[BirdOPrey5]

JavaScript files... I think people are having hard times figuring out why they need to rename attached .txt files to .js before using them.

Should be an easy fix for someone with admin access.

[cad2go]

can you not zip them?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Should be an easy fix for someone with admin access.

Its not broken

Originally Posted by cad2go

can you not zip them?

Yep, just zip them.

[BirdOPrey5]

Why should I have to zip a single file? I can upload .txt files without zipping them. Why the extra step for .js files? is there some sort of security issue? Otherwise please re-consider- there are a number of times when a mod may consist of a single .js file, zipping is just more work for the author and the users.

[Lynne]

In my mind, instructions for any modification should always be put into a text file - it's just a good idea to always have install instructions available on your computer for any modification your download instead of always having to go back to the modification thread. So, that means every modification should include at least one txt file. If you want to include any other files, then you would zip it together with the text file.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

is there some sort of security issue?

Yeah, I think

Originally Posted by Paul M

Its not broken

means that it's some sort of security issue.

[BSMedia]

Originally Posted by kh99

Yeah, I think



means that it's some sort of security issue.

Care to elaborate? I dont think there is any security issue at all with attaching .js files.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Lynne

In my mind, instructions for any modification should always be put into a text file - it's just a good idea to always have install instructions available on your computer for any modification your download instead of always having to go back to the modification thread. So, that means every modification should include at least one txt file. If you want to include any other files, then you would zip it together with the text file.

I agree with you for a real mod that is a good idea... but for a BB Code that seems overkill. I've seen people who see a download and automatically think it means there is something to install- then they ask in product threads why they can't import the files- and the answer is inevitably "because there are no files to import."

[KevinL]

It takes like a half a second to zip one file...get over it lol

[BirdOPrey5]

It takes 2 seconds to go to the Admin CP and add support for .js files to attachments...

That means once I (or me and 3 other people) have to spend a half second making zips 4 times then in the interest of time we're better served attaching them directly. Plus, most important, it makes it easier for the regular users.

Seriously, this is like a 'no brainer.'

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by kh99

means that it's some sort of security issue.

I dont see how you conclude that.

Personally I think we should only allow zip files (and images of course), but historically we allow a few others as well. There are no plans to add JS files to that list, and given that no one seems to have found this a problem over the last 8+ years, I dont see that its a great issue. Personally, I have never seen a mod that consists of just one JS file, that does not mean there arent any, but they must be very rare (and in fact, you could remove the need by using a plugin to inject any new JS).

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by KevinL

It takes like a half a second to zip one file...get over it lol

ditto

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Seriously, this is like a 'no brainer.'

exactly, it works fine how it is

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I dont see how you conclude that.

Personally I think we should only allow zip files (and images of course), but historically we allow a few others as well. There are no plans to add JS files to that list, and given that no one seems to have found this a problem over the last 8+ years, I dont see that its a great issue. Personally, I have never seen a mod that consists of just one JS file, that does not mean there arent any, but they must be very rare (and in fact, you could remove the need by using a plugin to inject any new JS).

Continuing to do something simply for the sake because 'that's how it's always been' is quite sad actually...

My Rainbow BB Code is just one .js file and my random text BB Code would have been if I could have uploaded one but instead I opted to just put the whole code in the BB Code replacement instead of the more efficient external file because it's easier then telling someone to rename a file.

Why have feedback forum at all if the answer is always 'because we always have done it that way.' ?

[KW802]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Why have feedback forum at all if the answer is always 'because we always have done it that way.' ?

Because they've always done that way!











(Sorry, couldn't resist... it was just too easy.)

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

My Rainbow BB Code is just one .js file and my random text BB Code would have been if I could have uploaded one but instead I opted to just put the whole code in the BB Code replacement instead of the more efficient external file because it's easier then telling someone to rename a file.

Don't you think you should include instructions with the js code? I hate coming across a product xml file (or any mod file) and it not having a text file that goes along with it that lists a quick description, mod revision, instructions to install and uninstall, etc. It seems much cleaner to put a text file and js file in a folder together and zip it. That way the file and text file are always together.