Free Files - Can't find folder w/ all the free pdf files & documents

[kturner]

Where is are the pdf & doc files kept? I have never been able to find it... I can only get to it when I find a link.

Please help!

[howste]

Do you mean the list of all documents attached to posts? Click on the green "Post Attachments List" at the top of the page:

[kturner]

Oh, duh.... Thank you.

I guess it was hiding from me earlier.

[howste]

Originally Posted by kturner

Oh, duh.... Thank you.

I guess it was hiding from me earlier.

I may have looked smart, but... I have to admit that earlier this week I was searching for the same function. After spending 10~15 minutes searching through a bunch of threads, I finally looked up and there it was...

[Marc]

There is also the 'old' pdf_files directory which has LOTS of free files.

[Wes Bucey]

I think it would be extremely helpful if we were able to publish this list along with a description of what each file contained. When these are originally posted as part of a thread, the exact file title is immaterial, but when we look through the list, it very inefficient to open each file to see what it contains because some of the file names are so cyptic.

[Marc]

A very good idea, but I'd have to hire someone to do it and it would have to be an ongoing job.

I have gone through many, many (a couple hundred, at least) attachments and renamed them but found it was a never ending battle.

It's like thread titles - Many are very vague so I retitle threads every day. But retitling threads is easy. To change an attachment name I (or a moderator) have to download the attachment from the post, edit the post to remove the attachment, rename the file on my computer and re-upload the attachment with the 'better' or 'correct' name. It's very time consuming.

It would be nice if the vBulletin people put more importance on attachments, but they practically do none. Even the FilesList is a 'hack' someone wrote.

I have not seen anything that allows for a file description. Yes - That would be nice. But then again, if folks don't see the importance of naming an attachment with an appropriate name, I'm not convinced a file description would fare better.

You're right, Wes, but effecting it is the issue.

Before the FilesList hack, this is what I did manually every month: http://Elsmar.com/level2/Attachments-List.html It took close to a day to make those lists...

[kturner]

Thanks for all the replies. These docs are very helpful!

BTW - Where do I find the 'old' pdf_files directory without using the link?... That one must be hiding from me too!!!