Title: Buddy drive upload folder
Last modified: January 25, 2017

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# Buddy drive upload folder

 *  Resolved [mrafiee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrafiee/)
 * (@mrafiee)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddy-drive-upload-folder/)
 * Hi,
 * I have installed buddydrive several weeks ago. However, there are a few issues
   which make me confused.
    1. Suppose my users create a folder in their own buddydrive(
   in their buddypress profile) and upload a few files to to it. As an admin, I 
   need to download them all in my pc to look at them. But, there is no option to
   download multiple (or all) files and I have to do it one by one (in my Dashboard).
   Hence, I tried to access them by FTP under root>public_html>WP-content>uploads
   >buddydrive. However, there is no sub-folder there and all files are listed there
   with their original name (I don’t know why buddyDrive will change the files’ 
   name!). How can I download those files in folders or a label which indicates 
   the owner user? In addition, I tried to delete them all upload folder in FTP.
   I deleted them and deletion was confirmed. But, they are still available in my
   BuddyDrive in Dashboard area ! 2. Can I define a specific folder or sub-folder
   that my users can determine which folder or subfolder they can upload? In other
   word, I create two folders called “Projects” and “Assignments” so that all my
   users can decide if they want to upload their file in projects or in Assignments
   folder, and also I can simply download those folders instantly (the same feature
   that is included in WP fild uploader plugin). 3. Regarding the time stamp which
   is mentioned in their topic: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-stamp-on-each-file-upload/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-stamp-on-each-file-upload/),
   I’m just interested if it it has been lunched or still is in progress? 4. Assume
   I want to insert an upload option in one of my forum in Buddypress so that each
   user can upload a file there and they all are uploaded in a specific folder in
   my host. Is it possible with buddyDrive? I ‘m so grateful in advance. I look 
   forward for a reply. Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Author [Matt Pritchett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrpritchett/)
 * (@mrpritchett)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddy-drive-upload-folder/#post-8883796)
 * 1) Unfortunately, that’s not how BuddyDrive works, the “owner” is purely meta
   information in the database, not in the filesystem. Because BuddyDrive uses a
   combination of both WordPress Core and BuddyPress core’s uploading code, deleting
   them via FTP will delete the files, but not the database entries for those files.
   I recommend deleting them through the interface, not through FTP.
 * 2) Unfortunately that is not possible at this time without significant customization
   of the plugin.
 * 3) This is still in progress, but should be included in the v2.1 release cycle.
 * 4) It is possible, but again not without significant custom code. Sorry.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddy-drive-upload-folder/#post-8883796)
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