customer uploads not related to purchases

[g_force]

Sorry guys... I completely missed this one - how do you enable customers to upload files to the site?

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[niccol]

create an attribute option name that is a file upload.

attach the attribute to the product.

the file type input will appear on the product info page.

hope that helps

[g_force]

.. it does help; thanks Nick. However I am looking simply to allow people to upload their images to the server - nothing to do with purchasing any particular product but completely separate.. I still don't really understand how/why they would need this... any suggestions/reasoning is very welcome <<

_thanks

[niccol]

I am not sure that I understand what you want to do with the images.

But :

To upload image to the server independently is possible but it would involve a bit of custom coding.

You could create a 'free product' that included an image upload. The images are going to be uploaded to the server and then you can do what you wish with them.

A bit more information about what you are trying to do would let us give a bit more tailored advice.

[g_force]

thanks again..

A bit more information about what you are trying to do would let us give a bit more tailored advice.

I am trying to allow photographers to upload their images to the server obviously in a safe way. They don't need to purchase a product just perhaps fill in a form and upload.

_thanks

[niccol]

The two options above still stand, I think.

You can do a bit of custom coding to create that effect. Describing that is perhaps a bit beyond the scope of a forum post, I am afraid.

Alternatively you can use a 'product' to achieve the result. One attribute would be the file upload and other attributes could be the rest of the 'form'. The price would be zero. It is not an absolutely ideal solution but it is the best that can be done without dipping into code a bit, I believe.

But others may have better ideas?