Guide for Uploading Files

The wiki provides a quick and easy means to upload files and post them to a page you might create. The interface to upload the files is located in the Toolbox section of the Navigation Bar on the left side. You must be logged in to upload files. The page lists permitted file types. If you wish to upload a file type that is not listed in that list, contact [matt.allen@byu.edu]. Our web host has an imposed limit of 32 MB per file for upload.

Large File Upload

To upload files larger than 32 MB, two options exist.

External Upload

Files can be uploaded to an external hosting site (e.g. Dropbox or GoogleDrive) and linked externally. See the example above or the wiki's User's Guide for more information on creating external links.

Compression

Compression can only go so far, and the server's security software seems to be overzealous at flagging compressed file formats (especially *.zip files). The security software seems to be more lenient with *.rar compressed files, although the occasional false positive still occurs. If the server won't let you upload your compressed file, you can change the file extension and add a note to users to change it back before using it, or see one of the other methods.