uploading Word docs to my blog

josephrosa · Member · Feb 13, 2007 at 2:10 am
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Is it possible to upload MSWord docs (or PowerPoint presentations or PDF files)? I’ve searched My Dashboard but can’t find any leads.
timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2007 at 2:13 am
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Yes you can upload pdf files. Yes you can upload ppt files. This is done the same way you upload images. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/07/16/how-do-i-upload-pictures/
These are the files you can upload jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, doc, ppt only.

Why not to use Word
michaelsync · Member · Feb 13, 2007 at 3:00 am
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it would be great if we can upload zip file also.
timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2007 at 3:36 am
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You’ll have to send in a feedback to request that if it’s what you want.
drmike · Member · Feb 13, 2007 at 1:32 pm
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Agreed (Gotta admit that I like the idea as well) but I don’t see it happening anytime soon. Lots of security issues come to mind.
michaelsync · Member · Feb 14, 2007 at 2:38 am
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>>You’ll have to send in a feedback to request that if it’s what you want.
ya. i hav done.. Mark said that Zips may be added in the future. cool.
timethief · Member · Feb 14, 2007 at 3:07 am
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Yay! another happy camper.
drmike · Member · Feb 14, 2007 at 5:26 pm
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Well, a happy camper if they get their zip support. :)
papajanus · Member · Mar 3, 2007 at 7:59 pm
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Hmm, minutes ago, i had the same problem uploading zip or rar files. I don’t want to panic but what does it mean if Mark said that “.zip may be added in the future”? *gg*
And what is the security issue in zip files? Many cool projects use them, why shouldn’t get wordpress.com bloggers the option to upload archiv files, too?

best regards :)
‘PapaJanus
drmike · Member · Mar 5, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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I don’t want to panic but what does it mean if Mark said that “.zip may be added in the future”?

Mean exactly what it says. *.zip support maybe added in the future.

And what is the security issue in zip files?

You’ve never had a virus in a zip file that you’ve downloaded? Have enough folks trying to passout warez here as well.
papajanus · Member · Mar 5, 2007 at 6:38 pm
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Hmm, but uploading on blogspace isn’t a typical way to publish warez. It isn’t very difficult to find safer spaces for critical contents. ( http://www.google.de/search?q=file+hoster )
And you can bind maleware in some cases with *.doc or Powerpoint Files too. :)

Zip files are mostly just opened if you start them. A modified Word document and a wrong Word version could be auto opened from browser!

regards :P
‘PapaJanus (sry4my bad english *gg*)
drmike · Member · Mar 5, 2007 at 6:41 pm
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Hmm, but uploading on blogspace isn’t a typical way to publish warez

To you and me it’s not but that isn’t stopping folks around here from doing it. Reported three just today.
papajanus · Member · Mar 5, 2007 at 10:55 pm
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3 today? Hmm. ok, thats an argument. On the other Side, there seems to be 739,500 blogs on WordPress.com. With this fact its amazing less….

but i hope, that wp.com work&argument fast, find the right way, and allow archive files :P

best regards
‘PapaJanus
drmike · Member · Mar 6, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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The 3 was just warez. Didn’t count the spam sites, the mature sites, the broken youtube ones, etc.

I don’t spend my entire day here either. Just seems that way.

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