typing of things like %ATTACHURL% are right out). Over time there may be multiple (perhaps as many as 20 or 30) "solutions" on a page.

I had thought I could use the CommentPlugin with a suitable template, but the hard part is the file upload. Just using a form with a field type of "file" doesn't work, since the upload can't then be linked correctly in the output template (or can it be? I can' figure it out!).

While I doubt it will help much, http://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/wiki/bin/view.cgi/Main/GraphColoring gives an idea of what I am aiming for. Any thoughts on how best to achieve this (if at all possible)?

Mike

Environment

-- MichaelTrick - 28 May 2007

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

Not sure if possible, but a custom CommentPlugin template with FileUploadPlugin might help.

-- PeterThoeny - 29 May 2007

FormPlugin now offers the ability to upload files.

-- ArthurClemens - 13 Jun 2007