How to enable the ability to add photos and files?

James120

Good morning. I ran the IPB forum for several years. Now I need something smaller, for a small project.

I have a few problems. How to enable the ability to add photos and files to posts from a computer?

I read that you have to do it with some Composer.

It's black magic to me. I'm not a programmer. Just an archaeologist who needs a forum for college students.

Burial0268

Good morning, I think you should try fof/upload, here is his discussion thread:
https://discuss.flarum.org/d/4154

James120

I confess I don't understand any of this. But I will try to do it somehow.

Burial0268

James120 You can follow the official documentation of flarum to install it: https://docs.flarum.org/install

Also,being good at searching is the first step to solving problems

James120

Sorry, I don't understand a word - I don't understand these records, these codes. I'm not a programmer. The IPB forum was very easy to run. And here you need to have some basic knowledge of programming. But thank you for your willingness to help. I will try.

James120

Is there a file that needs to be downloaded and added to the server as extension?

Burial0268

James120 Yes
(I'm a Chinese, so maybe I misunderstand what you mean, sorry with that)

James120

I can't find such a file (extension) anywhere. I have a server. Access via FTP.

Burial0268

James120 The way flarum installs plugins is through composer, so you also need to have the ssh permission of the server

You can find most of the plugins at https://extiverse.com, or in the extensions tab here

Again, be good at using search

James120

I am very surprised that such a feature is not built into the base of this forum.

James120

Everything you show in the links I have already seen. I found it earlier. But I don't understand any of it.

Burial0268

James120 Well, be patient. There is an old Chinese saying that goes, "There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as there is a will for those who put their heart into it."

Try to understand, it's not hard
(I'm not very social, maybe this will offend you)

James120

On the IPB forum, I go to the extensions tab, click install and it's all ready. I can't find an extension file here that adds the ability to add photos. I found a topic on the forum about such an extension, there is a download link, but there is no such file, only some codes. I don't know where to put these codes.

Burial0268

James120 The plug-in mechanism of the IPB forum is different from that of flarum. Flarum uses composer instead of its own plugin market. I can understand how you feel, everyone is like this.

I heard that the next version of flarum will have the plug-in installation tool built into the background panel, and things may be much easier by then

James120

I've been trying to understand this for two months. My patience is running out. I know that you Chinese are famous for your patience and discipline. I admire, but I'm tired of these codes, of which I don't understand anything.

James120

Burial0268

I don't quite understand what you mean, have you not installed flarum yet?
If yes, execute these commands line by line to install composer(for Linux):

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

James120

Sorry, something went wrong and I can't reply to your previous thread.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand it. What is this PHP? I don't understand any of this code.

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

I don't understand anything about this command. What should I do specifically?

James120

There is some error, the forum is broken, I can't add an answer.

James120

Sorry, something went wrong and I can't reply to your previous thread.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand it. What is this PHP? I don't understand any of this code.

php -r "copy('https:/ /getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

I don't understand anything about this command. What should I do specifically?