The Iptanus File Upload plugin carries a visual editor called the Shortcode Composer. It lets you configure an upload form without writing shortcodes by hand — which matters, because the plugin has more than fifty options.
Once the plugin is installed and added to a page or post, as described in the getting started guide, there are two ways to open the composer for that upload form.
From the Dashboard
- Go to Dashboard → Settings → Iptanus File Upload.
- Find the Plugin Instances table, which lists the upload form you added:
- Click Plugin 1 to open the Shortcode Composer.
- The composer groups the options into tabs. Some are simply on or off; others take text, a choice from a list, a colour, and so on. The shortcode itself is shown at the top of the page and updates as you go:
- Press Update. Nothing is applied to the upload form until you do.
From the page or post
- Open the page or post holding the upload form in your browser.
- Hover over the form. A yellow pencil appears in its top-left corner:
- Click the pencil. The Shortcode Composer opens in a new tab or window — if nothing happens, allow pop-ups for the site in your browser.
- Make your changes and press Update. The page holding the form reloads to show them.
- Carry on editing, or close the composer.
If you have further questions, please contact us.
The Iptanus team
Hi there, i get this message in the main section of the control panel:
Iptanus Services Server is unreachable. This may cause problems in some plugin functions. Please contact info@iptanus.com for details.
and the file list doesn´t show up once i add the shortcode, just the shortcode legens appears, could this be because of a prior version? and the lack of connection to the server to download a newer version?
thanks a lot
Hi, please go to Settings of the plugin and activate option “Use Alternative Iptanus Server”. This should fix the error.
Regarding the file list, how do you add it in the page? Manually?
Download of a newer version is not related with the connection to the server. For the moment there is no auto-update function for the Pro version, so you need to download it manually by going to iptanus.com with your account. The new version 4.0.0 that will be released in a few days (hopefully) will include an auto-update function.
Nickolas
hi, where is the uploaded file located ? how to change the uploaded path?
Thanks.
Hi, by default files are uploaded to /wp-content/uploads folder of your website. You can change it by setting uploadpath attribute inside the shortcode, or by using the visual editor of the shortcode. Please note that uploadpath attribute is relative to wp-content folder. This means that if you set uploadpath=”uploads” then the real path will be “wp-content/uploads”.
Nickolas
How do I get files to upload into dropbox – I’ve activated the link but it’s not obvious. And how do I set this up so I get an email notification that I have received a file. The instructions are not straight forward at all
Hi please read this article describing Dropbox functionality. Regarding email notifications, please read this article.
Regards
Nickolas