Ok I am having a very hard time figuring out this module. The documentation is pretty sparce and some of the examples dont work completely.

Here is what I am trying to achieve:
We have employees in the architecture firm setup as a group and then we have a “client” group.

Our goal is to allow our employees to setup a client, and then create a group or directory in which to upload files that can then be accessed by a specific client. Basically we want to be able to upload large files to the site and then let the client have access to that file (password) so that the cleint can get the file and yet it is safe from other prying eyes.

How do i do this? T just cant seem to figure out what everything does from the documentation that is provided. I have read it multiple times and have been testing for months now to no avail. Im about to just setup an ftp site instead.

Please help. give me some examples, directions, tutorials, something… Just an outline would be a major help.

Hi -

The main principal to understand when using Resources is that any member you want to allow access to a resource needs to be part of the respective resource group. You can do this in the control panel or in the templates. Once a user has access, or is part of a resource group you can then create a template that allows them to view/access their available files.

Now you can get pretty creative with this but I just built a simple tool for HCC over the weekend for our showcase section. http://www.hccdevelopment.com/Web-Based-Software/Support_new2/

If you are logged in you will see the site submission section, it uses the form to allow members to upload their images into resources. Not really what you are trying to do which is opposite but gives you an idea of its capabilities.

So for your project it sounds like you want to make a group to hold your files, then add the members to that group then build the template that allows the member to access the available resources.

yes, thats what i am trying to do, but it has to be very user friendly:

employees:
joe
ron
mary

mary logs into the employee area and creates a new client “ABC Inc” then she wants to upload a few autocad files and only allow ABC Inc and other emplyees to have access to that file.

On the other side, Ron is setting up a client who is one of our consultants and he wants to let the consultant download and upload files, but we do not want the consultant to be able to view the files for the ABC Inc company.

Done simply with ftp:
directory made: ABC Inc. password protected
directory made : Consultant password protected

all employees have access to directories, but only clients have access to their respective directories.

I hope this makes sense Michael.

makes sense, so with resources you would set it up the same way. Make a resource group for employees and one for clients, you can have employees access the client area but not vise-versa or you can make the employee group private. Either way this is easily done using Resources.

Let me check on something, I think Brian made a update over the weekend.

ok thats a good start, but Im really having issues building the templates.

can multiple files be uploaded to a resource? if the clients wanted to upload a files woudl they have to have the new resource form and fill it out. do they have to create a resource and then upload to that resource using the resource ID?

whats the interaction between the weblog and the forms? when i try your example code the resource doesnt show the members, the “options” tag is not returning any results in the resource_group_member_box or the resource_group_groups_box

how to i setup the template so that when the client ABC Inc. can only see files that we have uploaded for him?

I would prefer to keep data private, so clients can see or download each others files. on the employee end, I don’t really care, employees can view and download and upload freely.

How can i accomplish that?

From your last post I think you are confused - a file is a resource which is entered as a weblog entry and assigned to a member in a resource group.

If you follow that logic its that simple. Maybe it would be best for us to help you with the site design.