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Documentation: Filedrop

Modules

Besides the menu item types, Filedrop ships two site modules. They are installed together with the package but, like every Joomla module, they are not published automatically: go to Content > Site Modules, open the module, assign it to a position and to the pages you want, and publish it.

Filedrop - Upload Form

Shows the same upload form as the component's upload page, in any module position: the drag-and-drop box, the form fields you enabled, the captcha if configured, and the guest password gate if you use one.

The Filedrop upload form as rendered by the module

  • The module has no settings of its own. Everything - fields, limits, captcha, storage - follows the component options under Components > Filedrop > Options.
  • Only one upload form can appear per page. Don't assign this module to the page that already shows the component's upload page (or place two instances on one page); the second form won't work.
  • The module is never cached, by design: the form carries a per-user security token.

This module is useful when the upload form should appear somewhere a menu item can't put it: a sidebar, a footer, or embedded on an existing content page.

Filedrop - My Transfers

Shows the logged-in user's transfer list - the same list as the "My transfers" page: transfers sent from and to their account's e-mail address, each with a Download button that's disabled once the transfer has expired or reached its download limit. Guests see nothing at all.

Settings:

  • Number of transfers (default 5) - maximum number of rows, 0 shows all
  • Show type column (default yes) - the Sent/Received badge
  • Show expiry column (default yes)
  • Show downloads column (default yes) - the download count, and limit when set
  • Show status column (default yes) - Active / Expired / Download limit reached
  • Show delete button (default no) - offers deleting the user's own sent transfers, like the My transfers page

The files column and the Download button always show. For a compact sidebar block, switch the extra columns off and keep just the files and the button.