Create a plugin or Field type

Question

I am new to EE and working my way around the CMS. I have worked with WP and Joomla.

The task I have is to build an admin functionality where the admin can select either a URL or upload a file and this will show up as a list of links (either redirect to that URL or download the uploaded file)

Is creating a custom field type the way to go about this? Please let me if there is a sample code for this that I can follow the programming guidelines.

Thanks,

Answer 1

As folks mention above, no custom development is needed here. Just use the native Grid fieldtype with two columns - one using the File fieldtype (called, say, file), and the other using the Text fieldtype (called, say, url).

Then, in your template:

{my_grid_field}
    {if my_grid_field:file}<a href="{my_grid_field:file}">Download this file</a>{/if}
    {if my_grid_field:url}<a href="{my_grid_field:url}">Visit this link</a>{/if}
{/my_grid_field}