Extension:MultiUpload

The MultiUpload extension allows users to upload more than one file at a time, it tries to reuse as much functionality in Special:Upload as possible.

Important: To use this extension with MediaWiki 1.11 you have to use revision 29805 or later. To use the extension with earlier versions of MediaWiki, use revision 28586.

License
Copyright 2006 Travis Derouin, wikiHow

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA

Author
Travis Derouin ( travis @ wikihow.com), wikiHow

Pre-requisites
This extension was tested with MediaWiki 1.8.2. There might be some problems when there are errors combined with warnings for files submitted.

Configuration & Installation
to
 * Get the source via SVN (browse via web browser)
 * Add the two files to a MultiUpload subdirectory under extensions
 * You have to have already set up uploads to work properly on your wiki
 * For more information on this, see Manual:Configuring file uploads
 * Add this line to your LocalSettings.php
 * If you are using MediaWiki 1.11 (not necessary for 1.12 or later) change the line that calls the UploadComplete hook (around line 447) in includes/SpecialUpload.php from:
 * Find a place where you can link to your new extension Special:MultipleUpload
 * For example, you can add it to the sidebar by editing MediaWiki:Sidebar and adding Special:MultipleUpload|Multi-upload

Options

 * Configure $wgMaxUploadFiles to determine the number of files accepted at once to upload.

Bugs and enhancements
Bugs or feature requests can be sent to the author at travis @ wikihow.com.