Hopefully someone can help me.
I'm not sure what I've done wrong
I put this link in user_logininfo.html
<a href="member.php?action=uploadform">Upload</a>
After filling in appropriate upload fields I get a message "Please fill out the Category field!" even though a category has been selected.
However if I go to the upload form using the usual/normal link from within a category, then the category selection is pre-filled out and the upload proceeds fine.
Below is the contents of my member_uploadform.html
Note: I have commented out some of the fields I don't use but I don't think that is the issue as it works when you use the "usual" method as stated above.
Thanks in advance.
Nuzecast
<form method="post" action="{url_member}" enctype="multipart/form-data" onsubmit="uploadbutton.disabled=true;">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td valign="top" class="head1">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="head1">{lang_user_upload}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row1"><b>{lang_category}</b></td>
<td class="row1">{cat_name}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row2" valign="top">
<b>{lang_media_file}</b><br />
<span class="smalltext">
{lang_max_filesize}<b>{max_media_filsize}</b><br />
{lang_max_imagewidth}<b>{max_media_imagewidth}</b><br />
{lang_max_imageheight}<b>{max_media_imageheight}</b><br />
</span>
</td>
<td class="row2">
<b>Upload:</b><br />
<input type="file" name="media_file" class="input" /><br />
<b>URL:</b><br />
<input type="text" name="remote_media_file" size="30" value="{remote_file}" class="input" /><br />
<span class="smalltext"><b>{lang_allowed_file_types}</b> {allowed_media_types}</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<!--<td class="row1" valign="top">
<b>{lang_thumb_file}</b><br />
<span class="smalltext">
{lang_max_filesize}<b>{max_thumb_filsize}</b><br />
{lang_max_imagewidth}<b>{max_thumb_imagewidth}</b><br />
{lang_max_imageheight}<b>{max_thumb_imageheight}</b><br />
</span>
</td>
<td class="row1">
<b>Upload:</b><br />
<input type="file" name="thumb_file" class="input" /><br />
<b>URL:</b><br />
<input type="text" name="remote_thumb_file" size="30" value="{remote_thumb_file}" class="input" /><br />
<span class="smalltext"><b>{lang_allowed_file_types}</b> {allowed_thumb_types}</span>
</td>-->
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row1"><b>{lang_image_name}</b></td>
<td class="row1">
<input type="text" name="image_name" size="30" value="{image_name}" class="input" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row2" valign="top"><b>{lang_description} (Optional)</b></td>
<td class="row2">
<textarea name="image_description" cols="30" class="textarea" rows="5" wrap="VIRTUAL">{image_description}</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row1" valign="top"><b>{lang_keywords} (Optional)</b></td>
<td class="row1">
<textarea cols="30" class="textarea" rows="5" wrap="VIRTUAL" name="image_keywords">{image_keywords}</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
{if captcha_upload}
<tr>
<td class="row1" valign="top"><b>{lang_captcha}</b></td>
<td class="row1">
<a href="javascript:new_captcha_image();"><img src="{url_captcha_image}" border="0" id="captcha_image" /></a> <br />
<input type="text" name="captcha" size="30" value="" class="commentinput" id="captcha_input" />
<br />
{lang_captcha_desc}
</td>
</tr>
{endif captcha_upload}
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="uploadimage" />
<input type="hidden" name="cat_id" value="{cat_id}" />
<p align="center">
<input type="submit" name="uploadbutton" value="{lang_submit}" class="button" />
<input type="reset" value="{lang_reset}" class="button" />
</p>
</form>