New Uploader

[eric]

As alluded to elsewhere, I've turned on the new file uploader....

It's organized a bit differently from the previous one, and hopefully won't confuse too many of you by being considerably shorter.

Differences from the previous:

• The filename uploaded is what will be reflected in the system. Previously, you could have a different filename from the zip, but that seems to have been rarely used.
• There's an opt-in for the GNU GPL, which I'm hoping people will increasingly take advantage of. GPL allows free use and modifications, so that 5-15 years from now, we won't have all these "I can't get hold of XXXXX for permission!" type conversations.
• On the second page, there's a selector for a GIF thumbnail. The catalog looks naked without these, so please include one.
• After the upload is accepted, the admins will be notified of your upload.

Let me know in this thread if you find any issues... A few of us have used it and it seems to be working as well as the previous one, but there's always the chance I missed something along the way.

[rt35ge]

As alluded to elsewhere, I've turned on the new file uploader....

It's organized a bit differently from the previous one, and hopefully won't confuse too many of you by being considerably shorter.

Differences from the previous:

• The filename uploaded is what will be reflected in the system. Previously, you could have a different filename from the zip, but that seems to have been rarely used.
• There's an opt-in for the GNU GPL, which I'm hoping people will increasingly take advantage of. GPL allows free use and modifications, so that 5-15 years from now, we won't have all these "I can't get hold of XXXXX for permission!" type conversations.
• On the second page, there's a selector for a GIF thumbnail. The catalog looks naked without these, so please include one.
• After the upload is accepted, the admins will be notified of your upload.

Let me know in this thread if you find any issues... A few of us have used it and it seems to be working as well as the previous one, but there's always the chance I missed something along the way.

GIF thumbnails. Are there other options like jpeg or bitmap. A GIF is usually a very small image on the train simulator sites. You can't really tell much about a model looking at a GIF and people my opt not to download the file because of it.

[eric]

It's in the works. Maybe by next week depending on testing.

The image uploader for the reference library -will- convert a png or jpg as well as a pdf into a thumbnail, but I want to test that out a little more separately so that it's a little easier to debug where it breaks.

Feel free to use that as well, it's linked off of the zip up loader but I haven't advertised it yet. If I can get a handful of people to put uploads in there, it'll make it easier to test.

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