Share Links

An app which adds additional buttons to the ownCloud share dialogue if you're using the Gallery app, letting you quickly pick the type of link you need.

Featuring

• Standard link to the public side of the Files app
• Link to the public side of the Gallery app
• Direct download link which is compatible with locations which check for a file extension in links

Direct download works for the following media types

• JPG/JPEG
• PNG
• GIF
• BMP
• SVG

Maintainers

• Olivier Paroz (@oparoz)

Requirements

Browser compatibility

This list is based on the current knowledge of the maintainers and the help they can get. It will evolve if and when people provide patches to fix all known current issues

Fully supported

• Desktop: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer 11+
• Mobile: Safari, Chrome on Android 5+ and iOS 8.x, BlackBerry 10, Firefox

Partially supported

• Mobile: Opera, Chrome on Android 4

Not supported

• Desktop: Internet Explorer prior to 11, Safari, Opera, Vivaldi
• Mobile: Windows Phone

Server requirements

Required

• ownCloud >= 8.0.2
• See ownCloud's requirements
• Gallery app installed. Not the Pictures app!

Bugs

Before reporting bugs

• Read the section about server and browser requirements
• Make sure you've enabled the Gallery app
• Read the "Known issues" section below
• Get the latest version of the app from the releases page
• Check if they have already been reported

Known issues

None at this time

When reporting bugs

• Enable debug mode by putting this at the bottom of config/config.php

DEFINE('DEBUG', true);

• Turn on debug level debug by adding loglevel" => 0, to your config/config.php and reproduce the problem
• Check data/owncloud.log

Please provide the following details so that your problem can be fixed:

• data/owncloud.log (important!)
• ownCloud version
• App version
• Browser version
• PHP version

Installation

IMPORTANT: Make sure you've enabled the Gallery app

Installing from archive

• Go to the the releases page
• Download the latest release/archive to your server's owncloud/apps/ directory
• Unpack the app
• IMPORTANT: Rename it to sharelinks

Installing from Git

In your terminal go into the owncloud/apps/ directory and then run the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/interfasys/sharelinks.git

Now you can activate it in the apps menu. It's called Gallery Share Links

To update the app go inside you owncloud/apps/sharelinks/ directory and type:

$ git pull --rebase origin master

How to use

If you share a file, you'll notice a switch letting you choose between the standard link and one which allows you to download the file directly, to post it to a forum per example.

If you share a folder, you'll notice a switch letting you choose between the standard link and one which lands directly into the Gallery app.