Disciple.Tools - Media is intended to help manage connections with remote object storage services, such as AWS S3, Backblaze, etc.

Provide the ability to store/retrieve all media content within 3rd party object storage services; offering greater security.

A detailed description of the typical usage flow for creating and using connections is provided below.

• Create multiple object storage services connections.
• Test supplied connection credentials.
• Select default media connection to be used for file storage within D.T theme.
• Edit user profile pictures.

• Add media content to comments.
• Add media content to records.

• In order to use the new D.T Media Plugin, ensure PHP version 8.1 or greater has been installed.

• Once D.T Media Plugin has been installed, create a new connection.

• The following connection types (3rd Party Object Storage Services) are currently supported:

  • AWS S3
  • BackBlaze
  • MinIO

• Enter required connection details; ensuring specified bucket has already been created within 3rd party object storage service.

If no endpoint protocol scheme is specified; then https:// will be used.

• Test connection, to ensure supplied credentials are valid.

• The following will be shown for failed connection tests.

Some important things to note when working with Backblaze services:

• Currently, due to API version restrictions, Backblaze connections are unable to be validated and will typically fail, with Network Error exceptions, when attempting to test connection. However, you should be able to upload and retrieve files freely within the D.T Frontend UI.
• Ensure sufficient CORS permissions have been applied to target Backblaze bucket, as shown below:

• Once new connection has been validated and saved, navigate to Media Settings section within D.T General Settings and select connection to be used for the default media storage within D.T.

• Currently, media connections are only available when editing user profile pictures.

• Disciple.Tools Theme installed on a Wordpress Server.
• Ensure PHP v8.1 or greater, has been installed.

• Install as a standard Disciple.Tools/Wordpress plugin in the system Admin/Plugins area.
• Requires the user role of Administrator.

Contributions welcome. You can report issues and bugs in the Issues section of the repo. You can present ideas in the Discussions section of the repo. And code contributions are welcome using the Pull Request system for git. For a more details on contribution see the contribution guidelines.