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Our academic society would find it extremely useful if members -- or better yet, conference registrants -- could upload files (e.g., Word docs, PDFs).  This would allow presenters at the conference to share papers prior to the conference, potentially enhancing the feedback that they would get from other conference-goers.  We would really like to provide this service for our members/conference attendees.

Thanks for your idea! I would love to hear what others have to say about this.

Especially the details on how these uploads would ideally be processed:

- how admins would find out about new files posted

- what's the lifecycle/processing workflow

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Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot

I also would like for my members to be able to upload pictures of items on our forums.  So it makes it easier for my members to exchange items.

This would be quite useful for me as well.  However, my needs are a bit different.  I would like for members to be able to upload their resume file (PDF) into their profile.  I don't need other site members to have access to this resume, only the site administrators (or other specified users).

I like the idea of conference presenters having a place to upload their presentation documents so that can be reviewed and made available to attendees.  I think the upload location could be set up as a component of the event set up.  Perhaps a special page called Session Details which would house the event agenda or session listing.  Then the presenter could add (via a special registration code perhaps) their document using the same functionality that the admin user uses when editing a webpage and adding a document via a hyperlink.  So the layout could look like this:

 Big Fantastic Trade Show

 Monday, January 5

9 am - 10 am      The newest features of Wild Apricot

10 am - 11 am     How to build a great website                        Click for handouts

 Etc.

So if someone clicks on the session name they would hyperlink to the powerpoint slides or the word document or whatever the presenter has as their main presentation information.  If the presenter had additional handouts they could add more links.  This webpage would then be available to attendees all the time.  And the presenter could update or replace their documents when needed.   Then the admin person could set when to close down this event so people could get these documents after the show or just shut it down when they want.  The control over the registration until date already exists so I could see this being controlled independent of the existing registration process.

Just and idea on how this would work.

Chief_Apricot:

Thanks for your idea! I would love to hear what others have to say about this.

Especially the details on how these uploads would ideally be processed:

- how admins would find out about new files posted

- what's the lifecycle/processing workflow

I suppose having the option to have admins emailed or not when new files are posted would suffice.

I'm not sure what you mean by workflow, but for us, most of the files would probably be posted a few weeks before and a few weeks after the conference.