Plugin Files

Use this wiki plugin, introduced in Tiki3, to display a list of files like in a file gallery listing. You can also create a link to a slideshow of images in a file gallery.
The files can identified by their:

  • ID
  • gallery
  • category
  • gallery and category

Requirements

Regarding permissions:

  • The file gallery must be visible by the user in order for the file to be listed or displayed
  • A category with a permission on a file has no effect

Parameters

List files by ID, gallery or category, or show a slideshow of image files
Introduced in Tiki 3.
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Preferences required: feature_file_galleries, wikiplugin_files

Parameters Accepted Values Description Default Since
(body of plugin) Title for the file listing, or the link text when slideshow="y"
creator Show only files created by this user 5.0
galleryId
separator: :		 To list only files contained in these file galleries (multiple IDs separated by colon).
Or enter a username for user files (hint: enter for current logged-in user).		 3.0
max int Number of rows (default: -1 = all) -1 7.1
recursive (blank)
y
n		 Recursive y 8.0
showcreator (blank)
y
n		 Show the username of the user who is the creator of the file (not shown by default) n 3.0
showdescription (blank)
y
n		 Show the description of the file given upon upload into the file gallery (shown by default except in slide show). Set to Yes (y) to show as a caption in a slide show. y 3.0
showfilename (blank)
y
n		 Show each file's filename (shown by default except in slide show). Set to Yes (y) to show as a caption in a slide show. y 3.0
showid (blank)
y
n		 Show the ID number of each file (shown by default) y 3.0
showicon (blank)
y
n		 Show the file-type icon for each file n 3.0
showlasteditor (blank)
y
n		 Show the username of the user who last modified the file (shown by default) y 5.0
showmodified (blank)
y
n		 Show the date each file was last modified (shown by default) y 3.0
showmodtimedate (blank)
y
n		 if showmodified is set to y then this will show both the date and time that each file was last modified (not shown by default) n 16.0
showname (blank)
y
n		 Show the name given to the file upon upload into the file gallery (shown by default). Set to Yes (y) to show as a caption in a slide show. y 3.0
showgallery (blank)
y
n		 Show the name of the parent gallery n 3.0
showsize (blank)
y
n		 Show the size of each file in kilobytes (shown by default except in slide show) y 3.0
showtitle (blank)
y
n		 Show the title of the file gallery (shown by default). Also shown on slide show pop up window if a single galleryId is used. y 5.0
showthumb (blank)
y
n		 Show Image thumb n 8.0
sort (blank)| name_asc| name_desc| created_asc| created_desc| lastModif_asc| lastModif_desc| filename_asc| filename_desc| filesize_asc| filesize_desc| filetype_asc| filetype_desc| lastDownload_asc| lastDownload_desc| random Order ascending (_asc), descending (_desc) or random based on any field in the file gallery table. Default is name_asc name_asc 3.0
showaction (blank)
y
n		 Show a column with icons for the various actions the user can take with each file (shown by default) n 3.0
showcomment (blank)
y
n		 Show comments for each file (not shown by default) n 5.0
showcreated (blank)
y
n		 Show the date each file was created (not shown by default) n 3.0
showfiles (blank)
y
n		 For galleries included in the list (where the file gallery includes other galleries), show the number of files in each of those galleries (not shown by default) n 3.0
showfind (blank)
y
n		 Show a search box above the list (not shown by default) n 3.0
showfindisrecursive (blank)
y
n		 The search box digs recursively in sub-galleries (by default) y
showhits (blank)
y
n		 Show the number of hits each file has received (not shown by default) n 3.0
showlockedby (blank)
y
n		 For locked files, show the username of the user who locked it (not shown by default) n 3.0
slideshow (blank)
y
n		 Show a link that produces a popup slideshow when clicked (not set by default) n 3.0
showsource (blank)
y
n		 Show the source (shown by default). n 10.0
showupload (blank)
y
n		 Show a simple form to upload files to the gallery (not shown by default) n 6.0
showauthor (blank)
y
n		 Show the username of the user who is the author of the file (not shown by default) n 3.0
slideheight digits Set height of slideshow popup. 500 9.0
slidewidth digits Set width of slideshow popup. 600 9.0
withsubgals (blank)
y
n		 With subgalleries y 8.0
categId To restrict files listed to those belonging to one or more categories. Enter a single category or ID or list of them separated by colon 3.0
fileId
separator: :		 To list only specified files, enter their file IDs separated by colon. If File IDs are specified here then the Gallery ID field above should be empty. 5.0

 Additional notes
  • If you give only categId, all the files that are in a gallery with this category and all the files of this category (after Tiki version 2) will be returned.
  • If you give only galleryId, all the files of this gallery will be returned
  • If you give galleryId and categId, all the files of the gallery that have this category will be returned
  • The fields that are displayed are those specified in one of the galleries
  • If you specify title, you will see this text as title instead of the category name or the gallery name as title

Examples

All files in a gallery

This code:

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{files galleryId="4" max="5"}

Would produce on this site:

File Gallery: Documentation temporarily in PDF

ID Filename Name Description Size Last modified Last modified by
1134 bootstrap-navbar-structure-basic-overview.pdf Bootstrap Navbar Structure Basic Overview 366.71 KB Torsten Fabricius
539 Reference Guide.pdf Tiki Reference Guide ALPHA - From TikiFest Tiki6LTS Doc Sprint 5.01 MB Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties
538 Installation Guide.pdf Tiki Installation Guide ALPHA - TikiFest Boston Tiki6LTS Sprint 1.78 MB Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties
284 Tiki Shadow Layers How To.pdf Tiki Shadow Layers How To PDF document describing basics of Tiki's shadow layers feature. 1.51 MB Ed
162 backlinks_example.png Example page showing backlinks 42.78 KB Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties

All files in a category

This code:

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{files categId="13"}

Would produce on this site:

Category: Files example

ID Filename Name Description Size Last modified Last modified by
No records found.

Select files

This code:

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{files fileId="60:61:62" showgallery="n"}

Would produce on this site:

ID Filename Name Description Size Last modified Last modified by
60 AulaWiki_documentation_Castellano_090520.pdf 1.74 MB
61 AulaWiki_documentation_Catala_090520.pdf 1.73 MB
62 AulaWiki_documentation_English_090520.pdf 1.80 MB

Slideshow

This code:

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{FILES(galleryId="6" slideshow="y")}Slideshow for file gallery 6{FILES}

Would produce on this site:
Slideshow for file gallery 6

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