[wp-edu] How to safely handle photo uploads by general public on a multisite

[Caroline Meikle]

Thank you!


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Hillary Meister <hmeister at gsu.edu> wrote:

> That's awesome! Take me with you! I'd love to live in New Zealand! Best of
> luck to you.
>
> Hillary Meister, M.Ed.
> Web Coordinator
> GSU College of Education
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-edu [mailto:wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of
> Caroline Meikle
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 6:30 PM
> To: Low-traffic list discussing WordPress in education.
> Subject: Re: [wp-edu] How to safely handle photo uploads by general public
> on a multisite
>
> Hi Dixie,
>
> Thanks! I am going to New Zealand.
>
> If you need any help with implementing file upload limits or anything
> else, I can give helping a shot. I'm getting more into doing WordPress
> development, so every experience helps.
>
> Best,
>
> Caroline
>
> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any resulting spelling and grammar
> errors.
>
> > On Jul 11, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Dixie Lang <dlang at russell.wisc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Caroline,
> >
> > Thank you for responding and for the information below.
> >
> > I saw your email that you are leaving the UW - best of luck in the
> future with your freelance work.
> >
> > --
> > - Dixie
> > ---------------------------------------
> > Dixie Lang
> > Web Developer
> > Russell Labs Computing
> > A109 Russell Labs
> >
> >> On 7/1/2014 1:55 PM, Caroline Meikle wrote:
> >> Hi Dixie,
> >>
> >> It looks like Gravity forms has hooks and filters you could use to
> >> create functions to limit the file types and maximum file size:
> >> http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Developer_Docs#Hooks_an
> >> d_Filters
> >>
> >> There are plugins that can do so as well:
> >> http://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-advanced-file-uploader/
> >>
> >> Contact Form 7 also allows you to specify file types and sizes:
> >> http://contactform7.com/file-uploading-and-attachment/
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Caroline
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 7/1/2014 1:27 PM, Dixie Lang wrote:
> >>> Greetings fellow WordPress users,
> >>>
> >>> I have three internal clients that could benefit from a smoother
> process to allow their clients to upload photos for diagnostic and
> identification purposes, e.g. identify bugs or diagnose turfgrass or plant
> problems.
> >>>
> >>> All three WordPress sites are on a multisite, and all three currently
> have Gravity Forms contact forms. The upload limit is the same throughout
> the multisite - 6MB. This limit works for our current internal users.
> >>>
> >>> The current method to protect the server is to have clients email the
> photos separately, and then the photos must be manually matched to the form
> information.
> >>>
> >>> I am concerned about two things regarding allowing file uploads from
> external users:
> >>> 1) the possibility of malicious files being uploaded
> >>> 2) the possibility of users uploading files at higher than 72dpi,
> >>> and quickly filling up disk quota - I would prefer not to punish the
> >>> internal users by lowering the disk quota across the multisite
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone have insights to share on how to balance upload
> convenience, server safety and disk quota?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for any guidance you are willing to share.
> >>>
> >>> - Dixie Lang
> >>> ------------------------
> >>> Web Developer
> >>> University of Wisconsin-Madison Russell Labs
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