Posted 8 months ago #
I need to place media files (images, ...) on a server different from the WP server.
Tried all sorts of combination in the "Miscellaneous Settings" (namely file location and URL), one of them being the exact URL to the media folder on media server and path to that folder as seen on media server, but all I get is WP creating such a folder in it's own root.
I've even located a few posts in these forums on the topic but can't really find a solution.
Any help appreciated.
Thank you for your time!
Posted 8 months ago #
You want to use WP's internal media manager to upload to a different server? And I assume to access files from that other server?
Posted 8 months ago #
Yes, the ideal scenario would be:
* contributor uploads images to be used in the post, using the usual WP media manager
* additional plugins like "scissors" do the preparing (generate thumbnails, ...)
* images are then inserted in the usual way into the post
I guess it is not problem if I prepare all the images by hand (on local computer), upload them to media server (ftp, ...) and just use links to the images inside the post (html input).
But the problem is that contributors to the blog are people with low technical skills and I would like to make this process transparent - namely like it is already present in WP. They don't really need to know about technical limitations and the reasons behind...
Hope this helps :-)
Posted 8 months ago #
I don't think WP is going to do this out of the box, though it would be kinda nifty it would. I think you'll have to write something that overrides the media functions-- no idea how hard that would be.
Posted 8 months ago #
Yeah, I figured as much but was hoping it has already been done :-)
Thanks anyway, I'll certainly try to look into the source.
Developer documentation is helping a lot but I am not a php developer so it will be a "change source and hope for best" approach :-)
Posted 8 months ago #
You might check out MyFTP and see how it pulls off what it does. Granted it isn't the same thing as what you are attempting but it might help. You might not have to edit source. You might be able to use hooks but I'm not sure. I have dealt with WP's media uploader enough, though I have a graphics department that would probably like me to.
Posted 8 months ago #
Thanks for the input.
I'll definitely look it up!
Posted 2 months ago #
had you actually found a solution to this?
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