Can Not upload files from iPad to Content management sites?

Hey - I may be a bit late - but I was trying to apply for jobs via job search websites and it would not give me the option to upload my CV - I was able to forward my CV via email - but that was all. Anyhow, I discovered iCabMobile (which is very much legal and costs £1.49 on the App Store) - it's a third party web browser - it works like Safari and it also allows you to store any files in the download option - it allows me to upload my CV and more documents online without any trouble.

I still use Safari, but for work (now that I have finally found one) I like to use iCabMobile as it allows me to do things that I would need my laptop for.

I hope this helps you as it has helped me - I understand we all have different needs for our iPads...

P.S It also works on my iPhone too!!

I found a solution for the uploading problem with iPad. www.alwaysonpc.com is a decent cloud computing, i.e. there is Linux platform in the server that can be used with iPad (or Android).

There are several Linux apps such as Gimp, Thunderbird, Firefox, Chrome, FileZilla, OpenOffice, etc. I could not manage how to install new software, probably impossible, but at least Chrome works in sync with my desktop Chrome and it can run, of course, Flash and Java apps. There is two gigabytes space for own files. Java apps and fileuploading was for me important so I did not think twice to pay the €20 fee. Also Proxy sever is good to have in hands in these days when ISPs are censoring Internet ever more and more.

There is very little lag, even over 3g (at least in Europe), and Internet browsing is lightning fast due to powerful server hardware and gigabit Internet connection.

This is just one of many similar service, so use Google to find your best choice. This satisfied me (although there are some minor bugs and illdesigns that are fixed hopefully in the future) and I did not feel an urge to seek alternative or cheaper choice. It takes some time however to get used for the user interface. Also external keyboard helps.

I routinely use iCab to upload images to this forum, as well as to Upload documents to SharePoint (Moss 2007, but it would no doubt work on 2010 as well). While i couldn't guarantee it wpuld work with all site, if it works on SahrePoint, it should work on most. The only caveat is that the files need to be in iCab's Downloads folders, but easy enough to accomplish.

For images, it will pull from the iCab downloads folder, as well as the Photo app, directly from the camera, or from a web URL.

BTW: I didn't mention DropBox, I am aware there is an app for DropBox, and use it frequently. Had nothing to do with my post.

No, as I stated, but you seem to be to obtuse to comprehend, I am using iCab mobile, and ONLY iCab to upload to SharePoint sites. There is no additional app involved and nothing unique about the SP collections (and I would know, I administer them). Its Standard MOSS 2007 as previously stated (and you cannot optimize SharePoint for mobile use when it comes to file upload, only the the display rendering, nd there is really nothing particularly unique about that). I routinely upload PDFs, MS Office files of various types, txt files, and various graphic file formats. No, I cannot send you a link to them, they are secured sites.

I'm on iOS 5.1.1 and using the most recent version of iCab. The browser ID is set currently to FireFox 4 for Mac, but it has worked with other browser settings as well.

There is nothing particularly difficult about loading files into the Download folder from any number of sources including email.

I don't know what your hang up about Dropbox is, but I have mentioned it ONLY in response to your post.

I do in fact understand standard HTML forms. I create them all the time and have been for two decades using a number of technologies. And iCab will work work with many of them, particularly those that are in fact standard HTML as well as many using JavaScript.

If you are Using iCab mobile, and have the files you wish to upload in the Downloads folders as suggested earlier, and it isn't working for you, try resetting the BrowserID in iCab. The failure of quite a bit of web functionality lies less with the browser and more with restrictions placed on it by the site itself based on how the browser identifies itself in the http call. Safari doesn't provide any workaround for this, but several third party browsers, including iCab mobile do. You will find that setting by tapping the settings icon (looks like a gear, far right of the iCab tools bar). The Browser ID setting is about half way down the left panel menu. Select something that is not mobile. I've been using FireFox for Mac, but several of the others likely will work as well.

This is not necessarily a blanket solution to sites that are ill prepared for iOS devices - will not have an effect on sites using Java or Flash for example - but will take care of a number of issues. It seems to work well on sites using .aspx generated pages for example! And at least one PHP site I have used.

BTW, almost NO CMS sites use "standard HTML", unless they haven't been updated in ten years. Almost all use a dynamic file generation technology such as aspx with .net. "Standard HTML" does a poor job of file management and isn't capable of data retrieval on it own.

In the upper right corner of iCab you will see an icon the looks like a gear. This is for settings. Tap that. In the left menu you will find the items for search engine configuring and the BrowserID. You might want to experiment with different IDs (you select it from a list) to suit your needs, but I've done well with FireFox for Mac. Just make sure you are using one that is not indicated a mobile browser.

One other feature iCab has is a downloads manager. Basically it will store files, either by downloading from the Internet, or by using the Open as function in another app such as DropBox. Once a file is in the download container, you can in mmany cases access it to upload to a website. Doesn't always work, but I have had success with it in many contexts. The downloads manger is located in the same place as the other functions mentioned above and allows you to see what you have, delete files, and download straight from a URL with out have to navigate.

While I still use Safari in some cases, iCab Mobile has become my primary browser on the iPad.

I'm the developer of iCab Mobile, so I guess I can help understanding the issues....

The web engine of the iOS does not support file uploads, but we are not allowed to use our own web engine or modify the existing one. Therefore to support file uploads in iCab Mobile, iCab has to slightly modify the web ages to be able to install some hooks in it, so iCab gets called when the user wants to select a file an when he submits the form and s hen able to intercept the web engine. This is relatively complicated.

This works great without any problem on all(!) web pages which just use standard HTML. It also works great with more user friendly Javascript-uploaders which can do the upload in the background etc. So there's no problem at all on Flickr.com, tumblr, Facebook and many other popular sites.

But there are problems if web pages try to check certain properties of the selected files before uploading (like size, type) because this is simply not working on the iOS platform. Also some web pages break down because of of the required modifications within the web form iCab. But this is nothing that can be avoided right now. These are all limitations of he iOS.

And there are web sites which use Drag &Drop for uploading files. These pages expect the user to drag a file from the Mac finder or windows explorer into the bowser window to upload this file. This is obviously completely incompatible to mobile devices.

So basically, the main problem is when web pages try to check properties of the selected files and refuse to start the upload if they fail to get any results here. Most other pages just work fine.

Catagosa,

Take it back if you are within the 30 day time frame. It is NOT a computer.

You can not upload .docx's or .pdf's to a company's website - no way, no how. You need to email the file to a 'real' computer to upload. I currently only own an iPad 3, I've gone through it all.

Also, editing/formatting is a real pain. I have an extended keyboard which helps to some degree.

Also, don't read anything posted by CHRIS CA. It's disgusting a Level 9 person makes these comments.

On Aug 19, 2012 4:28 PM (in response to skshetty75, Re: uploading) he/she posted:

"So the common user is a job seeker wishing to post a resume on a website?

How do all these jobless people afford iPads/iPods/iPhones (and Android devices)?"

Need I say more... Good luck

Thanks for this solution, I had trouble uploading a .pdf document to shopify files using icabmobile, tried various browser identifications but when I changed the browserid to internet explorer 10 (windows RT) it suddenly offered me the file options.

Don't give up on icabmobile for uploading files to a web site until you have tried the solution as explained by James earlier in this thread.

iCab Mobile. Sorry.