Tell us what you are trying to do?
-I want to add a download/view link on each filename's uploaded file using the multi upload form (user form), those are shown after saving the form, so would be glad if we can add link to those (download/view)
1. Upload a file (using Add new > Save)
2. See the file name displayed on the page
3. Delete the file
4. Open / download the file (e.g. by clicking on the displayed file name)
We've already managed to achieve items 1, 2 and 3 - but we're struggling with how to achieve 4.
Based on what I see you're doing you are already achieving the following
1. Upload a file (using Add new > Save)
2. See the file name displayed on the page
3. Delete the file
However this one you are not able to do
4. Open / download the file (e.g. by clicking on the displayed file name)
This is because the file is uploaded after the form is submitted. Also not sure why you would want to preview the same file that you've just uploaded from the computer. You can preview the file directly from the computer.
In a case where you need to view the files of another post you can just go to the post on the backend and edit it so that you can see the file url.
To explain the context further, the form is being displayed on a front-end My Profile page for each logged-in user of a membership site and we'd like users to be able to attach / delete / view these files on the page themselves. They won't have access to the backend, and we want them to store these files on the website not just on their computer.
Think of it as being very similar to the way that users can upload a photo of themselves to their profile page on a website, then view the image on the front-end page - not just in the backend or on their computer.
Is what I'm asking for not possible, or is it just that you weren't clear enough on the use case?
We already created a My Account page for users and that's what the screenshot is from in the original query.
I checked the link you gave but I still can't see anything in there which solves the question we're asking about i.e. how to allow users to view / download these uploaded files directly from the page, as well as just dragging / deleting / adding new files.
Could you be more specific with how to solve (if possible) the exact issue I'm asking about, or where the answer is in the help pages please?
Hi, Shane is unavailable this week so I'm checking on his outstanding tickets. I hope that's okay.
I checked the link you gave but I still can't see anything in there which solves the question we're asking about i.e. how to allow users to view / download these uploaded files directly from the page, as well as just dragging / deleting / adding new files.
In a repeating file upload field in Forms, there is no built-in way to allow downloading the files that have been uploaded to that field, from within the output of the Form itself. The "template" that generates these individual file management UIs after upload is not manageable in any customizable way, and the option to include a download link in the output does not exist.
In a new post Form, it seems it would be redundant to include a download link for each file - the User is uploading those files in this Form, so they have access to them locally somewhere already. If they want to see the file they just uploaded, they can open the file from whatever local device they are using to access the new post Form.
In an edit Form, I can better see the need to include some type of link to download and view the existing files, but that isn't a built-in option in Forms file fields. Instead, you could use a Types field shortcode elsewhere in the edit Form to display download links for the existing files already uploaded to the file field. That output would not include links to download any new files they upload during the edit post process, only the files that existed in the post before the post was edited. Again, the User already has access to any new files locally, so it would seem to be redundant to download that file again.
Images are a bit different, as an image field includes a preview of the image being uploaded. But this case is specifically about the file field type, which could allow the upload of various file types. Previews of images uploaded in a file field are not provided.
Let me know if I've misunderstood what you want to accomplish.
