[wp-testers] Re: wp-testers Digest, Vol 11, Issue 4

[David House]

On 02/01/06, Neil Mickelson <neil at scottierocket.com> wrote:
> Long-time lurker, first-time poster.

Yeah, you replied to a digest. :P

> With all due respect to Stefano, and with thanks to Dave for the quick
> diff, I really think that all three options should be implemented. I'm
> one of those people that stores my uploads outside of my WP tree --
> mostly so they aren't accidentally over-written by a WP upgrade or the
> like. This is a habit I've developed with other open-source systems
> (like phpBB) as a safety measure.

Stick it wp-content. You should never overwrite wp-content when upgrading.

> I'd implement this myself, but I'm not much of a PHP hacker...in fact, I
> stink. :-)

You should be able to go into wp-admin/options.php, find
fileupload_url and set it to what you need. If that option doesn't
exist, you'd have to write a plugin.

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-David House, dmhouse at gmail.com, http://xmouse.ithium.net