Can Not upload files from iPad to Content management sites?

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.

Philip Ayers wrote:

>>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.

This statement is totally bogus!! If you can record it, prove it, and show me the link on Youtube. Thats easy enough. Else go away.

No, I'm not taking the time to post anything to YouTube. And my statements are accurate. And I'm not going anywhere.

If you aren't capable of using the device and the apps, perhaps you should sell it a purchase something that better suits your capabilities.

The above is a capture screen shot, posted to this thread using the native forum photo upload, from the Photo app.

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.

Thanks but a couple clarifications needed please (I am a 'semi-lay' user)

iCAB says: Search suggestions from Google and Yahoo can be activated on the iPAD. ( OK - where? )

You said - Reset the BrowserID (assuming iPAD) - ( reset to what and where? )

I just want to upload PDF's or WORD to company job application sites. Geeze I only have an iPAD, going to the library is a pain.

iCAB has great reviews.

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.

Thank you again.

So I don't need to set anything in the iPAD ( I have the 3).

In terms of going into the setting ap, I wouldn't think so, at least in terms of what you have asked about. There are quite a few setting available there, but the default should be fine.

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.