Hi

This is not really a request because it is working pretty well for us presently. But i think the concept is good and maybe will give you some ideas.

Here is the process we use to make our sermons available:

1. The sermons are recorded directly to our PC

2. We rename them yyyymmdd Preacher - Topic.mp3 and move them into another folder

3. The computer operator who often know little about computers double-clicks the 'Upload Sermons' icon and the free version of SyncBack runs and ftps the sermons to a fodler on a webserver. This is done as soon as the sermon is finished so by the time people get home the file is uploaded.

4. We make this file available via a small script we wrote that shows the contents of a folder. You can see an exmaple www.baycfc.org.au/index.php?option=com_b...slist&Itemid=138.

4.1. This is good because although we havent added it to Bible Study yet people can get to it immediately. We also upload other stuff apart from the sermon like communion messages or testimonies. We dont usually add these to Bible Study. But people still like to get a copy of them. This method allows them to do this.

4.2 This method is also good because it means that when i come to add the file to Bible Study i dont have to wait for it to be uploaded.

5. So some time later i add the file to Bible Study - usually when i get home. The process is really easy because when i go to add the media i simply go to the 'All Sermons' page, copy the filename shown to the clipboard and paste it into the filename field in Bible Study.

I guess the feature requests would be:

* Can we have a browse option to locate a file that is already loaded on the web server. This would save me having to copy and paste the file name

* The ability to show a list of uploaded sermons that sit simply in a folder on the server as described above is really useful. An additional display option in Bible Study that could show the contents of a folder using the File Type icons would mean i no longer need my script to do it. And it means sermons are available before someone gets to adding them to Bible Study.

Cheers
Andrew

PS: The script is freely available via www.baycfc.org.au/index.php?option=com_c...d=203&Itemid=157

Thanks, Andrew. I put this in as a feature request.

Our hope is to begin using an instance of Joomla's own Media Manager to help manage file uploads, etc, in Biblestudy. We'll see if we are successful!

Tom

That would work, but the only problem is that it wouldn't really work if the files are located on another server. (unless we utilize an FTP layer to connect to a secondary server)

I was discussing with Tom the possibility of having a "local features" option in the parameters where extra features would become available when enabled, like auto file size detection, auto mimetype, a more sophisticted browsing method, and perhaps more. But mose of these are only possible when the media files are located on the same server. (We can't check the filesize of a remote file --> at least I don't know of a method -->curl maybe?)

Good point. Hadnt really thought about that. FTP is sluggish so retrieving files names that way wouldnt be real viable i dont think.

Being able to take a file listing and turn it into a formatted list of files inside Joomla with nice icons is handy in lots of ways. We also use it as a simple document portal. The office lady at church runs an FTP backup which send the rosters and newsletters and any other document we want to the server and they become available immediately on our site (www.baycfc.org.au/index.php?option=com_c...id=88&Itemid=128). Its real simple for them which is key for us.

This is probably outside of the Bible Study component area but it is useful.