Limit number of uploads

[taveren]

Hello,

I haven't seen this requested anywhere else, so I'll ask. Would it be possible to limit the number of photos uploaded by users on a daily and/or weekly basis? I get people (inadvertently) spamming the "Recent Photos" block so all you see is their photos. If I could limit users to one photo per day or something, that would be nice.

[Chuck S]

I posted this on PhotopostDev along time ago

http://www.photopostdev.com/showthread.php?t=572

I have done many variations on this. This mod is free for all to do.

I have done variations that alters and adds this as a usergroup permission where you can change the daily upload limit per usergroup versus one setting but the mod above will get you going

[taveren]

Ahh, very nice. Just what I wanted.

[iloco]

Would make for a nice addon in the admin cpanel maybe in user groups if possible..

[rbl]

FYI, some code changes (the usergroup var) whether you are using standalone, IPB or vB integration.

[Chuck S]

Upload Limit per day based on usergroups posted here

http://www.photopostdev.com/showthre...=3475#post3475

[max_view]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

I posted this on PhotopostDev along time ago

http://www.photopostdev.com/showthread.php?t=572

I have done many variations on this. This mod is free for all to do.

I have done variations that alters and adds this as a usergroup permission where you can change the daily upload limit per usergroup versus one setting but the mod above will get you going

Hi Chuck,

this document does not exist on photopostdev.com any more... is your mod for upload variations any where else available? if not, can you post it here?

thanks...

[Chuck S]

The upload limit per day hack has been a part of Photopost Pro code for sometime now. This thread your posting to is almost 2 years old

[max_view]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

The upload limit per day hack has been a part of Photopost Pro code for sometime now. This thread your posting to is almost 2 years old

oops, sorry Chuck... mistake by myside... sometimes my english is badly.

I searched for a limit per week hack, and was happy for founding this.

Question: do you have any tipp for me or exist any tips here in the forum for a limit per week?

thanks

[Chuck S]

In uploadphoto.php change the UNIXTIMESTAMP range from 24 HOUR to 1 WEEK

[max_view]

thanks, some things seem to be so easy, you only have to know how to do it.

[max_view]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

In uploadphoto.php change the UNIXTIMESTAMP range from 24 HOUR to 1 WEEK

sorry, Chuck, changes doesn´t work... if i change it to 1 WEEK it seems that no limit is working, user can upload so much as he want.

I try this, instead of 24 HOUR --> 168 HOUR and it works.

btw: i have one large ask for you, how can i change the starting timestamp from upload time to fixed time at midnight...
http://www.photopost.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123597
i thank you very much...

[Chuck S]

I do try and steer clear of the mod section

[snoopy5]

Hi

there is obviously a big demand for a weekly and daily upload limit based on calendar days as you can see in this thread and in some other threads over the years. Just to show some sample threads about this over the years (yes we are asking since almost 2 years for it) to underline that there is really a demand

weekly upload limita and daily by date

http://www.photopost.com/forum/showt...r+upload+limit

limit number of uploads per week/day

http://www.photopost.com/forum/showt...r+upload+limit

So it might make sense to include this finally in the next release

The solution above is not helping at all.

If it counts the timeframe from present time minus 168 hours (for the week) or minus 24 hours, this results in a "no upload access" results for a minimum time of either 24 hours or a week (depending on what you put into the code).

In other words: If a user uploads on monday 4pm and tries it again next monday at 3pm, he will be rejected. The week is not over yet for the system. This results in confusion and we have to answer many mails of complaining users

As far as I underatood, this is getting even worse, if the user uploads several images over the week. Look at this scenario:

Upload limit per week: 7 images

User uploads every day 1 image, starting on a Monday. He uploads therefore his last image in the first week on a Sunday. Now he wants to upload on monday again images. This time he has no time for the rest of the week, so he wants to upload all 7 images on the same day. Since this is a new week, this makes sense for him.

But he will get rejected after the first upload, since the time left for the second upload is less than a week (last upload was last week on tuesday).

This shows, how important it is to finally get this feature in the official release with midnight as a turning point for 24 hour limits and Sunday as the "break even" for weekly upload measurements.

Since 5.3 is just recently announced, and we are asking for this already for such a long time, a hack as an interims solution would be greatly appreciated with the consensus to include this hack really in the next release.

[Chuck S]

Snoopy

Thanks for your comments. Per Day Upload Limit was added back in Photopost 4.85 to the base code after users posted they wanted it based on a hack I wrote for it a year and a half ago.

The feature works fine as it is suppose to work. Of all your open threads your pointing to there is one variation that a user is trying to do that does not work or can not work as the hack is written. If you want a weekly upload limit it works fine as max_view posted use 168 HOUR in the upload query instead of 24 HOUR

The only open discussion in the hack section is someone wants the supported code to work by 24hour 12am to 12 pm just for the given day. This is just not how it works or is designed to work. The code as it is written now is a 24 hour LIMIT meaning that you come to upload here we count back 24 hours from right now when your trying to upload.

We shall consider any suggestions on code changes when we open a beta on the product. For hacks you would need to discuss these in the hack side of the site. Photopost Support Staff does not necessary participate in the non support side of the site.

[snoopy5]

Hi Chuck,

thanks for the reply. I know that the old implementation was only intended for the 24 hours. But if you look through all the old threads, the costumers always said, they would prefer much more to have a DAILY or WEEKLY upload limit. Nothing on the basis of hours.

I understand that your hack from the past got implemented. But still photopost users are asking for a long time to have it on day-basis and/or weekly basis, not on an hour-basis

So I understand what the purpose and limitations of the current 24hour option is, but Photopost has also to understand that many users ask for a long time now for something different. If we call something daily upload limit, we mean also daily. We do not mean 24 hours. This is clear if you look at the titles of all the threads I mentioned

So I would be really happy, if that would get "real" soon. I will copy a link in the mod section. But mods do not help, if they are not supported in the next release as you know. It will be only an interims solution (which helps already), but not really a longterm satisfying problem-solver, since next release makes it incompatible again...

[max_view]

this is the solution on my galerie for changing the upload period to the true daytime limit... my users love it.

in uploadphoto.php find:

if ( $User['uploadlimit'] > 0 ) {
$upload = ppmysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {$Globals['pp_db_prefix']}photos WHERE userid={$User['userid']} AND date > UNIX_TIMESTAMP( DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 24 HOUR) )", $link);


and change the bold string:

if ( $User['uploadlimit'] > 0 ) {
$upload = ppmysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM
{$Globals['pp_db_prefix']}photos WHERE userid={$User['userid']} AND
FROM_UNIXTIME(date, '%Y-%m-%d') = CURDATE()", $link);

[Chuck S]

Yes I posted a hack like this a few months back

[snoopy5]

is this hack also working for PP 5.31?

[snoopy5]

Originally Posted by snoopy5

is this hack also working for PP 5.31?

any comments?