FAQ

Here are listed the possible doubts that can occur where using the jqswfupload:

What the advantage to use this plugin instead of the swfupload library standalone?

SWFUpload it’s a powerfull library to make multiple uploads and all the integration with the flash upload easier. Whatever, the swfupload has all events, callbacks and options for the developer create the complete UI and user experience to make the things work. This plugin was inspired in Flickr ux and create all user interface for you that can be customized by CSS. With a plus, the jqswfupload extend the swfupload features, like a overall file progress for example and maximum queue filesize, not just one filesize. The plugin was builded to make this kind of upload with the “jQuery way”, so one line you can have everything working and with the settings you have the powerfull to customize the plugin as you wish

The upload return a error code 404. What means that?

Probably the upload_url from swfupload settings it’s not right.  Don’t forget to make the link absolute or relative to plugin path.

I make all the steps in the documentation, but I still see the normal file input. What it can be?

Probably you made a mistake in the flash_url setting. Don’t forget that this url is relative to the template file.

Can I customize all the swfupload settings?

Yes, but it’s not recommended to this first version you change the events, because will overwrite the events of the plugin. I’m make a effort to extend all the swfupload events for the plugin to extend the existing features without overwrite the current ones. So for while you can use the plugin callbacks onFileSuccess and onFileError.

I make the download and the upload.php file doesn’t have any logic to make file upload, why?

The script in uploa.php just prove that they receive a file data to make any treatment to the file sent, because here’s already stored temporally on the server. There’s differents scripts in differents languages to achieve that and the treatment is the same for a file input upload. So this plugin assume that you already has experienced to make file upload and wish to use the plugin to improve the user experience. If you wish to contribute with some plugin in any server-side language, please contact me